The three night newscasts skilled viewership declines in each complete viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo throughout the first full week of Could.
ABC World Information Tonight with David Muir continued to be the night information chief in each classes. Nonetheless, for the second week in a row, over 70,000 demo viewers separated WNT and NBC Nightly Information with Tom Llamas.
Notice: The weekly common of ABC World Information Tonight, NBC Nightly Information, and CBS Night Information is predicated on 4 days. Tuesday’s (05/05/2026) CBS Information’ broadcast was retitled to CBS Night Nws. Wednesday’s (05/06/2026) NBC Information broadcast was retitled NBC Nitely Nws, and Friday’s (05/08/2026) ABC Information’ broadcast was retitled WNT-ABC. These broadcasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages.
In accordance with nationwide reside+same-day large knowledge plus program rankings from Nielsen, ABC World Information Tonight averaged 8.183 million complete viewers and 976,000 Adults 25-54 demo viewers for the week of Could 4. The night newscast was down by -1% amongst complete viewers and -3% amongst A25-54 viewers in comparison with the earlier week. Taking a look at its efficiency throughout the identical week in 2025* (the week starting April 27), WNT was up +13% in complete viewers and +1% within the demo.
NBC Nightly Information was No. 2 in complete viewers and the demo, averaging 6.125 million and 903,000 viewers, respectively. In comparison with the earlier week, Nightly Information fell by -2% in complete viewers and -3% within the demo. When evaluating its efficiency to the identical week a 12 months in the past, Nightly Information was up by +9% in complete viewers and +14% within the demo.
CBS Night Information completed the week of Could 4 with 3.702 million and 473,000 viewers, respectively. CBS Information’ newscast was down -4% in complete viewers and -13% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week. Its year-ago week numbers confirmed the newscast having features of +2% amongst complete viewers however dropping by -6% within the demo.
*Please notice that year-over-year comparisons are primarily based on Nielsen Large Knowledge+Panel (2026) vs. Panel (2025) measurements.
Could 4, 2026 (Nielsen Large Knowledge + Panel):
| ABC | NBC | CBS | |
| • Whole Viewers: | 8,183,000 | 6,125,000 | 3,702,000 |
| • A25-54: | 976,000 | 903,000 | 473,000 |
Supply: Nielsen, NTI Whole Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49 Nationwide Stay + Identical Day Large Knowledge Plus Panel Program Rankings. Present Week (w/o 5/4/26), Earlier Week (w/o 4/27/26), and 12 months-In the past Week (w/o 5/5/25). Season to this point: Most Present Knowledge Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 – 5/10/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 5/11/25).
