Evening News Ratings: Week of September 9

By Chris Ariens 

“NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” was the most-watched evening newscast last week. But compared to the same week last year, “Nightly” was flat among total viewers and down -2% among younger viewers, while No. 2 “World News with Diane Sawyer” saw year-over-year growth: +5% among total viewers and up +10% in the demo.

“CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley” was up in viewers (+6%) but down in the demo (-5%).

With Summer nearly over, overall viewership is up. NBC and ABC had their most-watched weeks since April 15.

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CBS was preempted on Monday due to coverage of the U.S. Open.

Numbers for the week of September 9, 2013:

NBC ABC CBS
• Total Viewers: 8,304,000 7,948,000 6,082,000
• A25-54: 2,103,000 2,020,000 1,460,000

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