The Paper is a U.S. television program shown on NBC since Monday, November 10, 2025. The Paper is currently the 22nd most popular show on NBC and 67th overall on TV, watched by a total number of 1,169,000 people (0.36% rating, down -30% from last week) as of the daily audience measurement on .
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of The Paper on NBC as of Monday, December 22, 2025.
| The Paper Daily Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-Dec-22 | HH | 947,900 | 0.74 |
| P2+ | 1,169,000 | 0.36 | |
| P18-49 | 217,800 | 0.16 | |
| 2025-Dec-15 | HH | 1,357,900 | 1.06 |
| P2+ | 1,676,000 | 0.52 | |
| P18-49 | 285,900 | 0.21 | |
| P25-54 | 402,200 | 0.32 | |
| 2025-Dec-08 | HH | 1,229,800 | 0.96 |
| P2+ | 1,471,000 | 0.46 | |
| P18-49 | 231,400 | 0.17 | |
| P25-54 | 339,300 | 0.27 | |
| 2025-Dec-01 | HH | 1,332,200 | 1.04 |
| P2+ | 1,671,000 | 0.52 | |
| P18-49 | 285,900 | 0.21 | |
| P25-54 | 402,200 | 0.32 | |
| 2025-Nov-24 | HH | 1,217,000 | 0.95 |
| P2+ | 1,488,000 | 0.46 | |
| P18-49 | 286,000 | 0.21 | |
| P25-54 | 414,500 | 0.33 | |
| 2025-Nov-17 | HH | 1,296,000 | 1.01 |
| P2+ | 1,556,000 | 0.48 | |
| P18-49 | 236,000 | 0.17 | |
| P25-54 | 363,000 | 0.29 | |
| 2025-Nov-10 P | HH | 1,293,500 | 1.01 |
| P2+ | 1,606,000 | 0.50 | |
| P18-49 | 258,500 | 0.18 | |
| P25-54 | 352,000 | 0.28 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunday Night Football | 19,542,000 | -1% |
| 2 | Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick | 14,195,000 | -7% |
| 3 | Football Night in America | 9,465,000 | -7% |
| 4 | Nightly News with Tom Llamas | 6,532,000 | +2% |
| 5 | Today | 3,040,000 | +9% |
| 6 | Happy's Place | 2,313,000 | -15% |
| 7 | NBA Pregame | 2,306,000 | -13% |
| 8 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | 2,297,000 | -27% |
| 9 | Today 3rd Hour | 2,160,000 | +9% |
| 10 | NBC Movie Special | 1,950,000 | -34% |
| 11 | Dateline Mystery | 1,937,000 | +69% |
| 12 | Dateline Classic | 1,883,000 | -5% |
| 13 | NBA Tuesday Regular Season | 1,734,000 | -27% |
| 14 | St. Denis Medical | 1,724,000 | -33% |
| 15 | SNL Christmas | 1,712,000 | -10% |
| 16 | SNL Prime | 1,664,000 | +3% |
| 17 | Stumble | 1,467,000 | -2% |
| 18 | The Wall | 1,441,000 | +40% |
| 19 | Today with Jenna & Friends | 1,438,000 | -1% |
| 20 | NBC News Daily | 1,428,000 | +4% |
| 21 | Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 1,305,000 | -4% |
| 22 | The Paper | 1,169,000 | -30% |
| 23 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | 963,000 | +12% |