Evening News Ratings: Week of March 31

By Chris Ariens 

EveningNewsNewThe “CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley” showed the most year-over-year growth in viewers last week: +7% over the same week last year. But “Evening News” also lost -7% in the A25-54 demo.

“NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” was once again the most-watched newscast in both measurements, but also experienced a split vs. last year. “Nightly” was up +3% in viewers, but down -4% in the demo.

“ABC World News with Diane Sawyer,” which trailed “Nightly” by 899,000 viewers, saw growth in both measurements: +4% in viewers and the demo. And for the third time in the four weeks, “World News” came in first on Friday in the demo by 10,000 viewers, which is less than 1%.

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Numbers for the week of March 31, 2014:

NBC ABC CBS
• Total Viewers: 8,625,000 7,726,000 6,847,000
• A25-54: 2,137,000 1,964,000 1,592,000

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