NIGHTLINE Improves in All Key Measures Over the Previous Quarter

ABC News' "Nightline" drew 1.324 million Total Viewers, 460,000 Adults 25-54 and 339,000 Adults 18-49 during the 4 th Quarter 2018, based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" beat CBS' "The Late Late Show" (427,000 and 321,000, respectively) in Adults 25-54 (+33,000) and Adults 18-49 (+18,000), posting its largest 4 th quarter advantages in both demos in 3 years-since 4Q15.

"Nightline" improved on the previous quarter (1.211 million, 419,000 and 310,000, respectively, for 3Q18) across the board: Total Viewers (+9%), Adults 25-54 (+10%) and Adults 18-49 (+9%). "Nightline" narrowed its quarter-to-quarter (3Q18) margins with NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in Adults 25-54 (-16%-97,000 vs. 116,000) and Adults 18-49 (-16%-77,000 vs. 92,000).

"Nightline" cuts its gaps with NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" from the year-ago quarter (4Q17) in Adults 25-54 (-26%-97,000 vs. 131,000) and Adults 18-49 (-42%-77,000 vs. 132,000). Week of Dec. 24, 2018:

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in all key target demos: Total Viewers (1.213 million),
Adults 25-54 (391,000) and Adults 18-49 (296,000), during the week of Dec. 24, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" was up versus the previous week (w/o 12/17/18) in Total Viewers (+1%-1.213 million vs. 1.200 million) and Adults 18-49 (+1%-296,000 vs. 294,000). "Nightline" improved on the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+8%-1.213 million vs. 1.123 million-for w/o 12/25/17).

Season to date, "Nightline" is leading CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in
Adults 25-54 (+33,000-460,000 vs. 427,000) and Adults 18-49 (+18,000-339,000 vs. 321,000).

NOTE: On Tuesday (12/25/18), "Nightline" was coded as a special and on Wednesday (12/26/18) was retitled to "ABC News: NL." For the week, regular telecast of repeats of NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" were retitled to "Late Night with Seth Meyers-SM," while regular telecasts of repeats of CBS' "The Late Late Show" were retitled to "The Late Late Show with James Corden-JC." On Tuesday, NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" and CBS' "The Late Late Show" were coded as specials. Both shows were pre-empted on Monday (12/24/18) for Christmas Eve programming. The special and retitled telecasts are excluded from the season averages. ABC's averages are based on
3 days (Monday, Thursday-Friday), while CBS' and NBC's averages are based on three days (Wednesday-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. 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.

4 th Quarter 2018:
PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC's "Nightline" 1,324,000 460,000/0.4 339,000/0.3
CBS' "The Late Late Show" 1,370,000 427,000/0.4 321,000/0.2
NBC's "Late Night" 1,515,000 557,000/0.5 416,000/0.3
Week of Dec. 24, 2018:
PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC's "Nightline" 1,213,000 391,000/0.3 296,000/0.2
CBS' "The Late Late Show" 1,006,000 314,000/0.3 235,000/0.2
NBC's "Late Night" 982,000 361,000/0.3 272,000/0.2

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD, 2017-18 Current Week (w/o 12/24/18), Previous Week (w/o 12/17/18) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 12/25/17). Season to date: Most Current: 2018-2019 Season (9/24-12/30/18) and 2017-2018 Season (9/25-12/31/17). Quarters: Live+7/Most Current-4Q18: 9/24-12/30/18, 3Q17: 7/2-9/23/18 and 4Q17: 9/25-12/31/17. 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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