NIGHTLINE Ranks No. 1 In All Key Demos for the Week of Aug. 27

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.067 million), Adults 25-54 (400,000) and Adults 18-49 (319,000), during the week of Aug. 27, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

"Nightline" improved on the previous week (381,000 and 279,000, respectively, for w/o 8/20/18) in Adults 25-54 (+5%) and Adults 18-49 (+14%), drawing its largest Adults 18-49 audience in 7 weeks - since w/o 7/9/18.

Season to date, "Nightline" is beating CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in Adults 25-54 (+28,000 - 489,000 vs. 461,000) and Adults 18-49 (+28,000 - 370,000 vs. 342,000). Stories on "Nightline " last week included a look at the lighter side of late Senator John McCain's life, a preview of Arizona's contentious primary race, Louis C.K.'s first performance in stand-up since admitting to sexual misconduct, a behind-the-scenes look at Ed Sheeran as he writes some of his hit songs, and a report on what you need to know to protect yourself from sharks ahead of Labor Day weekend.

NOTE: For the week, repeats of CBS' "The Late Late Show" were retitled to "The Late Late Show with James Corden-JC-ENC" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" were retitled to "Late Night with Seth Meyers-SM." The telecasts are excluded from 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 Aug. 27, 2018:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC's "Nightline" 1,067,000 400,000/0.3 319,000/0.2
CBS' "The Late Late Show" 960,000 301,000/0.2 211,000/0.2
NBC's "Late Night" 988,000 391,000/0.3 286,000/0.2

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 08/27/18, 8/20/18 and 8/28/17. Season to Date: Most Current: 2017-2018 Season (9/25/17 - 9/2/18) and 2016-2017 Season (9/19/16 - 9/3/17). 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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