{"id":57385,"date":"2025-07-11T17:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/57385\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:17:10","slug":"nbcs-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-scores-ratings-win-against-abc-nielsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/57385\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC’s ‘Nightly News’ with Tom Llamas scores ratings win against ABC: Nielsen"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBC\u2019s switch from Lester Holt to Tom Llamas as anchor of \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d appears to be paying dividends in the ratings, particularly among younger viewers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the first time since the 46-year-old Llamas took over on June 2, the \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d episode on Tuesday outperformed ABC\u2019s \u201cWorld News Tonight with David Muir\u201d in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 age demographic, according to Nielsen data.<\/p>\n

NBC drew 904,000 viewers in the demo to edge ABC\u2019s 891,000. The milestone marked a 9% year-over-year increase for NBC in the key demographic, while ABC saw an 8% decline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NBC\u2019s recent transition from Lester Holt to Tom Llamas (above) as anchor of \u201cNightly News\u201d appears to be paying dividends in the ratings. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n

NBC also captured the 18-49 demo on both Monday and Tuesday this week, bringing in 677,000 and 624,000 viewers, respectively. ABC trailed with 668,000 on Monday and 575,000 on Tuesday, according to the Wrap.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite NBC\u2019s demo wins, ABC remains the dominant network when it comes to total viewership. \u00a0<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d averaged 7.09 million viewers, compared to 5.81 million for \u201cNBC Nightly News.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, the reality is Muir just had the biggest win over NBC in 30 years in June with Llamas as anchor,\u201d a source with knowledge of the situation told The Post. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt took a month and a half for NBC to get a night in the demo, something Lester Holt occasionally used to do, too \u2014 but Holt didn\u2019t try to get headlines for it. It\u2019s silly.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the first time since Llamas took over on June 2, NBC \u201cNightly News\u201d outperformed ABC \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d (anchored by David Muir, above) in the 25-54 age demographic on Tuesday, according to Nielsen data. ABC<\/p>\n

The source added that with Muir reporting on the scene from Texas on Monday, \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d beat out Llamas by nearly 2 million viewers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe nights with major news are really the most telling,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n

Bringing up the rear with 3.875 million viewers was \u201cCBS Evening News,\u201d\u00a0which has been panned for an overhaul that included dumping longtime anchor Norah O\u2019Donnell for lesser-known, and less expensive, co-anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois.<\/p>\n

In June, ABC averaged 7.31 million total viewers \u2014 its biggest monthly win in three decades \u2014 while NBC averaged 5.67 million. ABC\u2019s overall ratings were up 1% year-over-year, while NBC\u2019s total viewership increased 0.4%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the key 25-54 demographic, \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d drew 991,000 viewers in June, outpacing \u201cNBC \u201cNightly News\u201d (823,000). Among adults 18-49, ABC averaged 669,000, while NBC drew 538,000.<\/p>\n

Llamas, 46, was named Holt\u2019s successor in March after Holt (above) announced in February that he would step away from his nightly duties to focus full-time on \u201cDateline NBC.\u201d \u00a0 AP<\/p>\n

The performance represents the closest June demo gap between NBC and ABC in five years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CBS came in third across all categories in June, with 3.94 million total viewers, 524,000 in adults 25-54 and 369,000 in adults 18-49.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Tiffany Network, whose news division has been rocked by turmoil in the wake of parent company Paramount Global\u2019s controversial $16 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by President Trump, has struggled to pin down a winning formula for its nightly newscast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cCBS Evening News\u201d saw a 10% year-over-year decline in total viewership in June.<\/p>\n

The Post has sought comment from NBC and CBS.\u00a0An ABC spokesperson declined to respond.<\/p>\n

Llamas was named Holt\u2019s successor in March<\/a> after Holt announced he would step away from his nightly duties to focus full-time on \u201cDateline NBC.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, The Post reported that Tiffany Network honchos scrapped a planned overhaul of the \u201cEvening News\u201d format following the departure of longtime anchor Norah O\u2019Donnell.\u00a0 AP<\/p>\n

Holt had served as anchor of \u201cNightly News\u201d for a decade and held a trusted place among American audiences.<\/p>\n

Tapping Llamas was part of NBC\u2019s broader strategy to attract younger and more diverse viewers while maintaining a reputation for journalistic credibility. He continues to anchor \u201cTop Story,\u201d a news program that streams on NBC News Now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Llamas, who is of Cuban descent, began his journalism career as a teenager and has worked at both NBC and ABC in a variety of roles, including correspondent and anchor. He is known for his investigative reporting and energetic style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBC\u2019s switch from Lester Holt to Tom Llamas as anchor of \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d appears to be paying…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":57386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[8811,10509,41977,64,15328,41978,26871,41979,171,41980,398,41981,27773,466,41982,173,10146,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-57385","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-abc","9":"tag-abc-news","10":"tag-abc-world-news-tonight","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-cbs","13":"tag-cbs-evening-news","14":"tag-cbs-news","15":"tag-david-muir","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-lester-holt","18":"tag-media","19":"tag-nbc-nightly-news","20":"tag-nielsen-ratings","21":"tag-ratings","22":"tag-tom-llamas","23":"tag-tv","24":"tag-tv-ratings","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114835740666460230","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}