'NBC Nightly News' Is #1 Across The Board

"NBC Nightly News" was #1 in total viewers and both demos A25-54 and A18-49 for the week of May 18-22, 2015, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast has been #1 in total viewers for 3 of the past 4 weeks.

Season-to-date, Nightly is the #1 evening news broadcast in total viewers and all key demographics.

 

Weekly Highlights:

    Nightly averaged 7.594 million total viewers, +53,000 (+1%) more than ABC World News Tonight and +696,000 (+10%) ahead of CBS Evening News.
    Nightly averaged 1.758 million A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by +11,000 (1%) and CBS by +218,000 (+14%).
    Nightly delivered a 1.5 A25-54 rating, tied with ABC and +2 tenths more than CBS.
    Nightly averaged 1.256 million A18-49 viewers, leading ABC by +53,000 (+4%) and CBS by +169,000 (+16%).
    Nightly delivered a 1.0 A18-49 rating, tied with ABC and +1 tenth more than CBS.

 

Season-to-Date Highlights:

    Nightly is averaging 8.942 million total viewers, +387,000 more than ABC and +1.730 million more than CBS.
    Nightly is averaging 2.118 million A25-54 viewers, +4,000 more than ABC and +420,000 more than CBS.
    Nightly is averaging 1.518 million A18-49 viewers, +92,000 more than ABC and +372,000 more than CBS.

 

WEEK OF MAY 18-22, 2015
     Total Viewers    A25-54 Rating    A25-54 Viewers    A18-49 Ratings    A18-49 Viewers
NBC    7.594    1.47    1.758    0.99    1.256
CBS    6.898    1.29    1.540    0.86    1.087
ABC    7.541    1.46    1.747    0.95    1.203

SOURCE: NBC