{"id":1231,"date":"2016-03-08T11:16:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T16:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2016-03-08T11:16:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T16:16:55","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-for-super-tuesday-week-and-february-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/03\/08\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-for-super-tuesday-week-and-february-sweep\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD FOR SUPER TUESDAY WEEK AND FEBRUARY SWEEP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Nightly More Than Doubled Its A25-54 Advantage Over ABC By 112% Vs. 2015 February Sweep<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nightly Outperformed ABC By 330K Viewers On Wednesday, Following Super Tuesday Contests<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARCH 8, 2016&#8211; \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d was America\u2019s #1 newscast across the board for the 2016 February sweep period, marking its 34th consecutive sweep period win and its 9th straight February sweep win among total viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Nightly more than doubled its A25-54 advantage over ABC by 112% versus the 2015 February sweep period (+125,000 this year vs. +59,000 in Feb\u201915).<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, following the Super Tuesday contests, Nightly outperformed ABC by +333,000 total viewers and +249,000 A25-54 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Nightly posted week-to-week growth in all key categories, including total viewers (+11,000), A25-54 viewers (+19,000), and A18-49 viewers (+13,000).<\/p>\n<p>Week-to-week, the NBC broadcast improved its gap over CBS in total viewers by 27% (1.579 million vs. +1.241 million during the previous week), in A25-54 viewers by 33% (+480,000 vs. +360,000 during the prior week) and A18-49 viewers by 23%.<\/p>\n<p>Season-to-date, Nightly is the #1 evening news program in total viewers, A25-54 viewers, and A18-49 viewers.<\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE: As of 12\/28\/15, Nielsen national ratings are based on an expanded sample known as &#8220;NPX,&#8221; which effectively doubles the size of the Nielsen panel through a combination of additional meters and HHs. While NPX is now the official currency of record, all data pre-12\/28\/15 remains based on the old sample &#8212; so year-to-year and other comparisons are versus pre-NPX data.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2016 February Sweep: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly averaged 9.117 million total viewers, outperforming ABC by +49,000 (+0.5%) and CBS by +1.519 million (20%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 2.245 million A25-54 viewers, +125,000 (+6%) higher than ABC and +421,000 (+23%) more than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.633 million A18-49 viewers, leading ABC by +130,000 (+9%) and CBS by +396,000 (+32%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly has won 34 consecutive sweep periods among total viewers and 9 straight February sweeps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week of February 29-March 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly averaged 8.924 million total viewers, outperforming ABC by +7,000 (+0.1%) and CBS by +1.579 million (21%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 2.177 million A25-54 viewers, +61,000 (+3%) higher than ABC and +480,000 (+28%) more than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.584 million A18-49 viewers, leading ABC by +46,000 (+3%) and CBS by +430,000 (+37%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly has been #1 among total viewers for 34 of the last 37 weeks, and 375 of the last 387 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly won its 14<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive week in A25-54 demo viewers and has been #1 in 35 of the last 37 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>The NBC broadcast is #1 in A18-49 viewers for 32 consecutive weeks, 36 of the last 37 weeks, and 40 of the last 43 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Season-to-Date Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 9.084 million total viewers, leading ABC by +245,000 (+3% )and CBS by +1.523 million (+20%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 2.227 million A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by +198,000 (+10%) and CBS by +467,000 (+27%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly has widened its A25-54 lead vs. ABC by 158,000 viewers versus last season (+198,000 lead this season vs. a +40,000 gap last year).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly 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