NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is the #1 most-watched newscast again for the week of July 1, topping ABC and CBS in both A25-54 and A18-49 demos, and also continues its season-to-date ratings win streak, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Nightly News averages 1.452 million viewers in the key A25-54 demo, leading ABC by +134,000 (+10%) and CBS by +500,000 (+53%), and is up week-over-week. The newscast also averages 1.009 million viewers in A18-49, topping ABC by +98,000 (+11%) and CBS by +332,000 (+49%), and is aup vs. the prior week.
NBC's flagship newscast continues its reign as #1 season to date, topping both CBS and ABC in A25-54 and A18-49, and is on track to clinch its 12th consecutive season win in A25-54 and its 23rd consecutive season in A18-49.
Just yesterday, Lester Holt was announced as the recipient of the 2019 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, which he will be awarded on November 4 in Phoenix. He was also in Los Angeles last week when the earthquakes hit Southern California and reported in real time from the ground and anchored NBC Nightly News from there this past Monday.
WEEK OF 7/1/2019:
Nightly ranked #1 among A25-54 viewers and A18-49 viewers
Program | P25-54 Imps |
P18-49 Imps |
P2+ Imps |
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1.452 | 1.009 | 6.837 |
CBS EVENING NEWS | 0.952 | 0.677 | 5.212 |
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1.318 | 0.911 | 7.788 |
Note: All programs were rated based on a 3-Day week due to July 4th holiday.
2018-19 SEASON-TO-DATE
Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast this season in A25-54 and A18-49
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