“Nightline” is #1 in Total Viewers for Third Straight Week
— -- Beats CBS by Largest Margin Ever in Total Viewers
“Nightline” Posts Week-to-Week Gains; Hitting Season Highs with Best Numbers In 8 Months in Total Viewers and 5 Months in Key Adult Demos
Season to Date “Nightline” Leads CBS Across the Board
ABC News’ “Nightline” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.719 million) for the 3rd week in a row during the week of November 2, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” beat CBS’s “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (1.155 million) by 564,000 and NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers (1.652 million) by 67,000. In fact, “Nightline” outperformed the CBS program by its largest-ever Total Viewer advantage.
In addition, “Nightline” outperformed CBS’s “The Late Late Show with James Corden” by its biggest leads of the season in both Adults 25-54 (+233,000 – 688,000 vs. 455,000) and Adults 18-49 (+159,000 – 542,000 vs. 383,000).
For the 3rd straight week, “Nightline” built on its week-ago numbers (1.628 million, 658,000 and 500,000 for w/o 10/26/15) in Total Viewers (+6%), Adults 25-54 (+5%) and Adults 18-49 (+8%), hitting new season highs. “Nightline” saw its most-watched week in 8 months and best numbers in both key adult demos in 5 months – since weeks of 3/9/15, 6/8/15 and 6/15/15, respectively.
“Nightline’s” Thursday airing (11/5/15), stood as the week’s No. 1 telecast in Total Viewers (1.896 million), beating every telecast of the week of CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” and NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”
Season to date, “Nightline” leads CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” across the board: Total Viewers (+329,000), Adults 25-54 (+131,000) and Adults 18-49 (+74,000).
NOTE: Due to Election Day, “Nightline” was coded a special on Tuesday (11/3/15) and the telecast was excluded from the averages. “Nightline’s” weekly averages are based on 4 days (Mon, Wed-Fri).
ABC News’ “Nightline” is anchored by Dan Harris, Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. Roxanna Sherwood is executive producer, and Steven Baker is Senior Broadcast Producer. The program airs weeknights from 12:35-1:05 a.m., ET on the ABC Television Network. Together with “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “Nightline” is part of ABC’s winning late night strategy of airing news and entertainment programming.
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 11/2/15, 10/26/15 and 11/3/14. Most Current: 2015-2016 Season (9/21 – 11/8/15) and 2014-2015 Season (9/22 – 11/9/14). Averages based on regular telecasts. “Nightline” premiered in its new time period in January 2013. “Seth Meyers” premiered in February 2014. “James Corden” premiered in March 2015.
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