A week before ABC News president David Westin would single out the program as an example, production-wise, of the direction he hopes to take the entire news division, ABC’s “Nightline” drew more viewers than its chief competitor at 11:35pmET in recent weeks: CBS’ “Late Show.”
But NBC’s “Tonight” show was preempted by the first week of Olympic coverage, which likely accounts for the large week-to-week drop-off in viewership the ABC and CBS programs saw. “Nightline” was down 830,000 Total Viewers and the “Late Show” was down 1.72 million from the week prior.
(Note: “Nightline” ratings based on Tues-Fri average.)
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The numbers for the week of Feb. 15:
| Show | Network | A25-54 | A18-49 | Total Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nightline | ABC | 1.53M | 1.04M | 3.35M |
| Late Show | CBS | 1.38M | 1.04M | 3.26M |
| Tonight Show | NBC | — | — | — |