{"id":1600,"date":"2016-09-27T14:33:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T18:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2016-09-27T14:33:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T18:33:33","slug":"nbc-news-and-msnbc-together-beat-all-other-networks-for-first-presidential-debate-with-23-1-million-total-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/09\/27\/nbc-news-and-msnbc-together-beat-all-other-networks-for-first-presidential-debate-with-23-1-million-total-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NEWS AND MSNBC TOGETHER BEAT ALL OTHER NETWORKS FOR FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WITH 23.1 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Primetime Coverage on NBC Delivers its Highest Total Audience and Demo Deliveries in a First General Election Presidential Debate Since 1992 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt Averages 8.4 Million Total Viewers on Monday, +1 Million More than ABC <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>TODAY Averages 4.3 Million Total Viewers, +203,000 More than ABC <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (September 27, 2016) \u2013 More Americans tuned to NBC News and MSNBC combined for coverage of the first presidential debate than any other broadcast or cable television network. According to Nielsen Media Research fast national data, the two networks drew a combined total of 23.1 million total viewers. NBC led the broadcast and cable networks across the board for the first 2016 presidential debate and achieved its highest total audience and A25-54 demo deliveries in a first general election presidential debate since 1992.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC News broadcast network coverage (9-10:39 pm ET) averaged 18.2 million total viewers, outperforming ABC by 4.6 million (+34%) and CBS by 6.1 million (+50%). Among A25-54 viewers, NBC News averaged 8.3 million viewers, leading ABC by 3.5 million (+73%) and CBS by 3.6 million (+75%). In A18-49, NBC averaged 7.5 million, topping ABC by 3.1 million (+72%) and CBS by 3.6 million (+91%). MSNBC\u2019s coverage of the debate (9-10:39pm ET) averaged 4.9 million total viewers, 1.58 million A25-54 viewers and 1.4 million A18-49 viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Monday, \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d averaged 8.4 million total viewers, outperforming ABC by 1 million and CBS by 1.7 million. \u201cTODAY\u201d averaged 4.3 million total viewers, outperforming ABC by 203,000 and CBS by 789,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d anchor Lester Holt moderated the first presidential debate. Savannah Guthrie and Chuck Todd anchored NBC News\u2019 primetime coverage, joined by Tom Brokaw. Rachel Maddow and Brian Williams anchored MSNBC\u2019s coverage, joined by Chris Matthews. Both programs were supported by the \u00a0full team of NBC News and MSNBC contributors and correspondents, including Andrea Mitchell, Hallie Jackson, Katy Tur and Kristen Welker reporting live from the debate site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEPTEMBER 26, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Broadcast Specials: 9-10:39 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/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>18.156<\/td>\n<td>6.93<\/td>\n<td>8.323<\/td>\n<td>5.82<\/td>\n<td>7.462<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CBS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>12.082<\/td>\n<td>3.95<\/td>\n<td>4.750<\/td>\n<td>3.04<\/td>\n<td>3.898<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>ABC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a013.521<\/td>\n<td>4.00<\/td>\n<td>4.802<\/td>\n<td>3.39<\/td>\n<td>4.349<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cable Primetime: 9-10:45 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/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>MSNBC \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4.895<\/td>\n<td>1.31<\/td>\n<td>1.576<\/td>\n<td>1.10<\/td>\n<td>1.413<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CNN<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>9.804<\/td>\n<td>3.69<\/td>\n<td>4.435<\/td>\n<td>3.50<\/td>\n<td>4.488<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>FNC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>11.359<\/td>\n<td>2.93<\/td>\n<td>3.525<\/td>\n<td>2.33<\/td>\n<td>2.990<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT NBC NEWS AND MSNBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More Americans watch NBC News and MSNBC than any news organization in the world. NBC News is a global leader in news across all broadcast and digital platforms. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt, TODAY, Meet the Press, and Dateline, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. For the 2015-2016 season, all four NBC News broadcasts were #1 in the key news demo. MSNBC is the premier cable destination for breaking and live news coverage, in-depth analysis, and influential voices \u2013 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The rapidly-growing NBC News Digital Group, along with the SiriusXM TODAY Show and MSNBC radio channels and NBC News Radio on the iHeartMedia 24\/7 News Network, provide continuous content to consumers wherever they are, whenever they want it.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News is part of the NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast Corporation.\u00a0 For more information about NBCUniversal, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/eykbqfut\/www.nbcuniversal.com\/\">www.NBCUniversal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jake Urbanski<br \/>\nNBC News<br \/>\no: (212) 664-3211<br \/>\nc: (646) 823-2133<br \/>\ne: <a href=\"mailto:jake.urbanski@nbcuni.com\">jake.urbanski@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primetime Coverage on NBC Delivers its Highest Total Audience and Demo Deliveries in a First General Election Presidential Debate Since 1992 \u00a0 NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt Averages 8.4 Million Total Viewers on Monday, +1 Million More than ABC TODAY Averages 4.3 Million Total Viewers, +203,000 More than ABC NEW YORK (September 27, 2016) [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/09\/27\/nbc-news-and-msnbc-together-beat-all-other-networks-for-first-presidential-debate-with-23-1-million-total-viewers\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from NBC NEWS AND MSNBC TOGETHER BEAT ALL OTHER NETWORKS FOR FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WITH 23.1 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,2,5,10],"tags":[4,31],"class_list":["post-1600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-msnbc","category-nbc-news","category-nbc-nightly-news","category-today","tag-feature","tag-ratings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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