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[10/25/22 - 02:14 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 In Total Viewers
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing compared to the same point last season in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

[via press release from ABC]

**Ratings Report for ABC News' "Nightline"   

For the Week of Oct. 17, 2022 

ABC NEWS' 'NIGHTLINE' RANKS NO. 1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS

'Nightline' Leads CBS' 'The Late Late Show with James Corden' in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49

'Nightline' Is Up in Total Viewers Both Week to Week and Year to Year

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (769,000) during the week of Oct. 17, 2022, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "Nightline" also led CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

"Nightline" was up in Total Viewers both week to week (+1% - 769,000 vs. 764,000) and year to year (+5% - 769,000 vs. 733,000).

Season to date, "Nightline" is growing compared to the same point last season in Total Viewers (+9% - 887,000 vs. 812,000), Adults 25-54 (+10% - 237,000 vs. 216,000) and Adults 18-49 (+16% - 170,000 vs. 147,000). In addition, "Nightline" leads CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

This week "Nightline" covered a Navy fuel leak in Hawaii that may have caused families to get sick; "Mad Honey," a new best-selling novel; actor Danny Masterson's trial; Chelsea Manning's new memoir; the spooky history of "The Watcher" town; Kevin Smith's health and his thoughts on aging; twins who escaped a real-life house of horrors; "Impact x Nightline"'s reporting of children working at Rainforest Alliance certified farms in Mexico, picking coffee that will be marked as ethically produced; Dwayne Johnson's new film "Black Adam"; Taylor Swift's tenth studio album, "Midnights"; "20/20"'s latest episode "Dial M for Missing."

NOTE: For the week, CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" was retitled to "Late Late Show-JC-ENC" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" was retitled to "Seth Meyers-SM" due to being repeats. The retitled telecasts are excluded from the season averages.

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 Oct. 17, 2022:

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 10/17/22), Previous Week (w/o 10/10/22) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 10/18/21).  Most Current Data Stream: Season 2022-2023 (9/19 - 10/23/22), Season 2021-2023 (9/20 - 10/24/22) 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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