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ABC's NIGHTLINE Wins 2016 2nd Quarter in Total Viewers
By: Tyler Peterson Jun. 30, 2016
ABC News' "Nightline" won the 2016 2nd Quarter in Total Viewers (1.566 million), based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" led CBS' "The Late Late Show with Jeff Corden" (1.233 million) by 333,000 and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.455 million) by 121,000.
In addition, "Nightline" beat "The Late Late Show" (494,000 and 395,000, respectively) in Adults 25-54 (+106,000) and Adults 18-49 (+82,000) to score its largest-ever winning advantages over CBS programming ("Late Late Show with Jeff Corden/Craig Ferguson") in its new time period during a 2nd quarter
Further, "Nightline" outdelivered "The Late Late Show" in Total Viewers in all 13 weeks of the quarter and in 12 of 13 weeks in Adults 25-54.
"Nightline" grew from the previous quarter (1.538 million and 458,000, respectively, for 1Q16) in Total Viewers (+2%) and Adults 18-49 (+4%).
"Nightline" narrowed its margins versus the previous quarter (1Q16) with NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" by more than half in Adults 25-54 (-60% - 56,000 vs. 140,000) and Adults 18-49 (-69% - 44,000 vs. 140,000).
Week of June 20, 2016:
ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.452 million) for the 4th consecutive week during the week of June 20, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" beat CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (1.180 million) by 272,000 and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.299 million) by 153,000.
In addition, "Nightline" led the CBS program in Adults 25-54 (+26,000 - 526,000 vs. 500,000) and Adults 18-49 (+15,000 - 411,000 vs. 396,000).
"Nightline" grew from the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+11% - 1.452 million vs. 1.312 million on w/o 6/22/15), delivering year-to-year gains for the 5th consecutive week and in 6 of the last 7.
"Nightline" had the No. 1 telecast of the week with its Thursday airing (6/23/16) in Total Viewers (1.514 million), beating every telecast of the week of CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers."
Season to date, "Nightline" leads CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" across the board: Total Viewers (+305,000), Adults 25-54 (+103,000) and Adults 18-49 (+60,000).
ABC News' "Nightline" is anchored by Dan Harris, Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. ROXANNA Sherwood is executive producer, and Steven Baker is senior broadcast 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.
2nd Quarter 2016:
PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC "Nightline" 1,566,000 600,000/0.5 477,000/0.4
CBS "The Late Late Show" 1,233,000 494,000/0.4 395,000/0.3
NBC "Late Night" 1,445,000 656,000/0.6 521,000/0.4
Week of June 20, 2016:
PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC "Nightline" 1,452,000 526,000/0.4 411,000/0.3
CBS "The Late Late Show" 1,180,000 500,000/0.4 396,000/0.3
NBC "Late Night" 1,299,000 579,000/0.5 467,000/0.4
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 6/20/16, 6/13/16 and 6/22/15. Most Current: 2015-2016 Season (9/21/15 - 6/26/16) and 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 - 6/ 28/15). Most Current - 2Q16: 3/28/15 - 6/26/16, 2Q15: 3/30/15 - 6/28/15. 1Q16: 12/27/15 - 3/27/16. 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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