Evening News Ratings: Week of Aug. 20

Even with Charles Gibson on vacation last week, World News was still the #1 evening newscast. Elizabeth Vargas was filling in for Gibson. 150,000 total viewers separated World News and NBC’s Nightly News. Last week, that gap was more than half a million.

Total viewers: ABC: 8,080,000 / NBC: 7,930,000 / CBS: 6,130,000

25-54 demo: ABC: 2,560,000 / NBC: 2,420,000 / CBS: 1,820,000

25-54 rating: ABC: 2.1/9 / NBC: 2.0/8 / CBS: 1.5/6

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