ABC News’ “20/20” finds itself in unfamiliar — but welcome — Q4 territory: at the top of the Nielsen ratings sheet. The ABC newsmagazine program is beating NBC News’ “Dateline” across the board (so, total viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54) in fourth-quarter ratings for the first time in six years.
ABC’s “20/20” is averaging 4.128 million total viewers vs. “Dateline’s” 3.834 million viewers (people 2+) in Q4 2021. Among adults 18-49, the lead is 120,000 viewers, with 842,000 viewers in that age range vs. 722,000 from “Dateline.” In the main news-programming demographic of adults 25-54, the lead is +143,000 viewers: “20/20” is averaging 1.169