Evening News Ratings: Week of April 21

By Chris Ariens 

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NBC “Nightly News with Brian Williams” was back on top in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic for the week of April 21.

Williams’ broadcast led ABC “World News with Diane Sawyer” by +647,000 total viewers and +38,000 demo viewers. Sawyer’s broadcast, in turn, led CBS “Evening News with Scott Pelley” by +1,321,000 total viewers and +429,000 demo viewers.

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Compared to the same week last year, NBC and ABC were flat in total viewers and CBS was down-3%. In the A25-54 demographic, NBC was down -10%, CBS was down -12% and ABC was up +3%.

Numbers for the week of April 21, 2014:

NBC ABC CBS
• Total Viewers: 8,249,000 7,602,000 6,281,000
• A25-54: 1,970,000 1,932,000 1,503,000

 

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