‘Nightline’ Is No.1 in Total Viewers for the 8th Straight Week

— -- Season to Date, ‘Nightline’ Ranks No.1 in Total Viewers
ABC News’ “Nightline” finished No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.360 million) for the 8th straight week during the week of July 11, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” led CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (990,000) by 370,000 and NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (1.336 million) by 24,000.

“Nightline” also beat the CBS program in Adults 25-54 (+152,000 – 544,000 vs. 392,000) and Adults 18-49 (+116,000 – 421,000 vs. 305,000).

“Nightline” turned in increases from the prior week (1.310 million, 521,000 and 391,000, respectively, for w/o 7/4/16) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+4%), Adults 25-54 (+4%) and Adults 18-49 (+8%), hitting 4-week highs in both key adult demos – since w/o 6/13/16.

For the 2nd week in a row, “Nightline” built on the year-ago week (1.306 million, 528,000 and 411,000, respectively, for w/o 7/13/15) across the board: Total Viewers (+4%), Adults 25-54 (+3%) and Adults 18-49 (+2%).

“Nightline” owned the No. 1 telecast of the week in Total Viewers (1.514 million) with its Friday airing (7/15/16), 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” ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.557 million), leading CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (1.250 million) by 307,000 and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (1.554 million) by 3,000.

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 July 11, 2016:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg ABC “Nightline” 1,360,000 554,000/0.5 421,000/0.3CBS “The Late Late Show” 990,000 392,000/0.3 305,000/0.2NBC “Late Night” 1,336,000 573,000/0.5 456,000/0.4

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 7/11/16, 7/4/16 and 7/13/15. Most Current: 2015-2016 Season (9/21/15 – 7/17/16) and 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 – 7/19/15). 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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