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NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT Wins Week & Month Across the Board

By: Jan. 31, 2017
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NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ranked #1 across the board for the week of January 23, averaging 9.4 million total viewers, leading "ABC World News Tonight" by +313,000 viewers (+3%) and "CBS Evening News" by +1.5 million viewers (+19%). Nightly News has won across the board eight times in the last 10 weeks.

Opposite ABC's interview with President Trump on Wednesday, Nightly News finished #1 across the board in total viewers (+260,000 over ABC), A25-54 viewers (+459,000), and A18-49 viewers (+409,000). Nightly News posted its biggest Wednesday wins over ABC in total viewers since December 14, 2016 and among A25-54 viewers since October 5, 2016.

Nightly News continues its dominance in the demo, averaging 2.3 million A25-54 viewers for the week, leading ABC by +344,000 (+17%) and CBS by +462,000 (+25%), with its biggest demo win over ABC in five weeks. Among A18-49, Nightly News averaged 1.33 million viewers, topping ABC by +303,000 (+22%) and CBS by +447,000 (+35%). The NBC News broadcast has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 78 of the last 79 weeks.

The NBC News broadcast won its third consecutive month across the board, averaging 9.4 million total viewers. Nightly News has won total viewers in 17 of the 19 months since Holt became anchor and has won every month among A25-54 and A18-49 viewers since Holt took over.

Season to date, Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast across the board and leads the competition with its best A25-54 advantage in four years (2012-13). Compared to last season, Nightly News has increased its A25-54 lead over ABC by +21% (+267,000 vs. +220,000).



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