The first week of the 2025-2026 broadcast season delivered good news for ABC News and NBC News, as they experienced gains in total viewers for the week of September 22.

ABC World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News should also be pleased with their respective performance in the advertiser-coveted Adults 25-54 demo, as they also saw week-to-week improvements within this measured category.

However, for the second week in a row, WNT’s demo lead over Nightly News was courtesy of an additional 48,000 viewers. This demo viewer difference remained steady despite Jimmy Kimmel resuming his late-night hosting duties on ABC after a brief suspension.

This was also the first week that the networks began usin g Nielsen’s big data and panel national TV as measurement currency. It combines the fi

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