ABC NEWS’ ‘NIGHTLINE’ RANKS NO. 1 IN ALL KEY DEMOS

 

ABC News’ “Nightline” ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (903,000), Adults 25-54(152,000) and Adults 18-49 (124,000) for the week of Dec. 29, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research, leading NBC’s “Seth Meyers” across the board for the 2nd consecutive week.

• Season to date, “Nightline” (1.004 million, 189,000 and 133,000, respectively) leads NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (975,000, 187,000 and 130,000, respectively) in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49. In fact, “Nightline” is ranking No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 3rd straight year.

NOTE: On Wednesday (12/31/25), ABC’s “Nightline” was preempted. On Thursday (1/1/26), “Nightline was coded as a special. The specialed telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. NBC’s “Seth Meyers” was preempted on Wednesday and was retitled the rest of the week to “Seth Meyers-SM” due to being repeats.ABC’s weekly averages are based on three days (Monday, Tuesday and Friday), while NBC’s weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday).

ABC News’ “Nightline” is late-night television’s prestigious, award-winning news program featuring the most powerful, in-depth stories that shape our lives and the world around us. It is anchored by Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. Eman Varoqua is executive producer. The program airs weeknights from 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET on ABC. “Nightline” has also produced numerous original documentaries available on ABC News’ digital platforms, Disney+ and Hulu.

WEEK OF DEC. 29, 2025:

PROGRAM AVERAGES	TOTAL VIEWERS	A25-54(000)/RTG	A18-49(000)/RTG
ABC’s “Nightline”	903,000	152,000/0.1	124,000/0.1
NBC’s “Late Night”	497,000	135,000/0.1	116,000/0.1

Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 National Live + Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings. Current Week (w/o 12/29/25), Previous Week (w/o 12/22/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 12/30/24). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/29 – 1/4/25) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 1/5/25). Beginning 12/26/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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