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[02/07/23 - 02:18 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 3rd Consecutive Week
In fact, "Nightline" outdelivered CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in Total Viewers in 9 of the last 10 weeks.

[via press release from ABC]

**Ratings Report for ABC News' "Nightline" 

For the Week of Jan. 30, 2023

ABC NEWS' 'NIGHTLINE' RANKS NO. 1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE WEEK

For the 10th Week in a Row, 'Nightline' Grows in Total Viewers Year to Year

'Nightline' Leads CBS' 'The Late Late Show with James Corden' in All Key Target Demos for the Week and Season to Date

ABC News' "Nightline" ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (891,000) for the 3rd consecutive week during the week of Jan. 30, 2023, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. In fact, "Nightline" outdelivered CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in Total Viewers in 9 of the last 10 weeks. In addition, beat the CBS program in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.

For the 10th week in a row, "Nightline" improved on the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+5% - 891,000 vs. 848,000).

"Nightline" was up week to week in Adults 18-49 (+2% - 138,000 vs. 135,000).

Season to date, "Nightline" is growing compared to the same point last season in Total Viewers (+8% - 915,000 vs. 845,000). In addition, "Nightline" leads CBS' "The Late Late Show with James Corden" in all key target demos.

This week "Nightline" covered how family, friends and pillars of the Black community paid their last respects to Tyre Nichols as he was laid to rest; the investigation into the Memphis PD's use of force against Tyre Nichols; Juju Chang's sit-down interview with Jinger Duggar Vuolo; Super Bowl halftime secrets; "Magic Mike's Last Dance"; the new details revealed from fatal "Rust" shooting charges; segregation on the Las Vegas Strip; Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein's new show "Shrinking." This week "Nightline" covered how family, friends and pillars of the Black community paid their last respects Tyre Nichols as he is laid to rest; the investigation into the Memphis PD's use of force against Tyre Nichols; Juju Chang's sit-down interview with Jinger Duggar Vuolo; Super Bowl halftime secrets; "Magic Mike's Last Dance;" the new details revealed from fatal 'Rust' shooting charges; segregation on the Las Vegas Strip; and Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein's new show "Shrinking."

NOTE: On Friday (2/3/23), 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 weekly and season averages. CBS' and NBC's weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-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. EST on ABC. "Nightline" has also produced numerous original documentaries available on ABC News digital platforms and Hulu.

Week of Jan. 30, 2023:

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 1/30/23), Previous Week (w/o 1/23/23) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 1/31/22). Most Current Data Stream: Season 2022-2023 (9/19/22 - 2/5/23), Season 2021-2022 (9/20/21 - 2/6/22), 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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