NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is the #1 most-watched newscast in the A25-54 demo, marking its fourth consecutive quarterly win in the key news demo, according to Nielsen Media Research. The newscast is also #1 for both last week and season to date in A25-54.
Nightly News led the broadcast newscasts for its fourth straight quarter win with an average of 1.565 million viewers, topping CBS by +521,000 and ABC by +2,000.
Additionally, Nightly News won the week of June 24 in the key news demo with an average of 1.441 million viewers, beating CBS by +544,000 and ABC by +11,000. Lester Holt was in Miami last week as one of the moderators of the first Democratic presidential debate, which was watched by more than 18 million viewers on television and set a record as the most-watched Democratic debate ever.
Season to date, Nightly News continues to lead in both the key news demo and the younger A18-49 demo.
Second Quarter 2019 Highlights:
Program | P25-54 Rtg |
P25-54 Imps |
P18-49 Rtg |
P18-49 Imps |
P2+ Imps |
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1.30 | 1.565 | 0.81 | 1.046 | 7.330 |
CBS EVENING NEWS | 0.87 | 1.044 | 0.58 | 0.749 | 5.452 |
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1.30 | 1.563 | 0.82 | 1.056 | 8.123 |
Week of 6/24/19 Highlights:
Program | P25-54 Rtg |
P25-54 Imps |
P18-49 Rtg |
P18-49 Imps |
P2+ Imps |
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1.19 | 1.441 | 0.77 | 0.987 | 6.769 |
CBS EVENING NEWS | 0.74 | 0.897 | 0.48 | 0.616 | 4.999 |
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1.19 | 1.430 | 0.77 | 0.988 | 7.814 |
Season-to-Date Highlights:
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is the most-watched evening newscast in America among the key news demo, and reaches over 24 million people every week through its broadcast and millions more through NBCNews.com, the Nightly News app, The Nightly newsletter and social media platforms. The broadcast provides the latest on the day's top stories, going BEYOND THE HEADLINES to uncover how people's lives are affected by the world around them. Lester Holt is the anchor, and was named the most-trusted television news personality in America, according toThe Hollywood Reporter/Morning Consult 2018 survey. Jennifer Suozzo is the executive producer.
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