Dateline NBC is a U.S. television program aired on NBC since Tuesday, March 31, 1992. Dateline is currently the 14th most popular show on NBC and 50th overall on TV, watched by a total number of 2,656,000 people (0.82% rating) as of the daily audience measurement on . Dateline is also shown on MS NOW, Syndication since September 2017 and Universo since September 2025.
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of Dateline on NBC as of Friday, January 16, 2026.
| Dateline Daily Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2026-Jan-16 | HH | 2,177,700 | 1.70 |
| P2+ | 2,656,000 | 0.82 | |
| P18-49 | 272,200 | 0.20 | |
| P25-54 | 389,600 | 0.31 | |
| 2025-Dec-12 | HH | 2,216,100 | 1.73 |
| P2+ | 2,659,000 | 0.82 | |
| P18-49 | 272,200 | 0.20 | |
| P25-54 | 389,600 | 0.31 | |
| 2025-Dec-05 | HH | 1,537,200 | 1.20 |
| P2+ | 1,804,000 | 0.56 | |
| P18-49 | 204,200 | 0.15 | |
| P25-54 | 301,600 | 0.24 | |
| 2025-Nov-21 | HH | 1,620,000 | 1.26 |
| P2+ | 1,955,000 | 0.61 | |
| P18-49 | 214,000 | 0.16 | |
| P25-54 | 284,000 | 0.23 | |
| 2025-Nov-14 | HH | 1,846,000 | 1.44 |
| P2+ | 2,279,000 | 0.71 | |
| P18-49 | 264,000 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 384,000 | 0.31 | |
| 2025-Nov-07 | HH | 2,074,000 | 1.62 |
| P2+ | 2,571,000 | 0.80 | |
| P18-49 | 263,000 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 401,000 | 0.32 | |
| 2025-Oct-31 | HH | 1,741,000 | 1.36 |
| P2+ | 2,198,000 | 0.68 | |
| P18-49 | 250,000 | 0.18 | |
| P25-54 | 378,000 | 0.30 | |
| 2025-Oct-24 | HH | 1,616,000 | 1.26 |
| P2+ | 2,023,000 | 0.63 | |
| P18-49 | 211,000 | 0.16 | |
| P25-54 | 303,000 | 0.24 | |
| 2025-Oct-17 | HH | 1,552,000 | 1.21 |
| P2+ | 1,985,000 | 0.61 | |
| P18-49 | 231,000 | 0.17 | |
| P25-54 | 336,000 | 0.27 | |
| 2025-Oct-10 | HH | 1,575,500 | 1.23 |
| P2+ | 1,863,000 | 0.58 | |
| P18-49 | 272,500 | 0.20 | |
| P25-54 | 364,500 | 0.29 | |
| 2025-Oct-03 | HH | 1,678,000 | 1.31 |
| P2+ | 2,058,000 | 0.64 | |
| P18-49 | 204,000 | 0.15 | |
| P25-54 | 314,000 | 0.25 | |
| 2025-Sep-26 P | HH | 1,844,500 | 1.44 |
| P2+ | 2,301,000 | 0.73 | |
| P18-49 | 258,500 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 415,000 | 0.33 | |
| 2025-Sep-19 | HH | 1,436,000 | 1.12 |
| P2+ | 1,730,000 | 0.55 | |
| P18-49 | 242,000 | 0.18 | |
| P25-54 | 345,000 | 0.27 | |
| 2025-Sep-12 | HH | 1,189,000 | 0.93 |
| P2+ | 1,481,000 | 0.47 | |
| P18-49 | 168,000 | 0.12 | |
| P25-54 | 307,000 | 0.24 | |
| 2025-Sep-05 | HH | 1,426,000 | 1.11 |
| P2+ | 1,679,000 | 0.53 | |
| P18-49 | 180,000 | 0.13 | |
| P25-54 | 346,000 | 0.28 | |
| 2025-Jul-11 S | HH | 1,610,000 | 1.28 |
| P2+ | 1,915,000 | 0.60 | |
| P18-49 | 214,500 | 0.16 | |
| P25-54 | 309,000 | 0.25 | |
| 2025-Jun-19 S | HH | 1,585,000 | 1.26 |
| P2+ | 1,968,000 | 0.62 | |
| P18-49 | 228,000 | 0.17 | |
| P25-54 | 7,000 | 0.01 | |
| 2025-May-11 | HH | 1,339,000 | 1.06 |
| P2+ | 1,658,000 | 0.52 | |
| P18-49 | 196,000 | 0.15 | |
| P25-54 | 333,000 | 0.27 | |
| 2025-May-09 | HH | 2,118,000 | 1.68 |
| P2+ | 2,739,000 | 0.86 | |
| P18-49 | 253,000 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 449,000 | 0.36 | |
| 2025-May-04 | HH | 1,318,000 | 1.05 |
| P2+ | 1,627,000 | 0.51 | |
| P18-49 | 174,000 | 0.13 | |
| P25-54 | 278,000 | 0.23 | |
| 2025-May-02 | HH | 1,665,000 | 1.32 |
| P2+ | 2,093,000 | 0.66 | |
| P18-49 | 255,000 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 402,000 | 0.32 | |
| 2025-Apr-25 | HH | 2,130,000 | 1.69 |
| P2+ | 2,642,000 | 0.83 | |
| P18-49 | 207,000 | 0.15 | |
| P25-54 | 405,000 | 0.33 | |
| 2025-Apr-13 | HH | 1,346,000 | 1.07 |
| P2+ | 1,688,000 | 0.53 | |
| P18-49 | 187,000 | 0.14 | |
| P25-54 | 281,000 | 0.23 | |
| 2025-Apr-11 | HH | 1,633,000 | 1.30 |
| P2+ | 2,023,000 | 0.64 | |
| P18-49 | 160,000 | 0.12 | |
| P25-54 | 317,000 | 0.26 | |
| Dateline Yearly Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2024 | P2+ | 2,373,000 | 0.75 |
| P18-49 | 328,000 | 0.24 | |
| P25-54 | 484,000 | 0.39 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NFL Playoff Game: Wild Card | 25,340,000 | -3% |
| 2 | NFL Playoff Pre-Kick | 19,545,000 | +2% |
| 3 | Nightly News with Tom Llamas | 6,725,000 | +8% |
| 4 | Football Night in America Pre-Game | 6,677,000 | -26% |
| 5 | Chicago Med | 5,756,000 | +7% |
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 5,303,000 | +10% |
| 7 | Chicago PD | 4,565,000 | +19% |
| 8 | Saturday Night Live | 4,140,000 | -23% |
| 9 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 3,963,000 | |
| 10 | Law & Order | 3,878,000 | -2% |
| 11 | Happy's Place | 3,362,000 | +61% |
| 12 | Today | 2,827,000 | |
| 13 | Meet the Press with Kristen Welker | 2,694,000 | -11% |
| 14 | Dateline | 2,656,000 | |
| 15 | NBA Pregame | 2,634,000 | +2% |
| 16 | Hunting Party | 2,626,000 | +20% |
| 17 | St. Denis Medical | 2,135,000 | -24% |
| 18 | NBA Tuesday Regular Season | 2,042,000 | +17% |
| 19 | Stumble | 1,962,000 | +72% |
| 20 | Today 3rd Hour | 1,954,000 | -10% |
| 21 | Brilliant Minds | 1,379,000 | -14% |
| 22 | Today with Jenna & Sheinelle | 1,355,000 | -6% |
| 23 | NBC News Daily | 1,325,000 | -16% |
| 24 | SNL Prime | 1,218,000 | +5% |
| 25 | NBA Tuesday Regular Season Postgame | 1,156,000 | +9% |
| 26 | Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 1,090,000 | -16% |
| 27 | Dateline Mystery | 1,046,000 | -46% |
| 28 | The Wall | 978,000 | -30% |
| 29 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | 845,000 | +70% |