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The NBC Broadcast Posts Widest Total Viewer Advantage Over ABC Since August; Biggest Lead Over CBS In 5 Weeks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n On Day of Paris Terror Attacks, Nightly Tops ABC By 712,000 Total Viewers And 427,000 A25-54 Viewers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n NOVEMBER 17, 2015- \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d is #1 across the board for the week of November 9-13, delivering its widest A25-54 advantage over ABC since the Sochi Olympics (the week of 2\/17\/14). The NBC broadcast also averaged its best total viewer lead over ABC since the week of 8\/31\/2015 and over CBS in five weeks (the week of 10\/5\/2015).<\/p>\n On Friday, in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, Nightly out-delivered ABC by 712,000 total viewers and 292,000 viewers A25-54.<\/p>\n On Monday, Nightly posted its biggest single-day delivery in eight months (since March 5, 2015) with 9.903 million total viewers and 2.477 million A25-54 viewers.<\/p>\n Week-to week, Nightly posted the largest gains among the evening newscasts in total viewers (+3%, or +283,000), A25-54 viewers (+10%, or +222,000) and A18-49 viewers (+12%, or +177,000). Compared to last week, Nightly gaps over ABC more than doubled by 107% in total viewers, 168% among A25-54 viewers, and 105% among A18-49 viewers.<\/p>\n Compared to its 4Q\u201915-to-date levels, Nightly also delivered the biggest growth among its competition in total viewers (11%, or +914,000), A25-54 viewers (+17%, or +344,000), and A18-49 viewers (+20%, or +281,000). Nightly widened its lead over ABC in total viewers (+151%) in A25-54 viewers (+154%) and A18-49 viewers (115%).<\/p>\n Nightly has now won among total viewers for 21 consecutive weeks, \u00a026 of the last 29 weeks and 314 of the last 321 weeks.<\/p>\n Weekly Highlights: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n