{"id":96398,"date":"2025-10-02T00:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/abc-and-nbc-see-total-viewer-growth\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T00:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:13:11","slug":"abc-and-nbc-see-total-viewer-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/02\/abc-and-nbc-see-total-viewer-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC and NBC See Total Viewer Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The primary week of the 2025-2026 broadcast season delivered excellent news for ABC Information and NBC Information, as they skilled features in whole viewers for the week of September 22.<\/p>\n

ABC World Information Tonight and NBC Nightly Information also needs to be happy with their respective efficiency within the advertiser-coveted Adults 25-54 demo, as additionally they noticed week-to-week enhancements inside this measured class.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, for the second week in a row, WNT\u2019s demo lead over Nightly Information was courtesy of an extra 48,000 viewers. This demo viewer distinction remained regular regardless of Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong> resuming his late-night hosting duties<\/a> on ABC after a short suspension.<\/p>\n

This was additionally the primary week that the networks began usin<\/a>g Nielsen\u2019s huge knowledge and panel nationwide TV\u00a0as measurement<\/a> foreign money. It combines\u00a0the agency\u2019s panel measurement with knowledge from cable, satellite tv for pc set-top packing containers, and good TVs throughout 45 million households and 75 million gadgets.<\/p>\n

Notice: The weekly common of ABC Information relies on 4 days (Tuesday by way of Friday). Monday\u2019s (09\/22\/25) broadcast was retitled to WNT-ABC because of the NFL. This broadcast was excluded from the weekly and season averages.<\/em><\/p>\n

In response to nationwide dwell + similar day huge knowledge plus program scores from Nielsen, ABC World Information Tonight with David Muir<\/strong> averaged 7.181 million whole viewers and 856,000 Adults 25-54 demo viewers for the week of Sept. 22. It produced features of +3% in whole viewers and +2% within the demo compared to the previous week<\/a>. its efficiency to the identical week in 2024 (the week beginning Sept. 23<\/a>), WNT was down by -4% in whole viewers and -18% within the demo.<\/p>\n

In second place in whole viewers and the demo was NBC Nightly Information with Tom Llamas<\/strong>, averaging 5.701 million and 808,000 viewers, respectively. The printed was up by +3% in whole viewers and +2% within the A25-54 demo. Moreover, it was the No. 1 broadcast within the demo on Friday (09\/26\/2025) with 786,000 viewers. When evaluating its efficiency to the identical week a yr in the past, Nightly Information fell by -5% in whole viewers and -13% within the demo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CBS Night Information had 3.731 million whole viewers and 419,000 viewers within the demo. The printed declined by -1% in whole viewers and -21% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week\u2014the one morning present to expertise regression in each measured classes. Its year-ago week numbers noticed the newscast decline by -20% in whole viewers and -38% within the demo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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ABC<\/strong><\/td>\nNBC<\/strong><\/td>\nCBS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2022 Whole Viewers:<\/td>\n7,181,000<\/strong><\/td>\n5,701,000\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n3,731,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2022 A25-54:<\/td>\n856,000<\/strong><\/td>\n808,000\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n419,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

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Supply: Nielsen, NTI Whole Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49 Nationwide Stay + Similar Day Large Knowledge Plus Panel Program Scores. Present Week (w\/o 9\/22\/25), Earlier Week (w\/o 9\/15\/25), and 12 months-In the past Week (w\/o 9\/23\/24). Starting 12\/26\/22, averages are based mostly on Large Knowledge Plus Panel scores. Nielsen scores for ABC, NBC, and CBS embrace extra airings in choose markets. Starting 8\/31\/20, nationwide scores additionally embrace Out of Residence (OOH) viewing. Averages based mostly on common telecasts.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n