{"id":1514,"date":"2016-09-07T11:03:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T15:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2016-09-07T11:03:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T15:03:58","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-across-the-board-for-eighth-consecutive-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/09\/07\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-across-the-board-for-eighth-consecutive-week\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d WINS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The NBC News Broadcast Delivers Highest Non-Olympics Total Viewer Average Since April 2016<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nightly News Up by +57% over ABC in the Demo Versus the Same Week Last Season <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nightly News Ranks #1 among A25-54 and A18-49 for 57 of Last 58 Weeks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (September 7, 2016) \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d ranked #1 across the board for the week of August 29, averaging 8.037 million total viewers, leading \u201cABC World News Tonight\u201d by +103,000 (+1%) and \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +1.480 million (+23%). It was Nightly News\u2019s highest non-Olympics total viewer average since the week of April 25, 2016. The NBC News broadcast has won across the board for eight consecutive weeks, while topping among total viewers for 10 of the past 12 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC News broadcast continues its dominance in the demo, winning the week among A25-54, averaging 2 million A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by +307,000 (+18%) and CBS by +513,000 (+35%). Versus the same week last season, Nightly News improved its A25-54 lead over ABC by 57% (+307,000 last week vs. +196,000 a year ago). Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 57 of the last 58 weeks. Additionally, Nightly News posted its best non-Olympics demo lead over ABC since the week June 27, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Among A18-49, Nightly News averaged 1.414 million viewers, topping ABC by +231,000 (+20%) and CBS by +430,000 (+44%). The NBC News broadcast delivered its biggest non-Olympics A18-49 advantage over ABC since the week of January 25, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Due to an NFL preseason game, NBC Nightly News was retitled on Thursday, while ABC and CBS were rated all five days.<\/p>\n<p>Season to date, Nightly News is the #1 evening news program in total viewers, A25-54 and A18-49 viewers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekly Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly News averaged 8.037 million total viewers, leading ABC by +103,000 (+1%) and CBS by +1.48 million (+23%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News has won eight consecutive weeks and 10 of the last 12 weeks among total viewers.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News averaged 1.970 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +307,000 (+18%) and CBS by +513,000 (+35%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 57 of the past 58 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News posted its best non-Olympics demo lead over ABC since the week June 27, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Versus the same week last season, Nightly News improved its A25-54 lead over ABC by 57% (+307,000 last week vs. +196,000 a year ago).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News averaged 1.414 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +231,000 (+20%) and CBS by +430,000 (+44%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News delivered its biggest non-Olympics A18-49 advantage over ABC since the week of January 25, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Season to Date:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Season to date, Nightly News is the #1 evening news program in total viewers, A25-54 viewers, and A18-49 viewers.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News averages 8.6 million total viewers, +281,000 (+3%) ahead of ABC and +1.567 million (+22%) more than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News averages 2.1 million A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by +244,000 (+13%) and CBS by +481,000 (+30%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News has added the most A25-54 viewers versus last season (+39,000, +2%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News has improved its A25-54 lead over ABC by over 800% (+244,000 lead this season vs. +27,000 this time last year).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News averages 1.518 million A18-49 viewers, outperforming ABC by +208,000 (+16%) and CBS by +413,000 (+37%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News has more than doubled its A18-49 advantage over ABC versus last season (110%, vs. a +99,000 lead last season).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week of August 29 \u2013 September 2, 2016:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><strong>Total Viewers \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>A25-54 Rating \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>A25-54 Viewers \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>A18-49 Rating \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>A18-49 Viewers \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>NBC \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>8.037<\/td>\n<td>1.64<\/td>\n<td>1.970<\/td>\n<td>1.10<\/td>\n<td>1.414<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CBS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>6.557<\/td>\n<td>1.21<\/td>\n<td>1.457<\/td>\n<td>0.77<\/td>\n<td>0.984<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>ABC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>7.934<\/td>\n<td>1.38<\/td>\n<td>1.663<\/td>\n<td>0.92<\/td>\n<td>\u00a01.183<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d is America\u2019s most-watched evening newscast, going beyond the day\u2019s headlines to uncover stories of how people\u2019s lives are affected by the world around them. \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d reaches over 24 million people every week through its broadcast and millions more through NBCNews.com, the \u201cNightly News\u201d app, and social media platforms. Lester Holt is the anchor and Sam Singal is the executive producer.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information contact<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Jake Urbanski<\/p>\n<p>NBC News<\/p>\n<p>212-664-3211<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jake.urbanski@nbcuni.com\">jake.urbanski@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBC News Broadcast Delivers Highest Non-Olympics Total Viewer Average Since April 2016 Nightly News Up by +57% over ABC in the Demo Versus the Same Week Last Season Nightly News Ranks #1 among A25-54 and A18-49 for 57 of Last 58 Weeks NEW YORK (September 7, 2016) \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/09\/07\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-across-the-board-for-eighth-consecutive-week\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from \u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d WINS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE WEEK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[4,31],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nbc-nightly-news","tag-feature","tag-ratings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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