ABC News' NIGHTLINE Ranks No. 1 in All Key Measures for the 2nd Straight Week

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.421 million), Adults 25-54 (605,000) and Adults 18-49 (499,000) for the 2 nd week in a row during the week of June 4, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" beat CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (1.243 million, 392,000 and 292,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+178,000), Adults 25-54 (+213,000) and Adults 18-49 (+207,000).

For the 3rd straight week, "Nightline" turned in gains over the previous week (1.399 million, 547,000 and 456,000, respectively, for w/o 5/28/18) across the board: Total Viewers (+2%), Adults 25-54 (+11%) and Adults 18-49 (+9%).In fact, "Nightline" saw its best numbers in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 in 1 year - since w/o 6/5/17.

On Wednesday (6/6/18), "Nightline" delivered its most-watched telecast (1.978 million), Adults 25- 54 (926,000) and Adults 18-49 (801,000) in nearly 1 year - since 6/12/17, 6/9/17 and 6/12/17, respectively. Season to date, "Nightline" is beating CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" across the board: Total Viewers (+15,000 - 1.397 million vs. 1.382 million), Adults 25-54 (+38,000 - 513,000 vs. 475,000) and Adults 18-49 (+37,000 - 389,000 vs. 352,000).

Stories on "Nightline" last week included interviews with cake artist Jack Phillips and married couple Charles Craig and Dave Mullins before the Supreme Court ruled in Phillips' favor on Monday; a look at how graduation marks the start of a new path for Parkland seniors; a report from Guatemala and speaking to the victims who are struggling with aftermath of a volcano eruption; a look at Alice Johnson, who spent 22 years in prison for a non-violent drug offense and was freed after Kim Kardashian West met with President Trump to advocate for a pardon on her behalf; and the reaction
from Philadelphia Eagles team members and coach Doug Pederson on being disinvited by President Trump from a White House visit and an exploration of the new documentary "Won't You be My Neighbor"

NOTE: NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" was retitled to "Late Night with Seth Meyers-SM" due to being encore telecasts. The retitled telecasts will not be included in the season averages. ABC News' "Nightline" is anchored by Dan Harris, Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. Steven Baker is executive 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 June 4, 2018:
PROGRAM AVERAGESTOTAL VIEWERSA25-54(000)/RtgA18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC's "Nightline" 1,421,000 605,000/0.5 499,000/0.4
CBS' "The Late Late Show" 1,243,000 392,000/0.3 292,000/0.2
NBC's "Late Night" 1,097,000 469,000/0.4 364,000/0.3

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 6/4/18, 05/28/18 and 6/5/17. Season to Date: Most Current: 2017-2018 Season (9/25/17 - 6/10/18) and 2016-2017 Season (9/19/16 - 6/11/17). 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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