**Ratings Report for ABC News' "Nightline" and "20/20"

For the Week of Aug. 24, 2026

ABC NEWS WINS FRIDAY NIGHT AND LATE NIGHT

'Nightline' Ranks No. 1 Across the Board and Posts Double-Digit Year-to-Year Gains in All Key Demos for the Third Consecutive Week

'20/20: Evil in Eden' Ranks No. 1 Across the Board, Outperforming 'Dateline,' and Delivers Its Strongest Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Performances in 6 Weeks; Scores Double-Digit Gains Across the Board Year to Year

"Nightline"

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (839,000), Adults 25-54 (129,000) and Adults 18-49 (83,000) for the week of Aug 24, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, leading NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."

· For the third consecutive week, "Nightline" improved by double digits year to year in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+40% - 839,000 vs. 601,000), Adults 25-54 (+39% - 129,000 vs. 93,000) and Adults 18-49 (+30% - 83,000 vs. 64,000).

· Season to date, "Nightline" is up in Total Viewers (+5% - 957,000 vs. 913,000) versus the same point last season.

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

WEEK OF AUG. 24, 2026:

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

ABC's "Nightline" 839,000 129,000/0.1 83,000/0.1

NBC's "Late Night" 621,000 116,000/0.1 82,000/0.1

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: Evil In Eden" ranked as the Friday's No.1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers (2.527 million), Adults 25-54 (433,000) and Adults 18-49 (291,000) on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, outperforming NBC's "Dateline" (1.357 million, 232,000 and 149,000, respectively).

· "20/20" posted double-digit gains week to week in Adults 25-54 (+21% - 433,000 vs. 358,000) and Adults 18-49 (+40% - 291,000 vs. 208,000), hitting 6-week highs in both measures - since 7/17/26.

· "20/20" scored double-digit increases vs. the year-ago week in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+23% - 2.527 million vs. 2.059 million), Adults 25-54 (+75% - 433,000 vs. 247,000) and Adults 18-49 (+58% - 291,000 vs. 184,000).

· 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, Total Viewers and Adults 25-54; Live+SD 8/30/26, 8/23/26 and 8/31/25 for "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Beginning 9/29/25, "This Week" includes airings on ABCNL, including distributors such as YouTube and Roku. Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 8/30/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 - 8/31/26).

For "Nightline," Current Week (w/o 8/24/26), Previous Week (w/o 8/17/26) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 8/25/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 8/30/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/25 - 8/31/26). 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 (8/28/26), week ago telecast (8/21/26) and year-ago telecast (8/22/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 - 8/30/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/2- 8/24/25). "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.