ABC's NIGHTLINE Ranks No.1 in Total Viewers for the Week

By: Jan. 10, 2017
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ABC News' NIGHTLINE ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.515 million) during the week of January 2, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" beat CBS' "The Late Show with James Corden" (1.346 million) by 169,000 and NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS (1.338 million) by 177,000.

"Nightline" surged by double-digits from the previous week (1.356 million, 487,000 and 374,000 for w/o 12/26/16) in Total Viewers (+12%), Adults 25-54 (+19%) and Adults 18-49 (+22%). In fact, "Nightline" turned in its best numbers since November in all three measures - since weeks of 11/14/16, 11/7/16 and 11/7/16, respectively.

"Nightline" improved on the same week last year (1.487 million, 559,000 and 412,000, respectively, for w/o 1/4/16) in Total Viewers (+2%), Adults 25-54 (+3%) and Adults 18-49 (+11%).

Season to date, "Nightline" leads CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+140,000 - 1.491 million vs. 1.351 million), Adults 25-54 (+36,000 - 564,000 vs. 528,000) and Adults 18-49 (+22,000 - 430,000 vs. 408,000).

NOTE: Due to the New Year's holiday, the Monday telecasts of "Nightline," "The Late Late Show Show" and "Late Night" were coded as specials and are excluded from the weekly averages. ABC's, CBS' and NBC's weekly averages are based on 4 days (Tues-Fri).

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. EST 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 January 2, 2017:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC "Nightline" 1,515,000 578,000/0.5 458,000/0.4
CBS "The Late Late Show" 1,346,000 512,000/0.4 389,000/0.3
NBC "Late Night" 1,338,000 590,000/0.5 462,000/0.4

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 1/2/17, 12/26/16 and 1/4/16. Most Current: 2016-2017 Season (NNTV - 9/19/16 - 1/8/17) and 2015-2016 Season (Galaxy EXPLORER - 9/21/15 - 1/10/16). 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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