Evening News Ratings: Week of Aug. 7

By Brian 

The gap between NBC and ABC stands at 580,000 total viewers. All three nets are down compared to the previous week. For the week of August 7:

Total viewers: NBC: 8,130,000 / ABC: 7,550,000 / CBS: 6,940,000

Households: NBC: 5.7/12 / ABC: 5.3/11 / CBS: 4.9/10

25-54 demo: NBC: 2.2/9 / ABC: 2.1/9 / CBS: 1.9/8

> Update: 2:26pm: “On Thursday, August 10, the day the story broke about the foiled London terror plot and with Brian Williams anchoring from Heathrow, “Nightly News” delivered an impressive 9.354 million total viewers, 20% more than ABC ‘s 7.807, million and a 25% advantage over CBS’ 7.497 million,” NBC notes…

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