NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ranked #1 across the board for the week of July 11, averaging 7.9 million total viewers, outperforming "ABC World News Tonight" by +287,000 (+4%) and "CBS Evening News" by +1.36 million (+17%). The NBC broadcast won across the board on all five evenings and has topped total viewers for three of the last five weeks.
The week included Lester Holt anchoring from Nice on Friday, reporting on the attack in France. On that evening, Nightly News earned 7.3 million total viewers, leading ABC by +272,000 (+4%) and CBS by +1.49 million (19%). In the demo on Friday, Nightly News led CBS by +280,000 (19%) and ABC by +349,000 (25%). In the demo, Nightly News averaged 1.9 million A25-54 viewers for the week of July 11, outperforming ABC by +210,000 (+13%) and CBS by +293,000 (+18%). Nightly News has led ABC by at least 200,000 A25-54 viewers for five consecutive weeks. The NBC broadcast averaged 1.34 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +111,000 (+9%) and CBS by +240,000 (+22%). Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 50 of the past 51 weeks. Versus the same week last season, Nightly News saw gains across the board. It was the only evening newscast to see total viewer growth year over year and week over week. Season to date, Nightly News is the #1 evening news program in total viewers, A25-54 and A18-49 viewers.Videos