NIGHTLINE Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers for the Second Straight Week

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.216 million) during the week of Aug. 6, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. Taking the top spot for the 2nd straight week, "Nightline" beat CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (1.126 million) by 90,000 and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.155 million) by 61,000.

"Nightline" (418,000 and 316,000, respectively) also led CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (366,000 and 270,000,000, respectively) in Adults 25-54(+52,000) and Adults 18-49 (+46,000).

For the 2nd week in a row, "Nightline" improved on the previous week (w/o 7/30/18) in Adults 25-54 (+1% - 418,000 vs. 412,000), drawing its best news demo performance in 4 weeks - since w/o 7/9/18.

"Nightline" cut its Adults 18-49 gap with NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" from the prior week by 33% (37,000 vs. 55,000 for w/o 7/30/18).

"Nightline" slashed its year-to-year margins (w/o 8/7/17) with NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in Adults 25-54 (-53% - 56,000 vs. 119,000) and Adults 18-49 (-73% - 37,000 vs. 135,000).

Season to date, "Nightline" is beating CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in Adults 25-54 (+32,000 - 495,000 vs. 463,000) and Adults 18-49 (+31,000 - 374,000 vs. 343,000).

Stories on "Nightline" last week included a man's fight to be allowed to post blueprints for 3-D printed guns online; a look at 'QAnon,' a conspiracy theory that has gained mainstream attention; the search for Mollie Tibbetts who disappeared after being last seen while running along the streets of Brooklyn, Iowa; a trip to Azores, Portugal, to go inside the competition with the world's most elite cliff divers; and concerns being raised by doctors about the new trend of patients wanting to look like retouched, picture-perfect versions of themselves.

NOTE: Due to PGA Championship highlights on Thursday (8/9/18) and Friday (8/10/18), CBS' The Late Late Show with James Corden" was retitled to "The Late Late Show - JC." Each telecast is excluded from the weekly averages. CBS' weekly averages are based on three days (Mon-Wed).

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 August 6, 2018:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC's "Nightline" 1,216,000 418,000/0.3 316,000/0.2
CBS' "The Late Late Show" 1,126,000 366,000/0.3 270,000/0.2
NBC's "Late Night" 1,155,000 474,000/0.4 353,000/0.3

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 08/06/18, 7/30/18and 8/7/17. Season to Date: Most Current: 2017-2018 Season (9/25/17 - 8/12/18) and 2016-2017 Season (9/19/16 - 8/13/17). 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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