‘Nightly News’ Achieves Best Weekly A25-54 Demo Performance vs. ABC Since Tom Llamas Became Anchor, Improving +40% Over Last Week
Also Ranked #1 in A18-49 Demo on Monday & Tuesday
Week of July 7 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in total viewers and A25-54 viewers in year-over-year measurements
- Nightly News continues to close gaps vs. ABC vs. last year, outperforming in A25-54 viewers on Tuesday and in A18-49 viewers on Monday and Tuesday
- Nightly News achieves its fifth consecutive week of growing in A25-54 vs. last year
- Nightly News is the #2 most-watched show of the week with 5.616 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)
Week of July 7 Ratings Stats
Averages 5.616 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.742 million (+45%)
- Nightly News improved its total viewership advantage vs. CBS by 10% vs. last year
- Nightly News closes the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 2% vs. last week.
Averages 856,000A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +354,000 (+70%)
- Nightly News reduced its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 40%vs. last week
- Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 6% in year-over-year measurements
Averages 572,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +221,000 (+63%)
- Nightly News reduced its A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 49% vs. last week
WEEK of JULY 7 – JULY 13, 2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 856 | 572 | 5,616 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 502 | 351 | 3,874 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 989 | 668 | 7,252 |
Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 7/7/2025-7/13/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.