NIGHTLINE Beats CBS' THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN in All Key Demos for the Week of 1/15

ABC News' "Nightline" averaged 1.414 million Total Viewers, 537,000 Adults 25-54 and
412,000 Adults 18-49, during the week of January 15, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" beat CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (1.357 million, 481,000 and 366,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+57,000), Adults 25-54 (+56,000) and Adults 18-49 (+46,000).

"Nightline" narrowed its year-to- year gap with NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in Adults 18-49 (-11% - 75,000 vs. 84,000). Season to date, "Nightline" is beating CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in Adults 25-54 (+11,000 - 527,000 vs. 516,000) and Adults 18-49 (+11,000 - 399,000 vs. 388,000).

Stories on "Nightline" last week included an examination of the lives of David Turpin and his wife,Louise Anna Turpin, who were arrested on charges of torture and child endangerment; a firsthandaccount from survivors and first responders on the deadly mudslides that overwhelmed people in Montecito, California; a conversation with parents about the struggle of having "the talk" with their kids and what it means to be black in the U.S.; a trip to the Cincinnati Zoo to meet Fiona the hippo whose journey to health has made her a social media star; interviews with author Angela Nagle who
spent more than a year exploring the online origins of the current so-called alt-right movement; and 13-year- old Brighton Zeuner, the youngest gold medalist in X GAMES history.

NOTE: Due to the Martin LUTHER King holiday (1/15/18), CBS' and NBC's telecasts were coded as specials. Each telecast was excluded from the weekly averages. CBS' and NBC's weekly averages are based on four days (Tuesday-Friday).
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.

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