ABC News Nightline is a U.S. television program shown on ABC since Monday, March 24, 1980. Nightline is currently the 24th most popular show on ABC and 109th overall on TV, watched by a total number of 899,000 people (0.28% rating) per episode, as of the average weekly audience measurement for the period ending .
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of Nightline on ABC as of Sunday, January 11, 2026.
| Nightline Weekly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2026-Jan-11 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 899,000 | 0.28 |
| P18-49 | 79,000 | 0.06 | |
| 2026-Jan-04 | P2+ | 903,000 | 0.28 |
| P18-49 | 124,000 | 0.09 | |
| P25-54 | 152,000 | 0.12 | |
| 2025-Dec-21 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 993,000 | 0.31 |
| P18-49 | 132,000 | 0.10 | |
| 2025-Dec-14 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 980,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 111,000 | 0.08 | |
| P25-54 | 152,000 | 0.12 | |
| 2025-Dec-07 | P2+ | 811,000 | 0.25 |
| P18-49 | 110,000 | 0.08 | |
| P25-54 | 146,000 | 0.12 | |
| 2025-Nov-30 | P2+ | 1,010,000 | 0.31 |
| P18-49 | 145,000 | 0.11 | |
| P25-54 | 176,000 | 0.14 | |
| 2025-Nov-23 | P2+ | 986,000 | 0.31 |
| P18-49 | 144,000 | 0.11 | |
| P25-54 | 206,000 | 0.16 | |
| 2025-Nov-16 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 932,000 | 0.29 |
| P18-49 | 114,000 | 0.08 | |
| 2025-Nov-09 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 878,000 | 0.27 |
| P18-49 | 101,000 | 0.07 | |
| 2025-Nov-02 | P2+ | 826,000 | 0.26 |
| P18-49 | 98,000 | 0.07 | |
| P25-54 | 135,000 | 0.11 | |
| 2025-Oct-26 LIVE+3 | P2+ | 775,000 | 0.24 |
| P18-49 | 89,000 | 0.07 | |
| 2025-Oct-19 | P2+ | 969,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 143,000 | 0.11 | |
| P25-54 | 205,000 | 0.16 | |
| Nightline Monthly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-Dec LIVE+7 | P2+ | 976,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 124,000 | 0.09 | |
| 2025-Nov LIVE+7 | P2+ | 980,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 134,000 | 0.10 | |
| 2025-Oct LIVE+7 | P2+ | 943,000 | 0.29 |
| P18-49 | 118,000 | 0.09 | |
| 2025-Sep LIVE+7 | P2+ | 909,000 | 0.28 |
| P18-49 | 130,000 | 0.10 | |
| 2025-Aug LIVE+7 | P2+ | 610,000 | 0.19 |
| P18-49 | 68,000 | 0.05 | |
| 2025-Jul LIVE+7 | P2+ | 715,000 | 0.23 |
| P18-49 | 90,000 | 0.07 | |
| Nightline Quarterly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-Q4 LIVE+7 | P2+ | 970,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 124,000 | 0.09 | |
| 2025-Q3 LIVE+7 | P2+ | 745,000 | 0.23 |
| P18-49 | 96,000 | 0.07 | |
| 2025-Q2 LIVE+7 | P2+ | 810,000 | 0.26 |
| P18-49 | 108,000 | 0.08 | |
| 2025-Q1 LIVE+7 | P2+ | 841,000 | 0.27 |
| P18-49 | 98,000 | 0.07 | |
| 2024-Q4 | P2+ | 939,000 | 0.30 |
| P18-49 | 142,000 | 0.11 | |
| P25-54 | 213,000 | 0.17 | |
| 2024-Q2 | P2+ | 878,000 | 0.28 |
| P18-49 | 130,000 | 0.10 | |
| P25-54 | 197,000 | 0.16 | |
| Nightline Yearly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025 LIVE+7 | P2+ | 898,000 | 0.28 |
| P18-49 | 108,000 | 0.08 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild Card Game | 17,150,000 | +20% |
| 2 | Wild Card Kick-Off | 10,963,000 | +4% |
| 3 | World News Tonight with David Muir | 8,078,000 | +5% |
| 4 | High Potential | 5,704,000 | +1% |
| 5 | Will Trent | 5,444,000 | +1% |
| 6 | Shifting Gears | 4,252,000 | -3% |
| 7 | 9-1-1 | 4,119,000 | +7% |
| 8 | Rookie | 3,529,000 | +5% |
| 9 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | 3,356,000 | +16% |
| 10 | America's Funniest Home Videos | 2,922,000 | -17% |
| 11 | Abbott Elementary | 2,810,000 | +3% |
| 12 | Good Morning America | 2,755,000 | +2% |
| 13 | This Week with George Stephanopoulos | 2,648,000 | -13% |
| 14 | The View | 2,610,000 | +1% |
| 15 | 20/20 | 2,579,000 | -15% |
| 16 | Grey's Anatomy | 2,228,000 | +9% |
| 17 | Jimmy Kimmel Live | 2,136,000 | -8% |
| 18 | Dirty Talk | 2,089,000 | |
| 19 | General Hospital | 2,041,000 | +4% |
| 20 | GMA3: What You Need to Know | 1,479,000 | -2% |
| 21 | Shark Tank | 1,472,000 | +31% |
| 22 | Wonderful World of Disney | 1,283,000 | +16% |
| 23 | 9-1-1: Nashville | 1,089,000 | -68% |
| 24 | Nightline | 899,000 |