ABC News' NIGHTLINE Outdelivers CBS'THE LATE LATE SHOW in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49

ABC News' "Nightline" averaged 1.233 million Total Viewers, 427,000 Adults 25-54 and 314,000 Adults 18-49 during the week of Jan. 21, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" led NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.216 million) by 17,000 Total Viewers. In addition, "Nightline" outperformed CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (376,000 and 276,000, respectively) in Adults 25-54 (+51,000) and Adults 18-49 (+38,000).

"Nightline" slashed its margins for the same week last year (w/o 1/22/18) with NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in Adults 25-54 (-67% - 27,000 vs. 82,000) andAdults 18-49 (-77% - 22,000 vs. 96,000).

Season to date, "Nightline" is leading CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in Adults 25-54 (+37,000 - 458,000 vs. 421,000) and Adults 18-49 (+24,000 - 338,000 vs. 314,000).

Stories reported on Nightline last week included a special preview of documentary "The Dropout" about ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and featured never-before-aired deposition tapes; families and individuals trying to make their way into the U.S. amid a national immigration reform; former Dallas Cowboys player Jeff Rohrer opening up about being the first player in NFL history to marry a man; the deadly risks women and their babies face at childbirth in the United States; a breakdown of what happened between Black Hebrew Israelites, Kentucky Catholic high school students and a Native American elder at the National Mall; and the failures of Fyre Festival.

NOTE: Due to the Martin LUTHER King Jr. holiday (1/21/19), CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" was coded as a special. The telecast was excluded from the weekly averages. CBS' weekly averages are based on four days (Tuesday - Friday).

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. EST, 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 Jan. 21, 2019:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC's "Nightline" 1,233,000 427,000/0.4 314,000/0.2
CBS' "The Late Late Show" 1,253,000 376,000/0.3 276,000/0.2
NBC's "Late Night" 1,216,000 454,000/0.4 336,000/0.3

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD, 2017-18 Current Week (w/o 1/14/19), Previous Week (w/o 1/7/19) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 1/15/18). Season to date: Most Current: 2018-2019 Season (9/24/18-1/20/19) and 2017-2018 Season (9/25/18-1/21/18). 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.

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