ABC’s World News beat NBC Nightly News by 20,000 viewers in the 25-54 demo last week, and came within 120,000 viewers of beating NBC in total viewers as well.
For the week of Dec. 4:
Total viewers: NBC: 9,120,000 / ABC: 9,000,000 / CBS: 7,450,000
Homes: NBC: 6.3/12 / ABC: 6.3/12 / CBS: 5.3/10
25-54 demo: NBC: 2,900,000 / ABC: 2,920,000 / CBS: 2,260,000
25-54 rating: NBC: 2.4/9 / ABC: 2.4/9 / CBS: 1.8/7
> Also: ABC notes that on Wednesday, when the Iraq Study Group report was released and all three newscasts originated from D.C., World News beat Nightly News by 190,000 total viewers and 180,000 demo viewers…
> And: NBC notes that on Monday, when Nightly News had limited commercial interruptions, 10,384,000 viewers turned to the broadcast, 15 percent more than ABC and 30 percent more than CBS…
Evening News Ratings: Week of Dec. 4
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