{"id":1075,"date":"2015-12-08T11:24:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T16:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2015-12-08T11:24:36","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T16:24:36","slug":"during-week-of-san-bernardino-coverage-nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-delivers-widest-advantage-over-abc-in-5-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/12\/08\/during-week-of-san-bernardino-coverage-nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-delivers-widest-advantage-over-abc-in-5-months\/","title":{"rendered":"DURING WEEK OF SAN BERNARDINO COVERAGE, \u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d DELIVERS WIDEST ADVANTAGE OVER ABC IN 5 MONTHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

As News of the Shooting Unfolded on Wednesday, Nightly Posted Largest Single-Day Total Viewer Gap Over ABC Since June<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

NBC is Only Broadcast Up Across-The-Board Compared to Same Week Last Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

DECEMBER 8, 2015– During the week of the San Bernardino shootings, more viewers turned to \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d than any other network newscast.\u00a0 The NBC broadcast was #1 across-the-board, delivering its widest weekly advantage over ABC in 5 months (week of 6\/29\/2015). Holt led special hour-long live editions of the broadcast for every time zone on Wednesday and reported and anchored from San Bernardino, CA on Thursday and Friday last week.<\/p>\n

Nightly topped ABC by at least one million viewers on three evenings last week (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday). On Wednesday, Nightly posted its largest single-day advantage over ABC (1.444 million) since \u00a06\/14\/2015. \u00a0The NBC broadcast also led CBS by over 1.9 million viewers for the second straight week.<\/p>\n

Nightly was the only newscast to post across-the-board growth versus the same week last season: +2% or +172,000\u00a0total viewers, +4% or+100,000 A25-54 viewers, and +1% or +17,000 A18-49 viewers. \u00a0Despite the week\u2019s major news, ABC was down in the A25-54 demo (-1%) and CBS was down in the A18-49 demo (-3%) year-to-year.<\/p>\n

Compared to its 4Q\u201915-to-date levels, the NBC broadcast delivered double-digit increases across-the-board: (+13%, or +1.102 million) in total viewers, (+15%, or +308,000) A25-54 viewers, and (+13%, or +202,000) A18-49 viewers. \u00a0Nightly\u2019s total viewer gap over ABC was almost triple the 4Q\u201915 average (+855,000 last week vs. +286,000 4Q\u201915-to-date), while its A25-54 lead over ABC was up by +76% (+299,000 last week vs. \u00a0+170,000 4Q\u201915-to-date).<\/p>\n

Nightly has now won among total viewers for 24 consecutive weeks, \u00a029 of the last 32 weeks and 364 of the last 372 weeks.<\/p>\n

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