{"id":1757,"date":"2017-01-24T10:37:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T15:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2017-01-24T10:37:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T15:37:42","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-across-the-board-ranks-1-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2017\/01\/24\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-across-the-board-ranks-1-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d WINS ACROSS THE BOARD, RANKS #1 THIS SEASON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Nightly News Wins Across the Board for Seventh Time in Last Nine Weeks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The NBC News Broadcast Ranks #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 77 of the last 78 Weeks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (January 24, 2017) \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d ranked #1 across the board for the week of January 16, averaging 9.44 million total viewers, leading \u201cABC World News Tonight\u201d by +306,000 viewers (+3%) and \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +1.9 million viewers (+26%). Nightly News has been #1 among total viewers in seven of the last nine weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Season to date, Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast across the board. Compared to last season, Nightly News has increased its A25-54 lead over ABC by +24 percent (+262,000 vs. +211,000).<\/p>\n<p>Nightly News continues its dominance in the demo, averaging 2.4 million A25-54 viewers for the week, leading ABC by +223,000 (+10%) and CBS by +701,000 (+42%). Among A18-49, Nightly News averaged 1.8 million viewers, topping ABC by +247,000 (+16%) and CBS by +582,000 (+50%). The NBC News broadcast has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 77 of the last 78 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Holt spent last week across the U.S. on the road to Washington D.C. for the presidential inauguration, talking with Americans about the nation\u2019s most pressing issues and their hopes for the next four years. Holt anchored \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d from Sacramento, Calif., Warren, Mich., Fayetteville, N.C. and the nation\u2019s capital as part of \u201cAcross America,\u201d a special series for \u201cNBC Nightly News.\u201d He also led NBC News\u2019 all-day inauguration coverage on January 20, which was the most-watched coverage on the broadcast networks, averaging 5.8 million total viewers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekly Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly News ranked #1 across the board, averaging 9.44 million total viewers, leading \u201cABC World News Tonight\u201d by +306,000 (+3%) viewers and \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +1.9 million viewers (+26%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News averaged 2.4 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +223,000 (+10%) and CBS by +701,000 (+42%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News averaged 1.8 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +247,000 (+16%) and CBS by +582,000 (+50%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 77 of the past 78 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Season Highlights: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast across the board.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News has increased its A25-54 lead over ABC by +24 percent from last season (+262,000 vs. +211,000).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week of January 16 \u2013 January 20, 2017:<\/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>9.444<\/td>\n<td>1.97<\/td>\n<td>2.368<\/td>\n<td>1.37<\/td>\n<td>1.753<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CBS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>7.511<\/td>\n<td>1.39<\/td>\n<td>1.667<\/td>\n<td>0.91<\/td>\n<td>1.171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>ABC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>9.138<\/td>\n<td>1.79<\/td>\n<td>2.145<\/td>\n<td>1.17<\/td>\n<td>1.506<\/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><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>Nightly News Wins Across the Board for Seventh Time in Last Nine Weeks The NBC News Broadcast Ranks #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 77 of the last 78 Weeks NEW YORK (January 24, 2017) \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d ranked #1 across the board for the week of January 16, averaging 9.44 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2017\/01\/24\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-across-the-board-ranks-1-this-season\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from \u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d WINS ACROSS THE BOARD, RANKS #1 THIS SEASON<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1666,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[4,31],"class_list":["post-1757","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 v27.6 - 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