Ratings Report: ABC News Programming

Week of December 1, 2014

ABC News' "Nightline" is No. 1 for the Week in Total Viewers for 7th Straight Week

Friday's Broadcast is No. 1 Show of Week in Total Viewers, Adults 18-49, and Adults 25-54

"Nightline" is No. 1 in Total Viewers Season to Date Versus its CBS and NBC Competition

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.631 million) during the week of December 1, 2014, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" has won the week in Total Viewers for the 7th straight week, outdrawing both CBS' "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (+320,000) and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (+183,000).

In addition, "Nightline" led CBS' "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" in Adults 25-54 (+202,000) and Adults 18-49 (+127,000).

"Nightline" aired the No. 1 telecast of the week on Friday (12/5/14) in Total Viewers (2.096 million) , Adults 25-54 (908,000) and Adults 18-49 (722,000), ahead of all of the week's telecasts of CBS' "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

Season to date, ABC News' "Nightline" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.706 million) , outdelivering CBS' "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (+302,000) and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (+140,000) .

ABC News' "Nightline" is anchored by Dan Harris, Dan Abrams, and Juju Chang. 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.

Week of December 1, 2014:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg

ABC "Nightline" 1,631,000 667,000/0.6 507,000/0.4

CBS "Late Late Show" 1,311,000 465,000/0.4 380,000/0.3

NBC "Late Night" 1,448,000 689,000/0.6 557,000/0.4

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 12/1/14, 11/24/14 and 12/2/13. Most Current: 2014-2015 Season (9/22 - 12/7/14) and 2013-2014 Season (9/23 - 12/8/14). Averages based on regular telecasts. "Nightline" premiered in its new time period in January 2013. *NBC's year-ago week averages based on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."