Nightly News Finishes in Top 5 Broadcasts Across all of TV on Evening of Holt’s Exclusive Interview with President Trump, Tops Evening News Across the Board
The NBC News Broadcast is #1 Across the Board This Season
NEW YORK (May 16, 2017) – “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” ranked #1 in the demo for the week of May 8, averaging 1.7 million A25-54 viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by 150,000 viewers (+10%) and “CBS Evening News” by +438,000 viewers (+36%). Nightly News holds its largest demo lead over ABC in four seasons and biggest advantage over CBS in three seasons. Compared to last season, Nightly News’ demo lead over ABC is up +11%, while its advantage over CBS is up +12%.
On Thursday, the evening of Holt’s exclusive interview with President Trump, Nightly News averaged 7.5 million total viewers, making it the fourth most-watched program across all of TV that evening, topping ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News across the board.
For the week, Nightly News averaged 1.2 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +154,000 viewers (+15%) and CBS by +324,000 viewers (+38%). The NBC News broadcast has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 93 of the last 94 weeks. Year over year, Nightly News increased its A18-49 lead over ABC by +10% and over CBS by +26%
Nightly News averaged 7.4 million total viewers for the week of May 8, leading CBS Evening News by +1.6 million (+24%).
Season to date, Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast across the board. The NBC News broadcast holds its largest demo advantages over ABC in four seasons and over CBS in three seasons. Compared to last season, Nightly News’ demo lead over ABC is up +13%, while its advantage over CBS is up +12%.
Weekly Highlights:
- Nightly News averaged 1.7 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +150,000 (+10%) and CBS by +438,000 (+36%).
- Nightly News averaged 1.2 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +154,000 (+15%) and CBS by +324,000 (+38%).
- Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 93 of the past 94 weeks.
- Nightly News averaged 7.4 million total viewers, leading CBS Evening News by +1.6 million (+24%).
Season Highlights:
- Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast across the board.
- Nightly News holds its largest A25-54 advantages over ABC in four seasons and over CBS in three seasons.
- Compared to last season, Nightly News’ demo lead over ABC is up +11%, while its advantage over CBS is up +12%.
Week of May 8 – May 12, 2017:
| Total Viewers | A25-54 Rating | A25-54 Viewers | A18-49 Rating | A18-49 Viewers | |
| NBC | 7.410 | 1.38 | 1.654 | 0.92 | 1.176 |
| CBS | 5.860 | 1.01 | 1.216 | 0.66 | 0.852 |
| ABC | 7.480 | 1.25 | 1.504 | 0.80 | 1.022 |
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“NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” is America’s most-watched evening newscast, going beyond the day’s headlines to uncover stories of how people’s lives are affected by the world around them. “NBC Nightly News” reaches over 24 million people every week through its broadcast and millions more through NBCNews.com, the “Nightly News” app, and social media platforms. Lester Holt is the anchor and Sam Singal is the executive producer.
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