NIGHTLINE Improves Year Over Year in All Key Measures for the 2nd Straight Week

ABC News' "Nightline" averaged 1.384 million Total Viewers, 517,000 Adults 25-54 and 385,000 Adults 18-49, during the week of March 19, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" defeated CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (1.221 million, 423,000 and 333,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+163,000), Adults 25-54 (+94,000) and Adults 18-49 (+52,000).

"Nightline" finished neck and neck in Total Viewers with NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" during the week as only 7,000 overall viewers separated the two programs (1.384 million vs. 1.391 million).

For the 2nd week in a row, "Nightline" improved year to year (1.338 million, 486,000 and 380,000, respectively, for w/o 3/20/17) in all key target measures: Total Viewers (+3%), Adults 25-54 (+6%) and Adults 18-49 (+1%).

Season to date, "Nightline" is beating CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" across the board: Total Viewers (+8,000 - 1.423 million vs. 1.415 million), Adults 25-54 (+25,000 - 522,000 vs. 497,000) and Adults 18-49 (+27,000 - 396,000 vs. 369,000).

Stories on "Nightline" last week included a report from Saudi Arabia about the country's changing social restrictions giving women more rights; a return visit to Puerto Rico where families are still without power and struggling to rebuild six months after Hurricane Maria; a breakdown of the video and reaction to the shooting of an unarmed 22-year-old black man shot multiple times in the backyard of his grandmother's house in Sacramento; and interviews with the cast of "Roseanne," actress Bella Thorne and the Oscar®-winning songwriters and cast of the Broadway adaptation of "Frozen."

NOTE: CBS' "The Late Late Show" was delayed on Thursday (3/22/18) and Friday (3/23/18), and each telecast was retitled due to NCAA basketball; ratings for both days are excluded from the averages. "The Late Late Show"'s averages are based on 3 days (Monday-Wednesday), while "Nightline" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers" are based on 5 days.

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 March 19, 2018:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC's "Nightline" 1,384,000 517,000/0.4 385,000/0.3
CBS' "The Late Late Show" 1,221,000 423,000/0.4 333,000/0.3
NBC "Late Night" 1,391,000 571,000/0.5 426,000/0.3

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD, 2016-17 Current Week (w/o 3/19/18), Previous Week (3/12/18) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 3/20/17). Season-to-Date: Most Current: 2017-2018 Season (9/25/17 - 3/25/18) and 2016-2017 Season (9/19/16 - 3/26/17). 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.

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