NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ranked #1 in the demo for the week of March 6, averaging 2 million A25-54 viewers, leading "ABC World News Tonight" by +201,000 (+11%) and "CBS Evening News" by +562,000 (+39%). Nightly News was the only broadcast to add A25-54 viewers from the previous week (+17,000) while improving its demo lead over ABC by +47% (+201,000 vs. +139,000 prior week) and CBS by +8% (+562,000 vs. +518,000 prior week). Compared to the same week last season, Nightly News' A25-54 advantage was up +36% over ABC (+201,000 vs. +148,000 last year) and +64% over CBS (+562,000 vs. +342,000 last year). Nightly News holds its largest demo leads over ABC and CBS in three seasons.
Among A18-49, Nightly News averaged 1.4 million viewers, topping
ABC by +192,000 (+15%) and
CBS by +428,000 (+42%). Compared to the same week last season, Nightly News' A18-49 advantage over
ABC was up +94% (+192,000 vs. +99,000) while its lead over
CBS improved by +51% (+428,000 vs. +283,000). The
NBC News broadcast has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 84 of the last 85 weeks.
For the week, Nightly News averaged 8.34 million total viewers, leading
CBS EVENING NEWS by +1.64 million (+25%). The
NBC News broadcast had the biggest total viewer gain from the previous week (+35,000). Season to date, Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast across the board.
"NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt" is America's most-watched evening newscast, going beyond the day's headlines to uncover stories of how people's lives are affected by the world around them. "NBC Nightly News" reaches over 24 million people every week through its broadcast and millions more through NBCNews.com, the "Nightly News" app, and social media platforms. Lester Holt is the anchor and Sam Singal is the executive producer.
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