ABC News' NIGHTLINE Improves Week to Week and Delivers Strongest Numbers Across the Board in More Than 3 Months

ABC News' "Nightline" averaged 1.273 million Total Viewers, 447,000 Adults 25-54, and
336,000 Adults 18-49, during the week of Sept. 24, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" beat CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (1.264 million, 387,000 and 298,000, respectively) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+9,000), Adults 25-54 (+60,000) and Adults 18-49 (+38,000).

"Nightline" posted week-to-week increases (1.188 million, 389,000 and 280,000, respectively, for w/o 9/17/18) across the board, Total Viewers (+7%), Adults 25-54 (+15%) and Adults 18-49 (+20%), turning in its strongest numbers in more than 3 months - since w/o 6/4/18.

"Nightline" narrowed its margins from the previous week (w/o 9/17/18) with NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in all key target demos: Total Viewers (-52%- 66,000 vs. 138,000), Adults 25-54 (-45% - 73,000 vs. 132,000) and Adults 18-49 (-61% - 49,000 vs. 125,000).

Stories on "Nightline" last week included a breakdown of what happened at the testimonies of Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford , the sworn declaration of Julie Swetnick who claimed she observed Kavanaugh engaging in "highly inappropriate conduct," an interview with author Deborah Copaken who said she forgave her rapist after Kavanaugh allegations moved her to reach out, protestors at the Girls for Gender Equity walkout, an interview with Dr. Colleen McNicholas about her work in a new documentary that looks at the 1973 Roe v. Wade case and a report on the sentencing of Bill Cosby .

ABC News' "Nightline" is anchored by Dan Harris, Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. Steven Baker is executive producer. The program airs weeknights, from 12:35-1:05 a.m. EDT, on The ABC Television Network. Together with "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "Nightline" is part of ABC's winning late- night strategy of airing news and entertainment programming.

Week of Sept. 24, 2018:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC's "Nightline" 1,273,000 447,000/0.4 336,000/0.3
CBS' "The Late Late Show" 1,264,000 387,000/0.3 298,000/0.2
NBC's "Late Night" 1,339,000 520,000/0.4 385,000/0.3

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 9/24/18, 9/17/18 and 9/25/17. Averages based on regular telecasts. "Nightline" premiered in its new time period in January 2013. "Seth
Meyers" premiered in February 2014. "James Corden" premiered in March 2015.