{"id":1090,"date":"2015-12-22T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2015-12-22T10:59:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:59:40","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/12\/22\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS-THE-BOARD\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><b><i>Nightly Is #1 In Total Viewers For\u00a026th Straight Week<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><i>With One Week Left In 2015, Nightly Is #1 Across-The-Board For The Calendar Year<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">DECEMBER 22, 2015&#8211; \u00a0\u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d\u00a0was #1\u00a0in total viewers and all categories for the week of December 14-18, marking 24 across-the-board wins in the last 26 weeks. The NBC broadcast has\u00a0been #1 in\u00a0total viewers\u00a0all 26 weeks since Holt was named anchor, and for\u00a031 of the last 34 weeks and 366 of the last 374 weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">With one week remaining in 2015, Nightly is\u00a0leading\u00a0among\u00a0total viewers, A25-54 and A18-49 viewers for the calendar year. Nightly\u2019s A25-54 demo advantage over ABC improved by 28% compared to\u00a0the same period in 2014.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">The NBC broadcast is also #1 across the board season to date.\u00a0Nightly has seen a 198,000 viewer turnaround in the A25-54 gap versus last year when it trailed ABC by -11,000. Nightly\u2019s demo advantage over CBS is up 14% year-over-year.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">NOTE: Kate Snow anchored Tuesday and Thursday last week, while Lester Holt was out.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: black;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><b>Weekly 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small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">Total Viewers<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">A25-54 Rating<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">A25-54 Viewers<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;font-size: small\">A18-49 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