Nightline’ for Week of May 7, 2018

May 15, 2018 Ratings Report: ABC News’ ‘Nightline’ For Week of May 7, 2018 ‘Nightline’ Improves Week to Week in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the Week of May 7 ‘Nightline’ Beats CBS’ ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 ‘Nightline’ Slashes Its Gaps Year-Over-Year Against NBC’s ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ Across the Board Season to Date, ‘Nightline’ Leads CBS’ ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 A Sinaloa Cartel member demonstrates how they cook poppy flower gum to make heroin – full story aired May 10. Photo credit: ABC News /“Nightline”* ABC News’ “Nightline” averaged 1.192 million Total Viewers, 443,000 Adults 25-54 and 330,000 Adults 18-49, during the week of May 7, 2018, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “Nightline” beat CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” (409,000 and 295,000, respectively) in Adults 25-54 (+34,000) and Adults 18-49 (+35,000). “Nightline” improved on the previous week (w/o 4/30/18) in Adults 25-54 (+1,000 – 443,000 vs. 442,000) and Adults 18-49 (+6,000 – 330,000 vs. 324,000). “Nightline” decreased its gaps on the same week last year with NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” in Total Viewers (-46% - 97,000 vs. 180,000), Adults 25-54 (-49% - 57,000 vs. 112,000) and Adults 18-49 (-67% - 40,000 vs. 122,000). Season to date, “Nightline” is beating CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” across the board: Total Viewers (+10,000 - 1.402 million vs. 1.392 million), Adults 25-54 (+34,000 - 514,000 vs. 480,000) and Adults 18-49 (+31,000 - 388,000 vs. 357,000). Stories on “Nightline” last week included a look inside the Sinaloa Cartel’s drug operations fueling the U.S.’s heroin addiction and how violence has escalated in Mexico; time with Tyra Patterson who was sentenced to over 40 years in prison for a killing she says she had nothing to do with; a report from the Big Island of Hawaii where volcanic activity forced residents to continue to evacuate; a visit to GIPHY headquarters; and a detailed report on New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s resignation after The New Yorker’s report on his alleged abuse of four women. ABC News’ “Nightline” is anchored by Dan Harris, Juju Chang and Byron Pitts. Steven Baker is executive producer. The program airs weeknights, from 12:35-1:05 a.m. EDT, on The ABC Television Network. Together with “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “Nightline” is part of ABC’s winning late-night strategy of airing news and entertainment programming. Week of May 7, 2018: PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS A25-54(000)/Rtg A18-49(000)/Rtg ABC’s “Nightline” 1,192,000 443,000/0.4 330,000/0.3 CBS’ “The Late Late Show” 1,274,000 409,000/0.3 295,000/0.2 NBC’s “Late Night” 1,289,000 500,000/0.4 370,000/0.3 Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 5/7/18, 4/30/18 and 5/8/17. Season-to-Date: Most Current: 2017-2018 Season (9/25/17 – 5/13/18) and 2016-2017 Season (9/19/16 – 5/14/17). Averages based on regular telecasts. “Nightline” premiered in its new time period in January 2013. “Seth Meyers” premiered in February 2014. “James Corden” premiered in March 2015. LINK: https://bit.ly/2rI5Meu TWEET: https://ctt.ac/TfkaA *COPYRIGHT ©2018 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All photography is copyrighted material and is for editorial use only. Images are not to be archived, altered, duplicated, resold, retransmitted or used for any other purposes without written permission of ABC News. Images are distributed to the press in order to publicize current programming. Any other usage must be licensed. Photos posted for Web use must be at the low resolution of 72dpi, no larger than 2x3 in size. ABC News Media Relations Curt Villarosa (212) 456-3742 [email protected] ABC Media Relations Pons Rongavilla (818) 460-5615 [email protected] For more information, follow ABC News PR on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. -- ABC -- .

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