ABC, NBC & CBS Evening News Ratings Revealed: Who’s on Top?
- ABC's World News Tonight averaged 8.13 million viewers in the first quarter, showing growth from the previous year.
- NBC Nightly News averaged 6.6 million viewers, a 3% decrease from the prior year, while CBS Evening News averaged 4.59 million viewers, dropping 8%.
- The View audience rose by 4% to 2.62 million viewers in the first quarter, marking its seventh consecutive quarterly growth.
- Among women 18-49, The View rose by 11% to 157,000 viewers, outperforming NBC's Today Third Hour, which had 1.97 million viewers and a 1.28 rating.
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'The View' Wraps Up First Quarter of 2025 With 2.62 Million Viewers, Up 4% From Last Year
“The View” wrapped up the first quarter of 2025 with a ratings uptick, TheWrap can exclusively reveal. The ABC program averaged 2.62 million viewers during the first quarter — up 4% from the 2.51 million viewers the show averaged during the same quarter last year — according to Nielsen, marking the seventh consecutive time that “The View” has grown its total viewing audience from the quarter a year prior. “The View” also averaged 157,000 viewers…
ABC’s ‘World News Tonight’ Posts Year-Over-Year Gains In Q1 Ratings
ABC’s World News Tonight showed ratings growth in the first quarter of 2025, delivering an average of 8.13 million viewers, while its broadcast network rivals saw year-over-year erosion. The newscast’s audience was up from 8.12 million in the same period a year earlier. NBC Nightly News averaged 6.6 million viewers, off by 3% from the first quarter of last year. CBS Evening News averaged 4.59 million, dropping 8%. The latter broadcast debute…
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