For Week of March 2, 2015

"Nightline" is #1 for the Week in Total Viewers

"Nightline" Ranks #1 in Total Viewers 18 of Last 20 Weeks and Season to Date

"Nightline" Posts Week to Week and Year to Year Increases in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.641 million) during the week of March 2, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. The ABC News late program has ranked No. 1 for the 4th straight week and in 18 of the past 20. "Nightline beat CBS' "The Late Late Show" (+338,000) and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (+27,000) .

"Nightline" improved week to week (versus w/o 2/23/15) by double digits in Adults 25-54 (+12% - 737,000 vs. 659,000) and Adults 18-49 (+17% - 593,000 vs. 506,000) . In fact, "Nightline" scored its best Adults 18-49 performance since November (since w/o 11/24/14) and 2nd-best overall this season.

For the 3rd week in a row, "Nightline" built on the year-ago week (692,000, and 534,000, respectively, on w/o 3/3/14) in Adults 25-54 (+7%) and Adults 18-49 (+11%) .

"Nightline's" Thursday airing (3/5/15) stood as the week's top telecast in Total Viewers (1.931 million), Adults 25-54 (921,000) and Adults 18-49 (824,000), defeating every telecast of the week of CBS' "The Late Late Show" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

Season to date, ABC News' "Nightline" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.707 million) , outdelivering CBS' average of "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"/"The Late Late Show"/"The Talk - After Dark" (+308,000) and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (+143,000) .

Drew Carey was the guest host for CBS' "The Late Late Show" for the week.

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.

Week of March 2, 2015:

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

ABC "Nightline" 1,641,000 737,000/0.6 593,000/0.5

CBS "The Late Late Show" 1,303,000 510,000/0.4 403,000/0.3

NBC "Late Night" 1,614,000 740,000/0.6 607,000/0.5

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 3/2/15, 2/23/15 and 3/3/14. Most Current: 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 - 3/8/15) and 2013-2014 Season (9/23/13 - 3/9/14). Averages based on regular telecasts. "Nightline" premiered in its new time period in January 2013.