All three night newscasts recorded decrease viewership in complete viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo for the week of June 30, with viewers gearing up for the lengthy July 4th Vacation weekend.
Be aware: The weekly averages of ABC Information, NBC Information, and CBS Information are based mostly on totally different durations: ABC Information’ common is predicated on three days (Monday – Wednesday), whereas NBC Information’ and CBS Information’ averages are based mostly on 4 days (Monday – Thursday). Thursday’s (07/03/25) World Information Tonight broadcast was retitled to WNT-ABC. All three broadcasts had been coded as specials because of the July 4th vacation on Friday (07/04/2025). These broadcasts had been excluded from the weekly and season averages.
In keeping with live-plus-same-day information from Nielsen, ABC World Information Tonight with David Muir averaged 7.177 million complete viewers and 989,000 Adults 25-54 demo viewers for the week of June 30. It skilled losses of -2% in complete viewers and -5% within the A25-54 demo in comparison with the earlier week. its efficiency to the identical week in 2024 (the week starting July 1), WNT was down -1% in complete viewers and remained flat within the demo.
NBC Nightly Information with Tom Llamas completed in second place in complete viewers and the demo, averaging 5.501 million and 767,000 viewers, respectively. The published was down -4% in complete viewers and -9% within the A25-54 demo. When evaluating its efficiency to the identical week a 12 months in the past, Nightly Information was up in complete viewers by +1% and +7% within the demo—the one broadcast to indicate year-over-year beneficial properties.
CBS Night Information had 3.736 million complete viewers and 466,000 viewers within the demo for the week of June 30. The published was down -4% in complete viewers and -9% within the demo in comparison with the week prior. Its year-ago week numbers had been down by -14% in complete viewers and -24% within the demo.
ABC NBC CBS • Complete Viewers: 7,177,000 5,501,000 3,736,000 • A25-54: 989,000 767,000 466,000
Supply: The Nielsen Firm, NTI Complete Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Stay + SD Present Week (w/o 6/30/25), Earlier Week (w/o 6/23/25) and 12 months-In the past Week (w/o7/1/24). Most Present Knowledge Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 7/6/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 7/8/24). Nielsen rankings for ABC, NBC, and CBS embody extra airings in choose markets. Starting 8/31/20, nationwide rankings additionally embody Out of House (OOH) viewing. Averages based mostly on common telecasts.
