Top-ranked ABC World News Tonight with David Muir held on to its No. 1 standing in the course of the Thanksgiving holiday-shortened week of November 21  — that means it has now defeated its night information competitors from NBC and CBS 208 of the previous 209 weeks in common whole viewers—and 137 of the final 139 weeks amongst adults 25-54.

WNT additionally received the November sweep interval for the third consecutive 12 months, and was the one night newscast to realize whole viewers from Nov. 2021 sweep (+2%, 8.44 million vs. 8.29 million).

But again to weekly efficiency, World News Tonight averaged 8.735 million whole linear viewers this previous week, No. 3 on all of U.S. TV, excluding sports activities programming. That determine is -2% from what the newscast averaged the prior week (Nov. 14), which had been the newscast’s most-watched week since February (pushed by Muir’s highly-rated Mike Pence interview). WNT additionally averaged greater than 1.53 million viewers from the important thing demo this previous week, which is +1% from the prior week and the newscast’s largest common viewers in eight months. Additionally, versus the Thanksgiving holiday-shortened week in 2021 (week of Nov. 22), ABC’s night newscast gained +4% in whole viewers and +3% in adults 25-54. A pleasant consequence for the newscast.

ABC’s and CBS’ night information scores averages for the week of Nov. 21 are primarily based on simply two days (Monday and Tuesday), whereas NBC’s night information scores are primarily based on three days (Monday, Tuesday and Friday) because of the Thanksgiving vacation. Each newscast was coded as a “special” on Wednesday and Thanksgiving Thursday. Those particular broadcasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. The same was true during Thanksgiving week 2021, with the principle distinction being NBC Nightly News was the most-watched night newscast that week for the primary time in three years.

While NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt was not the most-watched night newscast throughout Thanksgiving week 2022, nevertheless it got here fairly shut. The newscast hit a 52-week excessive in whole viewers (8.33 million) and a 37-week excessive in A25-54 viewers (1.37 million), and delivered extra week-to-week development than the competitors. The 8.33 million whole is +15% from the prior week, and the 1.37 million adults 25-54 is +11% from the prior week, which implies Nightly has seen its third consecutive week of scores development from the prior week. That stated, NBC’s night newscast shed whole viewers (-3%) and A25-54 viewers (-7%) from the year-ago week.

According to information from Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals—and the YouTube Analytics Portal, full weekday episodes of NBC Nightly News earned a mean of 932,000 views and 702,000 viewers final week.

CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell averaged 5.22 million whole viewers this previous week, which is -2% from the earlier week, and -2% from the year-ago week. The newscast averaged 817,000 adults 25-54 this previous week, which is -2% from the earlier week and -13% from the year-ago week.

Nielsen live-plus-same-day averages for the week of Nov. 21, 2022:

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, Live + SD Current Week (w/o 11/21/22), Previous Week (w/o 11/14/22) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 11/22/21). Most Current Data Stream: Season 2022-2023 (9/19 – 11/27/22), Season 2021-2022 (9/20 – 11/28/21). Sweeps primarily based on Most Current: November 2022 Sweep (10/27 – 11/23/22), November 2021 Sweep (10/28 – 11/24/21) and July 2021 Sweep (6/30 – 7/27/21). Sweep intervals (November, February, May and July). Nielsen scores for ABC, NBC and CBS embrace extra airings in choose markets. Beginning 8/31/20, nationwide scores additionally embrace Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages primarily based on common telecasts.