Dateline NBC is a U.S. television program aired on NBC since Tuesday, March 31, 1992. Dateline is currently the 15th most popular show on NBC and 71st overall on TV, watched by a total number of 1,688,000 people (0.53% rating, down -17% from Friday) as of the daily audience measurement on . Dateline is also shown on MSNBC and Syndication since September 2017.
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of Dateline on NBC as of Sunday, April 13, 2025.
| Dateline Daily Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 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 | 1,635,500 | 1.30 |
| P2+ | 2,023,000 | 0.64 | |
| P18-49 | 160,500 | 0.12 | |
| P25-54 | 321,000 | 0.26 | |
| 2025-Apr-06 P | HH | 1,670,000 | 1.33 |
| P2+ | 2,105,000 | 0.66 | |
| P18-49 | 223,000 | 0.17 | |
| P25-54 | 344,000 | 0.28 | |
| 2025-Apr-04 | HH | 1,673,000 | 1.33 |
| P2+ | 2,081,000 | 0.66 | |
| P18-49 | 308,500 | 0.23 | |
| P25-54 | 444,500 | 0.36 | |
| 2025-Mar-21 | HH | 1,950,000 | 1.55 |
| P2+ | 2,494,000 | 0.79 | |
| P18-49 | 281,500 | 0.21 | |
| P25-54 | 457,000 | 0.37 | |
| 2025-Mar-14 | HH | 1,673,000 | 1.33 |
| P2+ | 2,193,000 | 0.69 | |
| P18-49 | 281,500 | 0.21 | |
| P25-54 | 407,500 | 0.33 | |
| 2025-Mar-07 | HH | 2,101,000 | 1.67 |
| P2+ | 2,692,000 | 0.85 | |
| P18-49 | 389,000 | 0.29 | |
| P25-54 | 568,000 | 0.46 | |
| 2025-Feb-28 | HH | 1,685,500 | 1.34 |
| P2+ | 2,194,000 | 0.69 | |
| P18-49 | 268,500 | 0.20 | |
| P25-54 | 444,500 | 0.36 | |
| 2025-Feb-21 | HH | 1,874,500 | 1.49 |
| P2+ | 2,312,000 | 0.73 | |
| P18-49 | 295,000 | 0.22 | |
| P25-54 | 457,000 | 0.37 | |
| 2025-Feb-14 | HH | 1,859,000 | 1.48 |
| P2+ | 2,310,000 | 0.73 | |
| P18-49 | 281,000 | 0.21 | |
| P25-54 | 462,000 | 0.37 | |
| 2025-Feb-07 | HH | 1,962,500 | 1.56 |
| P2+ | 2,476,000 | 0.78 | |
| P18-49 | 335,500 | 0.25 | |
| P25-54 | 494,000 | 0.40 | |
| 2025-Jan-31 | HH | 1,799,000 | 1.43 |
| P2+ | 2,235,000 | 0.70 | |
| P18-49 | 295,000 | 0.22 | |
| P25-54 | 420,000 | 0.34 | |
| 2025-Jan-17 | HH | 2,189,000 | 1.74 |
| P2+ | 2,754,000 | 0.87 | |
| P18-49 | 295,000 | 0.22 | |
| P25-54 | 469,000 | 0.38 | |
| 2024-Dec-13 | HH | 1,912,000 | 1.52 |
| P2+ | 2,279,000 | 0.72 | |
| P18-49 | 254,500 | 0.19 | |
| P25-54 | 457,000 | 0.37 | |
| 2024-Dec-06 | HH | 1,459,000 | 1.16 |
| P2+ | 1,802,000 | 0.57 | |
| P18-49 | 268,500 | 0.20 | |
| P25-54 | 370,500 | 0.30 | |
| 2024-Nov-22 | HH | 1,572,500 | 1.25 |
| P2+ | 1,931,000 | 0.61 | |
| P18-49 | 241,500 | 0.18 | |
| P25-54 | 346,000 | 0.28 | |
| 2024-Nov-15 | HH | 1,069,000 | 0.85 |
| P2+ | 1,260,000 | 0.40 | |
| P18-49 | 174,500 | 0.13 | |
| P25-54 | 235,000 | 0.19 | |
| 2024-Nov-08 | HH | 1,623,000 | 1.29 |
| P2+ | 1,970,000 | 0.62 | |
| P18-49 | 228,000 | 0.17 | |
| P25-54 | 395,000 | 0.32 | |
| 2024-Nov-01 | HH | 1,924,500 | 1.53 |
| P2+ | 2,372,000 | 0.75 | |
| P18-49 | 321,500 | 0.24 | |
| P25-54 | 481,500 | 0.39 | |
| 2024-Oct-25 | HH | 1,723,500 | 1.37 |
| P2+ | 2,089,000 | 0.66 | |
| P18-49 | 321,500 | 0.24 | |
| P25-54 | 455,500 | 0.34 | |
| 2024-Oct-18 | HH | 1,648,000 | 1.31 |
| P2+ | 2,037,000 | 0.64 | |
| P18-49 | 281,500 | 0.21 | |
| P25-54 | 429,000 | 0.32 | |
| 2024-Oct-11 | HH | 1,874,500 | 1.49 |
| P2+ | 2,265,000 | 0.71 | |
| P18-49 | 268,500 | 0.20 | |
| 2024-Oct-04 | HH | 1,975,000 | 1.57 |
| P2+ | 2,441,000 | 0.77 | |
| P18-49 | 335,500 | 0.25 | |
| 2024-Sep-27 P | HH | 2,151,000 | 1.71 |
| P2+ | 2,802,000 | 0.89 | |
| P18-49 | 469,500 | 0.35 | |
| 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 | Nightly News with Lester Holt | 6,089,000 | -1% |
| 2 | Chicago Med | 5,609,000 | +65% |
| 3 | Chicago Fire | 5,581,000 | +85% |
| 4 | Chicago PD | 4,441,000 | +70% |
| 5 | Saturday Night Live | 4,293,000 | -5% |
| 6 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 4,232,000 | +14% |
| 7 | Law & Order | 3,968,000 | +8% |
| 8 | Americas | 3,763,000 | -16% |
| 9 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | 2,834,000 | +109% |
| 10 | Today | 2,602,000 | |
| 11 | Found | 2,242,000 | +7% |
| 12 | St. Denis Medical | 1,744,000 | +2% |
| 13 | Today 3rd Hour | 1,702,000 | -8% |
| 14 | SNL Prime | 1,690,000 | +12% |
| 15 | Dateline | 1,688,000 | -17% |
| 16 | Dateline Mystery | 1,463,000 | +2% |
| 17 | Suits LA | 1,395,000 | -20% |
| 18 | Grosse Pointe Garden Society | 1,338,000 | +11% |
| 19 | The Wall | 1,296,000 | -6% |
| 20 | The Voice | 1,293,000 | -69% |
| 21 | Night Court | 1,252,000 | -4% |
| 22 | Today with Jenna & Friends | 1,159,000 | -3% |
| 23 | NBC News Daily | 1,136,000 | |
| 24 | Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 1,122,000 | -10% |
| 25 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | 779,000 | -20% |