Nightline Fares Well In May Sweeps

While Jay Leno and David Letterman are down in the ratings, Nightline is up. “The news program had its best May sweep in total viewers since 2004, averaging 3.63 million, up 14 percent over last year,” Media Life notes.

Nightline is still #3, but the gap is narrowing. Also, “among adults 25-54, Nightline averaged 1.4 rating, 0.3 behind Letterman and 0.7 behind Leno. That was Letterman’s smallest lead over Nightline since 2003…”