{"id":2128,"date":"2017-11-07T10:39:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T15:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2017-11-07T10:39:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T15:39:41","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-72-straight-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2017\/11\/07\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-72-straight-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 FOR 72 STRAIGHT WEEKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ranks #1 in A18-49 for 117 of Last 118 Weeks <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Holt Anchored Broadcast From Texas on Monday Following Church Shooting <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Last Week, Holt Exclusively Interviewed Tim Cook on Privacy and the iPhone X<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW YORK (November 7, 2017) \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d won the key demo for the week of October 30, marking its 72nd straight week as the #1 most-watched evening broadcast, according to Nielsen Research Data.<\/p>\n

This past weekend, Holt flew to South Korea to report on President Trump\u2019s first trip to Asia, marking his second trip to the region this year. Holt interviewed the South Korean Foreign Minister while on the ground before returning to the U.S. to anchor \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d from the scene of Sunday\u2019s church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Last week, Holt sat down with Apple CEO Tim Cook for an exclusive in-depth interview during which Cook noted that he feels the danger with social media tools is that they can \u201cmanipulate people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The broadcast continues its winning streak in the key demo, averaging 1.8 million A25-54 viewers, beating \u201cABC World News Tonight\u201d by + 94,000 viewers (+5%) and \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +512,000 viewers (+39%).<\/p>\n

For 117 of the past 118 weeks, Nightly News was also the most-watched among A18-49 viewers, averaging 1.3 million and topping ABC by +83,000 viewers (+7%) and CBS by +421,000 viewers (+49%).<\/p>\n

8.1 million total viewers tuned in to Nightly News for the week of October 30. Nightly News bested \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +1.7 million total viewers (+26%) and grew its year-over-year total audience advantage.<\/p>\n

Nightly News continues as the #1 most-watched evening newscast season-to-date in the key demo, delivering its largest demo lead over CBS in four seasons.<\/p>\n

The broadcast also continues to dominate the competition on social media with more followers on Facebook and a nearly threefold advantage in Twitter engagement compared to \u201cCBS Evening News.\u201d<\/p>\n

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