ABC's NIGHTLINE Leads NBC's 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' in Total Viewers

By: Mar. 14, 2017
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ABC News' NIGHTLINE averaged 1.440 million Total Viewers, 557,000 Adults 25-54 and 435,000 Adults 18-49 during the week of March 6, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" led NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.344 million) in Total Viewers (+96,000).

"Nightline" improved over the previous week (516,000 and 405,000, respectively, for w/o 2/27/17) in Adults 25-54 (+8%) and Adults 18-49 (+7%), with a 6-week high in Adults 25-54 and a 9-week high in Adults 18-49 - since weeks of 1/23/17 and 1/2/17, respectively.

The Friday, March 10, telecast surged with double-digit increases in Total Viewers (+24%), Adults 18-49 (+32%) and Adults 25-54 (+25%) versus the prior week and included an investigation of gay conversion therapy camps.

Season to date, "Nightline" leads CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+137,000 - 1.486 million vs. 1.349 million), Adults 25-54 (+34,000 - 556,000 vs. 522,000) and Adults 18-49 (+19,000 - 421,000 vs. 402,000).

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 March 6, 2017:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC "Nightline" 1,440,000 557,000/0.5 435,000/0.3
CBS "The Late Late Show" 1,443,000 557,000/0.5 446,000/0.3
NBC "Late Night" 1,344,000 566,000/0.5 442,000/0.3

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 3/6/17, 2/27/17 and 3/7/16. Most Current: 2016-2017 Season (NNTV - 9/19/16 - 3/12/17) and 2015-2016 Season (Galaxy EXPLORER - 9/21/15 - 3/13/16). 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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