‘Nightline’ Wins the 2016 May Sweep Among Total Viewers

— -- ‘Nightline’ Outperforms NBC During the May Sweep for the 3rd Year in a Row

‘Nightline’ is No. 1 for the Week of May 23 in Total Viewers

May 2016 SweepABC News’ “Nightline” won the 2016 May Sweep in Total Viewers (1.508 million) based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. Leading for the 2nd time in the last 3 sweeps, “Nightline” outdelivered NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (1.479 million) by 29,000 to beat the NBC program during the May sweep for the 3rd year in a row. “Nightline” beat CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (1.243 million) by 265,000 to outdeliver the CBS program for the 4th consecutive sweeps period.

“Nightline” also beat “The Late Late Show” in Adults 25-54 (+36,000 – 542,000 vs. 506,000) and Adults 18-49 (+16,000 – 420,000 vs. 404,000) in May to outperform the CBS program in both adult demos in all 5 sweeps periods the two shows have aired in their time periods.

Week of May 23, 2016

ABC News’ “Nightline” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.602 million) during the week of May 23, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” beat CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (1.056 million) by 546,000 and NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (1.473 million) by 129,000.

In addition, “Nightline” led the CBS program in Adults 25-54 (+155,000 – 573,000 vs. 418,000) and Adults 18-49 (+129,000 – 475,000 vs. 346,000).

“Nightline” delivered double-digit gains week to week (1.405 million, 495,000 and 388,000, respectively, on w/o 5/16/16) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+14%), Adults 25-54 (+16%) and Adults 18-49 (+22%). In fact, “Nightline” scored its top Total Viewer performance in 6 months and best in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 in 2 months – since weeks of 11/23/15 and 3/14/16, respectively.

For the 2nd time in the last 3 weeks, “Nightline” improved on the same week last year in Total Viewers (+14% - 1.602 million vs. 1.410 million on w/o 5/25/15).

“Nightline” held the Top 3 telecasts of the week in Total Viewers with its Tuesday (1.750 million – 5/24/16), Wednesday (1.672 million – 5/25/16), and Monday (1.603 million – 5/23/16) airings, respectively, outdrawing 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 (+279,000), Adults 25-54 (+90,000) and Adults 18-49 (+46,000).

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. EDT 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.

Week of May 23, 2016:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg ABC “Nightline” 1,602,000 573,000/0.5 475,000/0.4CBS “The Late Late Show” 1,056,000 418,000/0.4 346,000/0.3NBC “Late Night” 1,473,000 663,000/0.6 540,000/0.4

May 2016 SWEEP:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg ABC “Nightline” 1,508,000 542,000/0.5 420,000/0.3CBS “The Late Late Show” 1,243,000 506,000/0.4 404,000/0.3NBC “Late Night” 1,479,000 674,000/0.6 542,000/0.4

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 5/16/16, 5/9/16 and 5/18/15. Most Current: 2015-2016 Season (9/21/15 – 5/22/16) and 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 – 5/24/15). May 2016 Sweep (4/28-5/25/16), May 2015 Sweep (4/23-5/20/15) and February 2015 Sweep (1/29-2/25/15). Sweep periods (November, February, May and July). NOTE: Due to the digital transition, the 2009 February Sweep was 3/5-4/1/09. 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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