ABC News' NIGHTLINE Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 for the Week of 11/12

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.439 million) and Adults 18-49 (370,000), during the week of Nov. 12, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

For the 2nd week in a row, "Nightline" improved over the previous week (1.281 million, 447,000 and 339,000, respectively, for w/o 11/5/18) across the board: Total Viewers (+12%), Adults 25-54 (+10%) and Adults 18-49 (+9%). In fact, "Nightline" drew its largest overall audience in 8 months and posted a 5-month high in the key adult news demo - since weeks of 3/12/18 and 6/4/18, respectively.

"Nightline" improved on its year-ago week performance (1.350 million and 475,000, respectively, w/o 7/31/17) in Total Viewers (+7%) and Adults 25-54 (+3%).

Excluding the 2018 NBA Finals-led broadcasts, on Wednesday (11/14/18), Nightline" delivered its most-watched telecast (1.666 million) in 7 months and best numbers in Adults 25-54 (651,000) and Adult 18-49 (508,000) in 1 year - since 4/19/18 and 11/8/17, respectively.

Season to date, "Nightline" is leading CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in Adults 25-54 (+55,000 - 472,000 vs. 417,000) and Adults 18-49 (+38,000 - 351,000 vs. 313,000).

Stories on "Nightline" last week included California residents describing their loss and harrowing escape from the deadly wildfires, the alleged scheme by a couple and a homeless man accused of raising $400,000 "on a lie," an exclusive interview with former first lady Michelle Obama, a re-examination of Monica Lewinsky's affair with Bill Clinton, a look back at country music's biggest stars and how their lives have changed in the past 10 years, Karlie Kloss on her passion for coding and a detailed look at the harrowing Thai cave rescue that captured the world's attention.

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. 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 Nov. 12, 2018:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC's "Nightline" 1,439,000 491,000/0.4 370,000/0.3
CBS' "The Late Late Show" 1,326,000 427,000/0.4 320,000/0.2
NBC's "Late Night" 1,320,000 494,000/0.4 353,000/0.3

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 11/12/18, 11/5/18 and 11/13/17. Most Current: 2018 -2019 Season (9/24 - 11/18/18) and 2017-2018 Season (9/25 - 11/1917). 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.