‘Nightly News’ Closes Gaps vs. ABC in All Measurements vs. Last Week
Week of October 21 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last week up +140,000 in total viewers, +93,000 in A25-54 and +33,000 in A18-49
- Nightly News narrows key gaps vs. ABC in week-over-week measurements, including by double digits in the demos
- Nightly News is #9 most-watched show of the week with 5.846 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
Week of October 21 Nightly Stats
- Averages 5.846 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.529 million (+35%)
- Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last week by +140,000 as the only evening newscast to grow
- Week over week, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 6%
- Averages 909,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +288,000 (+47%)
- Week over week, Nightly increases A25-54 viewership by +93,000 as the only evening news newscast to grow
- In week over week, Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 34%
- Averages 589,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +169,000 (+40%)
- Week over week, Nightly News cuts A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 26%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 10.2 million video viewers and 1.2 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 512,000 views and 402,000 viewers
WEEK of OCTOBER 21-27, 2024
Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
Imps | Imps | Imps | |
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 909 | 589 | 5,846 |
CBS EVENING NEWS | 621 | 420 | 4,317 |
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,045 | 698 | 7,325 |