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[09/20/22 - 02:16 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Adults 25-54
For the 2nd week in a row, "Nightline" posted across-the-board gains on the year-ago week.

[via press release from ABC]

**Ratings Report for ABC News' "Nightline"

For the week of Sept. 12, 2022

ABC NEWS' 'NIGHTLINE' RANKS NO. 1 IN ADULTS 25-54

'Nightline' Outperforms CBS' 'The Late Late Show with James Corden' in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Adults 25-54 (224,000) during the week of Sept. 12, 2022, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. In addition, "Nightline" outperformed CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

"Nightline" improved on the previous week in Adults 25-54 (+4% - 224,000 vs. 216,000) and Adults 18-49 (+11% - 168,000 vs. 152,000), seeing its strongest news demo performance since June - since w/o 6/13/22.

For the 2nd week in a row, "Nightline" posted across-the-board gains on the year-ago week: Total Viewers (+5% - 811,000 vs. 772,000), Adults 25-54 (+21% - 224,000 vs. 185,000) and Adults 18-49 (+32% - 168,000 vs. 127,000).

On Monday (9/12/22), "Nightline" delivered its strongest single-day telecast in Total Viewers (1.032 million), Adults 25-54 (338,000) and Adults 18-49 (275,000) in 3 months - since 6/13/22, 6/16/22 and 6/16/22, respectively.

This week, "Nightline" covered thousands paying respect to Queen Elizabeth, Britain's colonial history and Queen Consort Camilla and King Charles III's relationship; DJ Khalid reflecting on his career, family, success and new album; Angelica Ross making her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the musical "Chicago"; student loan relief; Gloria Estefan and her place in music history; nurses in Minnesota organizing the largest private-sector nurses strike in U.S. history; YouTube show "Recess Therapy"; prosecutors asking to vacate Adnan Syed's conviction, whose story was featured in the "Serial" podcast; Viola Davis and her new movie "The Woman King" and more.

NOTE: On Monday (9/12/22) and Friday (9/16/22), CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" was retitled to "Late Late Show-JC" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" was retitled to "Seth Meyers-SM." The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. CBS and NBC weekly averages are based on three days (Tuesday-Thursday).

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 p.m.-1:05 a.m. EDT on ABC. "Nightline" has also produced numerous original documentaries available on ABC News digital platforms and Hulu.

Week of Sept. 12, 2022:

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 9/12/22), Previous Week (w/o 9/5/22) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 9/13/21). Most Current: 2021 -2022 Season (9/20/21 - 9/11/22) and 020 -2021 Season (9/21/20 - 9/12/21). L+7/Most Current - 3Q22: 6/27 - 9/18/22,.2Q22: 3/28 - 6/26/22. 3Q21: 6/28 - 9/19/21. Nielsen ratings for ABC, NBC and CBS include additional airings in select markets. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.





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