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[12/12/23 - 12:02 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers for 12th Consecutive Week
Season to date, and for the first time ever in the 10 years in its time period, "Nightline" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 versus CBS and NBC.
[via press release from ABC]

**Ratings Report for ABC News' "Nightline"

For the Week of Dec. 04, 2023

ABC NEWS' 'NIGHTLINE' RANKS NO. 1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS FOR 12TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK

Season to Date, 'Nightline' Scores Largest Overall Audience in 4 Years

For the First Time in 10 Years, 'Nightline' Is No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 Versus CBS and NBC

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (846,000) for the week of Dec. 4, 2023, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" took the top spot in Total Viewers, beating CBS' "Comics Unleashed" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" for the 12th week in a row. In addition, "Nightline" beat the CBS program in both key Adult demos.

Season to date, and for the first time ever in the 10 years in its time period, "Nightline" ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 versus CBS and NBC. In addition, "Nightline" is growing versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers (+11% - 985,000 vs. 890,000), Adults 25-54 (+12% - 247,000 vs. 221,000) and Adults 18-49 (+5% - 164,000 vs. 156,000), posting its largest overall audience in 4 years - since the 2019-2020 season.

This week "Nightline" covered Beyonce's ballroom "Renaissance"; researchers that found hundreds of plastic particles inside birds; Willem Dafoe on transforming for "Poor Things"; Hunter Biden's indictment; Ryan Seacrest's passion project; Maui Strong 808; school shooter Ethan Crumbley's life sentencing; "IMPACT x Nightline"'s latest episode about the reality show stars who spoke about the reckoning for their industry and more.

NOTE: On Friday (12/8/23), NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" was retitled to "Late Night with Seth Meyers-SM" due to being a repeat. The retitled telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. NBC's weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Thursday).

ABC News' "Nightline" is late-night television's prestigious, award-winning news program featuring the most powerful, in-depth stories that shape our lives and the world around us. It is anchored by Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. Eman Varoqua is executive producer. The program airs weeknights from 12:35 p.m.-1:05 a.m. EST on ABC. "Nightline" has also produced numerous original documentaries available on ABC News digital platforms and Hulu.

WEEK OF DEC. 4, 2023:

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

ABC's "Nightline" 846,000 190,000/0.2 118,000/0.1

CBS' "Comics Unleashed" 464,000 109,000/0.1 71,000/0.1

NBC's "Late Night" 774,000 195,000/0.2 129,000/0.1

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 12/4/23), Previous Week (w/o 11/27/23) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 11/28/22). Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25 - 12/10/23) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19 - 12/4/22). NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" premiered on 10/2/23. Nielsen ratings for ABC, NBC and CBS include additional airings in select markets. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.





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