Week of June 23
The comparatively younger tenure of NBC Information’ Tom Llamas as the first anchor of NBC Nightly Information has yielded some constructive returns. Nightly Information was the one broadcast with beneficial properties in complete viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo for the week of June 23.
This was Nightly Information’ finest efficiency in complete viewers in two months and its finest efficiency within the demo for the reason that week of Could 19, 2025.
In the meantime, CBS Night Information had the unlucky honor of being the one broadcast to lose viewers in each measured classes through the full closing week of June.
Observe: The weekly common of ABC Information is predicated on 4 days (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday). Wednesday’s (06/25/25) broadcast was retitled to WNT-ABC because of the community’s protection of the NBA Draft. This broadcast was excluded from the weekly and season averages.
In line with live-plus-same-day information from Nielsen, ABC World Information Tonight with David Muir averaged 7.352 million complete viewers for the week of June 23. It noticed a -1% depreciation in complete viewers however remained flat within the A25-54 demo, which drew 1.037 million viewers in comparison with 1.038 million the earlier week. its efficiency to the identical week in 2024 (the week starting June 24), WNT was down -1% in complete viewers and stayed flat within the demo.
NBC Nightly Information completed in second place in complete viewers and the demo, averaging 5.751 million complete viewers and 840,000 demo viewers. The published was up +1% in complete viewers and +2% within the A25-54 demo in comparison with the earlier week—the one newscast with constructive beneficial properties. When taking a look at the way it fared to the identical week a yr in the past, Nightly Information was down in complete viewers by -2% however up +4% within the demo.
CBS Night Information had 3.880 million complete viewers and 514,000 viewers within the demo for the week of June 23. The published was down -3% in complete viewers and -2% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week. Its year-ago week numbers had been down by -12% in complete viewers and -19% within the demo—the one newscast with double-digit losses on this class.
ABC NBC CBS • Complete Viewers: 7,352,000 5,751,000 3,880,000 • A25-54: 1,037,000 840,000 514,000
Second Quarter 2025
Trying on the quarterly rankings, all three newscasts recorded double-digit quarter-to-quarter losses in complete viewers and Adults 25-54.
Regardless of an energetic information cycle, this previous quarter was no match for the primary quarter. The swap to Daylight Saving Time, in addition to the NBA and NHL playoffs, additionally contributed to the decrease viewership skilled by all three flagship night newscasts.
When evaluating Q2 2025 outcomes to Q1 2025, World Information Tonight had 7.240 million complete viewers, down -11% in complete viewers and -16% within the A25-54 demo, which had 976,000 viewers. In comparison with the year-ago quarter (Q2 2024), the rankings pattern for World Information Tonight noticed the newscast stay flat in complete viewers however enhance by +2% within the demo.
NBC Nightly Information, which noticed Lester Holt step down from the newscast and Llamas take over within the just-concluded quarter, averaged 5.754 million complete viewers and 825,000 A25-54 viewers. The newscast was down -13% in complete viewers and -16% within the demo when in comparison with the prior quarter. The intense spot was that Nightly Information was the one broadcast to point out enchancment relative to the year-ago quarter in each classes, because it was up +1% in complete viewers and +14% within the A25-54 demo.
Lastly, CBS Night Information averaged 3.827 million complete viewers and 520,000 A25-54 viewers in Q2 2025. It was down in complete viewers by -17% and -21% within the demo vs. the prior quarter. In comparison with the primary quarter of 2024, it declined by -13% in complete viewers and among the many A25-54 viewers—the one present to lose viewers on this comparability.
ABC NBC CBS • Complete Viewers: 7,240,000 5,754,000 3,827,000 • A25-54: 976,000 825,000 520,000
