NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is the #1 most-watched newscast for the week of May 6, winning the key A25-54 and A18-49 demos, according to Nielsen Media Research. Nightly News also posts the biggest year-over-year growth and is #1 season-to-date in both demos.
Nightly News averages 1.610 million viewers among the A25-54 demo most valued by advertisers, and is up the most among the newscasts compared to the same time last year (+4%). The broadcast tops CBS by +465,000 and ABC by +23,000.
Among the younger A18-49 demo, NBC averages 1.089 million viewers, beating CBS by +282,000 and ABC by +23,000, and posts the biggest increases compared to the prior year (+6%).
Holt just sat down for interviews with director Ava DuVarney and all five of the men labeled as the "Central Park Five" for Nightly News' "Justice for All" series ahead of the Netflix series about their wrongful convictions. And last week, Nightly News featured a broadcast exclusive interview with Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who said he believed Mark Zuckerberg had become "extremely powerful because he has no boss."
Week of 5/6/19:
Nightly News ranks #1 in A25-54
Nightly News ranks #1 A18-49
Week of 5/16/19:
Program | P25-54 Imps |
P18-49 Imps |
P2+ Imps |
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1.610 | 1.089 | 7.486 |
CBS EVENING NEWS | 1.145 | .807 | 5.632 |
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1.587 | 1.066 | 8.186 |
2018-2019 Season-to-Date
Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast this season in A25-54 and A18-49
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