NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH Lester Holt is the #1 most-watched evening broadcast in the key news demo for the week of January 15, according to Nielsen Media Research data. This past Saturday, Lester Holt travelled to North Korea as negotiations between the North and the South continue leading up to the Winter Olympics. He reported exclusively for NBC News and MSNBC through Monday. Tonight on "NBC Nightly News," Holt, now back on U.S. soil, reports on his exclusive North Korea trip. Holt returns to the region to cover the 2018 Pyeongchang games on Thursday, February 8.
This past week, "NBC Nightly News" was first to air
NBC News correspondent Jo Ling Kent's exclusive interview on privacy with former Facebook and Google employees Tristan Harris, Sandy Parakilas and Roger McNamee and her follow up interview with Monika Bickert, Facebook's Head of Global Policy. Additionally, on Wednesday, "Nightly News" reported on
NBC News' exclusive that FBI agents visited Steve Bannon's home to discuss a subpoena in the Russia probe.
The broadcast continues its winning streak in the key demo, averaging 2.4 million A25-54 viewers and beating "ABC World News Tonight" by +93,000 viewers (+4%) and "CBS Evening News" by +728,000 viewers (+45%). Week over week, "Nightly News" grew its key demo audience.
For 128 of the past 129 weeks, "Nightly News" is the most-watched among A18-49 viewers, averaging 1.7 million and topping
ABC by +139,000 viewers (+9%) and
CBS by +511,000 viewers (+44%). Week over week, "Nightly News" grew its A18-49 audience.
9.8 million total viewers tuned in to "Nightly News" for the week of January 15 besting "CBS Evening News" by +2.4 million total viewers (+32%) and growing year over year.
"Nightly News" continues as the #1 most-watched evening newscast season-to-date in the key demo, delivering its largest demo lead
CBS in seven seasons. "Nightly News" grew its year-over-year and week-over-week total viewer audience.
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