{"id":193268,"date":"2025-12-11T21:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/disneys-fight-with-youtube-tv-blunts-ratings-edge-at-abc-news-variety\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T21:53:09","slug":"disneys-fight-with-youtube-tv-blunts-ratings-edge-at-abc-news-variety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/disneys-fight-with-youtube-tv-blunts-ratings-edge-at-abc-news-variety\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney\u2019s Fight With YouTube TV Blunts Ratings Edge at ABC News &#8211; Variety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy  <a class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/author\/brian-steinberg\/\" \t\t\t> \tBrian Steinberg<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>Senior TV Editor<br \/> \t<a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/disney\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_disney_1\"  data-tag=\"disney\"  >Disney<\/a>&#8216;s carriage fight with Google&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/youtube-tv\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_youtube-tv_1\"  data-tag=\"youtube-tv\"  >YouTube TV<\/a> is beginning to create some issues for some of the company&#8217;s most popular media properties.<br \/> \t&#8220;NBC Nightly News&#8221; was able to claim victory over ABC&#8217;s &#8216;<a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/world-news-tonight\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_world-news-tonight_1\"  data-tag=\"world-news-tonight\"  >World News Tonight<\/a>&#8221; last week among viewers between 25 and 54 &#8212; the demographic most coveted by advertisers. It&#8217;s the first time &#8220;Nightly&#8221; has been able to tout that distinction <a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/tom-llamas-nbc-nightly-news-anchor-evening-news-battle-1236415217\/\"  >during the nascent tenure of its new anchor, Tom Llamas.<\/a> Meanwhile, NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; was the most-watched morning-news program last week among viewers overall, a lead normally held by ABC&#8217;s &#8220;<a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/good-morning-america\/\"  id=\"auto-tag_good-morning-america_1\"  data-tag=\"good-morning-america\"  >Good Morning America<\/a>.&#8221;  \t<\/p>\n<div class=\"admz\" id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-1\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div style=\"min-width:50px;min-height:75px;\" \tclass=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\" \tdata-priority=\"10\" >\n<div id=\"gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0\" \t\tclass=\"adw-300 adh-250\" data-is-adhesion-ad=\"\"> \t\t<script type=\"application\/javascript\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tblogherads.adq.push(function () {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tblogherads\n\t\t\t\t\t.defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setTargeting( 'pos', [\"mid-article1\",\"mid-articleX\",\"mid\",\"mid-article\"] )\n.setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setSubAdUnitPath(\"ros\/mid-article\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.addSize([[300,250],[2,2],[300,251],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]])\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setClsOptimization(\"minsize\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script> \t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-1\" >\n<h2 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-padding-t-075 lrv-u-padding-b-050 lrv-a-font-secondary-l u-color-black\">  \t \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t \t <\/h2>\n<div class=\"lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1\" >\n<div class=\"lrv-u-display-block lrv-a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--light-grey-tint-two\" >\n<article class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex lrv-u-padding-tb-075\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-125 lrv-u-margin-r-1\"> \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/jane-fonda-netflix-warner-bros-catastrophic-1236602139\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t> \t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-3x2\" style=\"\"> \t \t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2247376329.jpg?w=250&#038;h=167&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 18: Jane Fonda attends  Carefest 2025 at Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice on November 18, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Mendez\/Getty Images for Caring Across Generations)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"> \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t \t\t\t<\/a> \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content u-width-180\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-font-primary-xs lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-display-block u-margin-b-075@tablet u-color-medium-grey:hover a-content-ignore\">  \t \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/news\/jane-fonda-netflix-warner-bros-catastrophic-1236602139\/\" class=\"c-title__link lrv-a-unstyle-link a-content-ignore\"  \t\t  > \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\tJane Fonda Calls Netflix-Warner Bros. Acquisition a &#039;Catastrophic Business Deal&#039; That &#039;Threatens the Entire Entertainment Industry&#039;\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex lrv-u-padding-tb-075\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-125 lrv-u-margin-r-1\"> \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/why-netflix-buying-warner-bros-ted-sarandos-1236604802\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\" \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t> \t \t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-3x2\" style=\"\"> \t \t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Netflix-HBO-Warner-Bros-Conceptual-Image-Cover-Story.jpg?w=250&#038;h=167&#038;crop=1\" alt=\"Netflix HBO Warner Bros Conceptual Image Cover Story\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"> \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t \t\t\t<\/a> \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content u-width-180\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-font-primary-xs lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-display-block u-margin-b-075@tablet u-color-medium-grey:hover a-content-ignore\">  \t \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/why-netflix-buying-warner-bros-ted-sarandos-1236604802\/\" class=\"c-title__link lrv-a-unstyle-link a-content-ignore\"  \t\t  > \t \t\t \t\t\t\t\tHow Netflix\u2019s WB Megadeal Stunned Hollywood \u2014 and Sparked a Fight From David Ellison\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \tThe NBC News programs were able to notch those victories in part because ABC News &#8220;retitled&#8221; the programs last week as<a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/disney-youtube-tv-deal-elusive-sports-1236572650\/\"  > Disney grapples with a blackout of its properties on YouTube TV<\/a>.  To ward off the effects of atypical viewing, TV networks sometimes use a different name for a show that is likely to underperform, so it&rsquo;s not counted in Nielsen&rsquo;s analysis of the show&rsquo;s other, properly titled episodes. ABC retitled episodes of both &#8220;World News Tonight&#8221; and &#8220;GMA&#8221; last week, according to TV executives familiar with the matter. ABC isn&rsquo;t alone in its use of the technique &#8212; <a  href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/cbs-evening-news-overhaul-tv-ratings-paramount-1236352859\/\"  >many of the network news divisions tap it with increasing frequency<\/a> &#8212; but such a move doesn&rsquo;t suggest complete confidence in a program&#8217;s ability to bring in the usual audience.   <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"1234758890\">\n<h3> \t\t\tPopular on Variety\t\t<\/h3>\n<div id=\"connatix-contextual-player\"> \t\t<script id=\"connatix_contextual_player_div\">\n\t\t\tif ( !window.pmc.harmony?.isEventAdScheduledTime() ) {\n\t\t\t\tpmcCnx.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tpmcCnx({\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsettings: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplugins: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpmcAtlasMG: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tiabPlcmt: 2,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\tplayerId: 'fdaee7b3-292f-4a85-89bb-29a56b567de3',\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplaylistId: '019ab70d-e619-7362-a655-802f281cf18a',\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}).render(\"connatix_contextual_player_div\");\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ This should only be get called when page cache is not cleared and it's event time.\n\t\t\t\twindow.pmc.harmony?.switchToHarmonyPlayer();\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script> \t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \tABC has had reason to be anxious. ABC and Disney-owned siblings like ESPN, Freeform and FX have been removed from YouTube TV since October 30, the result of an inability by the networks&#8217; corporate parent and the popular video distributor to come to a new carriage deal. The main sticking point is price &#8212; Disney is asking for rate hikes to which  Google isn&rsquo;t willing to agree. At the same time, Google has been trying to push TV companies to accept new tiers of programming that could result in some subscribers opting to drop receiving certain networks to keep bills manageable.  \t<\/p>\n<div class=\"admz\" id=\"adm-inline-article-ad-2\">\n<div class=\"adma boomerang\" data-device=\"Desktop\" data-width=\"300\">\n<div style=\"min-width:50px;min-height:75px;\" \tclass=\"pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text\" \tdata-priority=\"10\" >\n<div id=\"gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article2-uid1\" \t\tclass=\"adw-300 adh-250\" data-is-adhesion-ad=\"\"> \t\t<script type=\"application\/javascript\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tblogherads.adq.push(function () {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tblogherads\n\t\t\t\t\t.defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article2-uid1' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setTargeting( 'pos', [\"mid\",\"mid-article2\",\"mid-articleX\"] )\n.setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setSubAdUnitPath(\"ros\/mid-article2\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.addSize([[320,480],[300,250],[300,251],[2,4],[4,2],[620,366]])\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.setClsOptimization(\"minsize\")\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script> \t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \tApproximately 10 million people subscribe to YouTube TV.  ABC News declined to comment.<br \/> \tNBC News said Wednesday that &#8220;Nightly&#8221; won an average of 929,000 viewers between 25 and 54 for the five days ended November 7, compared with 883,000 for &#8220;World News Tonight.&#8221; During a typical week, &#8220;World News Tonight&#8221; prevails over its evening-news rivals in all categories. The ABC News program shed 20,000 viewers in the demographic from the week prior, according to Nielsen data, and was down in overall audience as well, though it maintained its usual position in that category.<br \/> \tMeanwhile, &#8220;Today&#8221; captured an average of 2.81 million total viewers, according to data from Nielsen, compared with 2.72 million for &#8220;GMA.&#8221; &#8220;Today&#8221; has generated some momentum in recent weeks, notching the most-watched lead in six weeks of the last ten. <\/p>\n<p> \t\t\tA Variety and iHeartRadio Podcast\t\t<br \/>The Business of Entertainment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQcVZ1ekRrNmZXZGJ2VG4zTTRxZ0plWkdIRmRWbUg1WGpyVHVDMFVMYXAxMzZJc1piZEVMTHFlS2JqYUJybjNxZHhnU1BoZkRBY3JlTjB6UnRSTUZCT0RGOXZ2Vy1KMTcwdEpTOEgxcDFQelhEZllCMzFMYkZrOEhIUWlYQnFxU0p4NjFlR0t6UmtmRTItVTRaUGI3WkIxUjQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Disney&#8216;s carriage fight with Google&#8217;s YouTube TV is beginning to create some issues for some of the company&#8217;s most popular media properties. &#8220;NBC Nightly News&#8221; was able to claim victory over ABC&#8217;s &#8216;World News Tonight&#8221; last week among viewers between 25 and 54 &#8212; the demographic most coveted by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-193268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}