Nightly News Ranks #1 Across the Board Season to Date
The NBC News Broadcast Increases Demo Lead over ABC by +22% from Same Week Last Season
NEW YORK (February 7, 2017) – “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” ranked #1 across the board for the week of January 30, averaging 9.1 million total viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by +72,000 viewers (+1%) and “CBS Evening News” by +1.8 million viewers (+25%). Nightly News has won across the board nine times in the last 11 weeks.
Nightly News continues its dominance in the demo, averaging 2.2 million A25-54 viewers for the week, leading ABC by +238,000 (+12%) and CBS by +650,000 (+41%). Compared to the same week last season, Nightly News posted higher advantages over both ABC (+22%) and CBS (+53%).
Among A18-49, Nightly News averaged 1.6 million viewers, topping ABC by +271,000 (+20%) and CBS by +565,000 (+53%). The NBC News broadcast has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 79 of the last 80 weeks.
Season to date, Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast across the board and leads ABC with its best A25-54 advantage in four years (2012-13). Compared to last season, Nightly News has increased its A25-54 lead over ABC by +22% (+266,000 vs. +218,000).
Weekly Highlights:
- Nightly News ranked #1 across the board, averaging 9.104 million total viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by +72,000 (+1%) viewers and “CBS Evening News” by +1.8 million viewers (+25%).
- Nightly News averaged 2.23 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +238,000 (+12%) and CBS by +650,000 (+41%).
- Nightly News averaged 1.624 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +271,000 (+20%) and CBS by +565,000 (+53%).
- Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 79 of the past 80 weeks.
Season Highlights:
- Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast across the board.
- Nightly News leads ABC with its best A25-54 advantage in four years (2012-13).
- Nightly News has increased its A25-54 lead over ABC by +22% from last season (+266,000 vs. +218,000).
Week of January 30 – February 3, 2017:
| Total Viewers | A25-54 Rating | A25-54 Viewers | A18-49 Rating | A18-49 Viewers | |
| NBC | 9.104 | 1.86 | 2.230 | 1.27 | 1.624 |
| CBS | 7.290 | 1.31 | 1.580 | 0.83 | 1.059 |
| ABC | 9.032 | 1.66 | 1.992 | 1.05 | 1.353 |
# # #
ABOUT NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT
“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.
# # #
For more information contact:
Jake Urbanski
NBC News
212-664-3211
