ABC's NIGHTLINE Ranks No.1 in Total Viewers for Week of October 3rd

By: Oct. 11, 2016
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ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.550 million) during the week of October 3, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" beat CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (1.223 million) by 327,000 and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.489 million) by 61,000.

"Nightline" turned in increases from the previous week (1.414 million, 538,000 and 434,000 for w/o 9/26/16) in Total Viewers (+10%), Adults 25-54 (+6%) and Adults 18-49 (+1%), hitting season highs and delivering its best numbers in all key target demos since June - since w/o 6/13/16. In contrast, CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (-7%/-5%/-5%) and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (-6%/-8%/-9%) delivered across-the-board losses week to week.

"Nightline" improved on the year-ago week (1.445 million and 432,000 for w/o 10/5/15) in Total Viewers (+7%) and Adults 18-49 (+2%).

"Nightline" held the top 3 telecasts of the week in Total Viewers with its Monday (1.786 million), Wednesday (1.577 million) and Thursday (1.566 million) airings, ahead of 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" leads CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in Total Viewers (+177,000) and Adults 25-54 (+13,000).

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 October 3, 2016:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC "Nightline" 1,550,000 571,000/0.5 439,000/0.3
CBS "The Late Late Show" 1,233,000 514,000/0.4 406,000/0.3
NBC "Late Night" 1,489,000 650,000/0.5 553,000/0.4

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 10/3/16, 9/26/16 and 10/5/15. Most Current: 2016-2017 Season (9/19 - 10/9/16) and 2015-2016 Season (9/21 - 10/11/15). 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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