‘Nightline’ Is No.1 in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the Week of May 30
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‘Nightline’ Draws Its Largest Overall Audience in 6 Months and Best Key Adult Deliveries in 1 Year
‘Nightline’s’ Thursday Telecast Is the Week’s No.1 Telecast in All Key Target Demos and Stands as ‘Nightline’s’ Most-Watched Telecast in 1 1/2 Years
ABC News’ “Nightline” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.717 million), Adults 25-54 (696,000) and Adults 18-49 (552,000) during the week of May 30, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.
For the 2nd straight week, “Nightline” turned in increases week-to-week (1.602 million, 573,000, and 475,000, respectively, on w/o 5/23/16) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+7%), Adults 25-54 (+21%) and Adults 18-49 (+16%). In fact, “Nightline” drew its largest overall audience in more than 6 months and best key adult deliveries in 1 year – since weeks of 11/2/15, 6/8/15 and 6/15/15, respectively.
“Nightline” improved on the same week last year (1.540 million and 682,000, respectively, on w/o 6/1/15) in Total Viewers (+11%) and Adults 25-54 (+2%).
“Nightline’s” Thursday airing (6/2/16) was the week’s No. 1 telecast in all key target demos Total Viewers (2.352 million), Adults 25-54 (1.121 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.021 million), beating every telecast of the week of CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” and NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” In fact, it was “Nightline’s” most-watched telecast in 1 1/2 years and top Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 performances in 1 year – 11/25/14, 6/11/15 and 6/16/15, respectively.
Season to date, “Nightline” leads CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” across the board: Total Viewers (+288,000), Adults 25-54 (+95,000) and Adults 18-49 (+50,000).
NOTE: Due to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday (5/23/16), all three programs were coded specials and each telecast is excluded from the averages.
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 30, 2016: PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg ABC “Nightline” 1,717,000 696,000/0.6 552,000/0.4CBS “The Late Late Show” 1,070,000 418,000/0.4 331,000/0.3NBC “Late Night” 1,173,000 560,000/0.5 448,000/0.4
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 5/30/16, 5/23/16 and 6/1/15. Most Current: 2015-2016 Season (9/21/15 – 6/5/16) and 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 – 6/7/15). 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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