When comparing its first quarter 2025 results to Q4 2024, World News Tonight had 8.132 total viewers, a gain of +7% in total viewers and +8% in the A25-54 demo, which had 1.158 million viewers. Compared to the year-ago quarter (Q1 of 2024), the ratings trend for World News Tonight saw the newscast remain flat in total viewers but rise by +2% in the demo.

NBC Nightly News, which saw Holt announce his summer departure from the newscast and the appointment of Tom Llamas as his replacement, averaged 6.598 million total viewers and 983,000 A25-54 viewers during the first quarter of 2025. The newscast was up +9% in total viewers and +10% in the demo when compared to the prior quarter. NBC Nightly News was also down relative to the year-ago quarter, shedding -3% in total viewers and -1% in the A25-54 demo.

Finally, CBS Evening News, which transitioned from Norah O’Donnell and Washington D.C. to a two-anchor New York-based show, averaged 4.586 million total viewers and 657,000 A25-54 viewers in Q1 2025. It was up in total viewers by +1% and saw a slight dip of -2% in the demo vs. the prior quarter.  Compared to the first quarter of 2024, it was down by -8% in total viewers and -9% in A25-54 viewers.

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 3/17/25), Previous Week (w/o 3/10/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 3/18/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 3/23/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 3/24/24). Most Current Data Stream – 1Q25: 12/30/24 – 3/30/25, 4Q24: 9/23/24 – 12/29/24 and 1Q24: 1/1/24 – 3/31/24.  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.