NBC NIGHTLY NEWS Was Most-Watched Newscast

"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" was the most-watched network evening newscast for the week ending June 2, 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast averaged 7.688 million total viewers, +593,000 more than ABC "World News," and +1,633,000 more than CBS "Evening News."

NOTE: All three programs were labeled as specials on Monday for the Memorial Day holiday and are based on four-day averages.

"NBC Nightly News" Weekly Highlights:

Nightly delivered 7.688 million total viewers, +8% (+593,000) more than ABC World News' 7.095 million and +27% (+1,633,000) more than CBS Evening News' 6.055 million.
Nightly averaged a 5.3/11 Household rating, ahead of ABC's 4.9/11 and CBS' 4.2/9.
Nightly has won for 194 consecutive weeks in total viewers, and in 241 of the past 242 weeks among total viewers.
Nightly delivered a 1.7 A25-54 rating, +2 tenths ahead of ABC's 1.5 rating and +4 tenths more than CBS's 1.3 rating.
Among A25-54 (000), Nightly averaged 2.009 million viewers, +11% (+200,000) viewers ahead of World News' 1.809 million and +29% (+457,000) ahead of Evening News' 1.552 million.
Nightly has topped World News in A25-54 (000) for 236 consecutive weeks.

Season-to-Date Highlights:
Season-to-date, Nightly leads World News by +782,000 total viewers, and by +314,000 Adult 25-54 viewers (+3 tenths).

Patrick Burkey is the executive producer of "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams." For more news and information, go to www.nbcnightlynews.com, Facebook.com/NBCNightlyNews, or follow on Twitter @nbcnightlynews.

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