Evening News Ratings: 2005

The charts below include the daily and weekly average total viewership & 25-54 viewership for the evening news programs that aired on ABC, CBS, and NBC in 2005. Viewership is provided in millions and P25-54 data is provided in rating/share.

EVENING NEWS RATINGS (2005)
Week Ending	Total Viewers (millions)			25-54 (rating)
	ABC	CBS	NBC	ABC	CBS	NBC
January 7, 2005	10.769	8.470	12.123	3.2/11	2.5/8	3.4/11
January 14, 2005	10.558	8.279	11.350	3.0/10	2.3/8	3.0/11
January 21, 2005	10.409	7.995	11.533	3.0/10	2.3/8	3.2/11
January 28, 2005	10.133	7.842	10.840	2.9/10	2.2/7	2.9/10
February 4, 2005	10.030	7.531	10.392	2.7/9	2.2/8	2.8/10
February 11, 2005	10.151	7.520	10.212	2.8/10	2.1/7	2.7/10
February 18, 2005	9.683	7.413	10.187	2.5/9	2.1/7	2.7/10
February 25, 2005	10.192	7.806	10.623	2.9/10	2.1/7	3.0/11
March 4, 2005	10.253	7.391	10.457	2.9/10	2.0/7	2.9/11
March 11, 2005	9.587	8.092	9.775	2.8/10	2.2/8	2.7/10
March 18, 2005	9.660	7.608	9.684	2.7/10	2.0/7	2.6/10
March 25, 2005	9.589	7.721	10.054	2.7/10	2.1/8	2.8/10
April 1, 2005	9.487	7.566	10.028	2.7/10	2.0/8	2.7/11
April 8, 2005	8.794	6.237	8.862	2.5/10	1.6/7	2.4/10
April 15, 2005	8.352	6.393	8.721	2.2/9	1.6/7	2.3/10
April 22, 2005	8.438	6.097	8.622	2.3/10	1.6/7	2.3/10
April 29, 2005	8.894	6.826	8.898	2.4/10	1.9/8	2.3/10
May 6, 2005	8.550	6.597	8.633	2.3/9	1.7/7	2.3/10
May 13, 2005	7.990	6.544	8.764	2.2/9	1.7/7	2.3/10
May 20, 2005	7.997	6.477	8.468	2.2/9	1.8/8	2.2/10
May 27, 2005	8.101	6.372	8.161	2.2/9	1.6/7	2.1/9
June 3, 2005	8.033	6.571	8.191	2.2/9	1.7/7	2.1/9
June 10, 2005	7.888	6.490	8.194	2.2/10	1.7/7	2.1/9
June 17, 2005	7.650	6.590	7.904	2.3/10	1.7/7	2.0/9
June 24, 2005	7.325	6.366	7.506	2.0/9	1.7/7	1.9/8
July 1, 2005	7.665	6.618	8.097	2.0/8	1.7/7	2.1/9
July 8, 2005	8.178	6.764	8.709	2.4/10	1.8/8	2.5/10
July 15, 2005	7.925	6.689	8.521	2.2/9	1.7/7	2.4/10
July 22, 2005	7.958	6.647	8.173	2.2/9	1.8/8	2.2/9
July 29, 2005	7.591	6.621	8.262	2.2/9	1.7/7	2.2/9
August 5, 2005	7.397	6.213	7.928	2.0/9	1.6/7	2.1/9
August 12, 2005	8.927	6.279	8.218	2.7/11	1.5/7	2.1/9
August 19, 2005	8.020	6.484	8.321	2.3/10	1.6/7	2.1/9
August 26, 2005	7.836	6.436	8.080	2.2/9	1.6/7	2.1/9
September 2, 2005	9.462	7.662	10.575	3.0/12	2.0/8	3.2/12
September 9, 2005	8.901	6.415	9.336	2.7/11	1.7/7	2.6/11
September 16, 2005	7.804	6.830	8.780	2.3/10	1.8/8	2.4/10
September 23, 2005	8.795	7.081	9.585	2.6/10	1.8/7	2.8/11
September 30, 2005	7.918	6.566	9.146	2.2/9	1.5/6	2.5/11
October 7, 2005	8.239	6.518	8.714	2.4/10	1.6/7	2.3/10
October 14, 2005	8.305	6.907	9.186	2.5/10	1.8/7	2.4/10
October 21, 2005	8.283	7.254	9.373	2.3/9	1.9/8	2.5/10
October 28, 2005	8.624	7.289	9.437	2.5/10	1.8/7	2.5/10
November 4, 2005	8.474	7.414	9.767	2.4/9	1.8/7	2.6/10
November 11, 2005	8.782	8.069	10.162	2.6/10	2.2/8	2.7/10
November 18, 2005	9.018	7.860	10.284	2.6/9	2.1/8	2.7/10
November 25, 2005	9.308	8.171	11.003	2.7/10	2.1/8	2.9/11
December 2, 2005	9.103	7.984	10.524	2.6/9	2.0/8	2.9/11
December 9, 2005	9.418	8.270	10.513	2.7/10	2.1/8	2.9/10
December 16, 2005	8.591	7.871	9.985	2.4/9	2.1/8	2.6/10
December 23, 2005	8.475	7.593	9.552	2.5/9	1.9/7	2.6/10
December 30, 2005	8.689	7.766	9.636	2.5/9	2.0/7	2.6/9

Source: Nielsen Media Research