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[06/04/15 - 10:30 AM]
"Nightline" Is #1 for the Week in Total Viewers
ABC spins the late-night numbers for the week of May 25-29.
[via press release from ABC]

Ratings Report: ABC News Programming For the Week of May 25, 2015

"Nightline" is #1 for the Week in Total Viewers

"Nightline" Ranks #1 in Total Viewers in 27 of Last 32 Weeks and Season to Date

"Nightline" Grows Year-to-Year in Adults 18-49 Demo

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.410 million) during the week of May 25, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. In fact "Nightline" has taken the top spot in Total Viewers in 27 of the last 32 weeks. "Nightline" led NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (+69,000 - 1.341 million) and CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (+228,000 - 1.182 million).

"Nightline" also beat CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (453,000 and 383,000, respectively) in Adults 25-54 (+123,000) and Adults 18-49 (+94,000).

"Nightline" was up on the year-ago week in Adults 18-49 (+9% - 477,000 vs. 439,000 for w/o 5/26/14).

Season to date, ABC News' "Nightline" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.680 million), outdelivering CBS' average of "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"/"The Late Late Show"/"The Talk - After Dark/The Late Late Show with James Corden" (+257,000) and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (+166,000).

NOTE: Due to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday (5/25/15), all three programs were coded specials and each telecast is excluded from the averages.

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., ET 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 May 25, 2015:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg

ABC "Nightline" 1,410,000 576,000/0.5 477,000/0.4

CBS "The Late Late Show" 1,182,000 453,000/0.4 383,000/0.3

NBC "Late Night" 1,341,000 669,000/0.6 579,000/0.5

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 5/25/15, 5/18/15 and 5/26/14. Most Current: 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 - 5/31/15) and 2013-2014 Season (9/23/13 - 6/1/14). 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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