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[08/21/26 - 01:01 PM]
ABC News Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers Across Friday Night and Late-Night
"20/20" turned in double-digit gains year to year in all key target demos.

[via press release from ABC]

**Ratings Report for ABC News' "Nightline" and "20/20" For the Week of Aug. 10, 2026

ABC NEWS RANKS NO. 1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS ACROSS FRIDAY NIGHT AND LATE-NIGHT

'Nightline' Ranks No. 1 Across the Board, Posting Double-Digit Gains Week to Week and Year to Year

'20/20' Ranks as Friday's No. 1 Newsmagazine in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 and Delivers Its Largest Audience in 4 Weeks

"Nightline"

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (768,000), Adults 25-54 (130,000) and Adults 18-49 (88,000) for the week of Aug 10, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, leading NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

· "Nightline" posted double-digit gains week to week in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+22% - 768,000 vs. 627,000), Adults 25-54 (+35% - 130,000 vs. 96,000) and Adults 18-49 (+24% - 88,000 vs. 70,000).

· "Nightline" also turned in double-digit increases year to year: Total Viewers (+23% - 768,000 vs. 624,000), Adults 25-54 (+31% - 130,000 vs. 99,000) and Adults 18-49 (+26% - 88,000 vs. 70,000).

· Season to date, "Nightline" is up in Total Viewers (+4% - 959,000 vs. 924,000) versus the same point last season.

NOTE: For the week, NBC's "Seth Meyers" was retitled to "Seth Meyers-SM."

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 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET on ABC. "Nightline" has also produced numerous original documentaries available on ABC News' digital platforms, Disney+ and Hulu.

WEEK OF AUG. 10, 2026:

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

ABC's "Nightline" 768,000 130,000/0.1 88,000/0.1

NBC's "Late Night" 686,000 127,000/0.1 70,000/0.1

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 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET on ABC. "Nightline" has also produced numerous original documentaries available on ABC News' digital platforms, Disney+ and Hulu.

"20/20"

ABC News' "20/20: I'm Going To Get You" ranked as the Friday's No.1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers (2.530 million) and Adults 25-54 (330,000) on Aug. 14, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, outperforming NBC's "Dateline" (1.547 million and 320,000, respectively).

· "20/20" posted double-digit increases versus the previous week in Total Viewers (+10% -2.530 million vs. 2.293 million) and Adults 18-49 (+12% - 226,000 vs. 206,000), drawing its largest overall audience in 4 weeks - since 7/17/26.

· "20/20" turned in double-digit gains year to year in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+54% - 2.530 million vs. 1.643 million), Adults 25-54 (+50% - 330,000 vs. 220,000) and Adults 18-49 (+52% - 230,000 vs. 151,000).

· Season to date, "20/20" leads "Dateline" in Total Viewers (+16%/+522,000 - 3.740 million vs. 3.218 million), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings. In addition, "20/20" is improving versus the comparable weeks last season in Total Viewers (+6%/+228,000 - 3.740 million vs. 3.512 million).

ABC News' "20/20" is the No. 1 award-winning primetime program anchored by David Muir and Deborah Roberts. A proven leader as a long-form newsmagazine for over 45 years, "20/20" features unforgettable, character-driven true-crime mysteries, exclusive newsmaker interviews, hard-hitting investigative reports and in-depth coverage of high-profile stories. Janice Johnston is the executive producer. The two-hour "20/20" events air Fridays from 9-11 p.m. ET on ABC and are available to stream on ABC News digital platforms, Disney+ and Hulu.

Source: Nielsen, For "Nightline," Current Week (w/o 8/10/26), Previous Week (w/o 8/3/26) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 8/11/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 8/16/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 - 8/17/26). Season averages based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings start with the 2023-2024 season.

For "20/20", Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 National Live + Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings for current week telecast (8/14/26), week ago telecast (8/7/26) and year-ago telecast (8/8/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 8/16/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/2- 8/10/25). "20/20" includes airings on ABCNL, including distributors such as YouTube and Roku. Beginning 12/26/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out-of-Home (OOH) viewing. Prior to 8/31/20, ratings did not include OOH viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.





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