{"id":2171,"date":"2017-12-12T10:51:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T15:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2017-12-12T10:51:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T15:51:21","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-77-straight-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2017\/12\/12\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-77-straight-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 FOR 77 STRAIGHT WEEKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>#1 Most-Watched Among A25-54 and A18-49 Viewers for 122 of Last 123 Weeks <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Holt Anchored Two Nights in Southern California, Reporting on the California Wildfires<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DECEMBER 12, 2017 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d won the key demo for the week of December 4, marking its 77<sup>th<\/sup> straight week as the #1 most-watched evening broadcast, according to Nielsen Media Research data.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday and Friday, Holt anchored from the ground in southern California, as he reported on the state\u2019s wildfires, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2l13W7N\">running into firefighters from his hometown<\/a> of Rancho Cordova while on the ground in Ojai.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast continues its winning streak in the key demo, averaging 2.1 million A25-54 viewers and beating \u201cABC World News Tonight\u201d by +112,000 viewers (+6%) and \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +727,000 viewers (+53%).<\/p>\n<p>For 122 of the past 123 weeks, \u201cNightly News\u201d is the most-watched among A18-49 viewers, averaging 1.4 million and topping ABC by +102,000 viewers (+8%) and CBS by +463,000 viewers (+48%).<\/p>\n<p>9 million total viewers tuned in to \u201cNightly News\u201d for the week of December 4. \u201cNightly News\u201d bested \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +1.8 million total viewers (+26%).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNightly News\u201d 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<p>The broadcast also continues to dominate the competition on social media with more followers on Facebook and a fourfold advantage in Twitter engagement compared to \u201cCBS Evening News.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the week of December 4, \u201cNightly News\u201d was rated for four nights (Dec. 4, Dec. 5, Dec. 6, Dec. 8) due to Thursday Night Football.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest from \u201cNightly News,\u201d follow the show on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/nbcnightlynews\/posts\/?ref=page_internal\">Facebook<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNightlyNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a> for the latest.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekly Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly News averaged 2.1 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +112,000 viewers (+6%) and CBS by +727,000 (+53%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 for 77 consecutive weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News averaged 1.4 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +102,000 (+8%) and CBS by +463,000 (+48%).<\/li>\n<li>Among A18-49 viewers, Nightly News has won 122 of the last 123 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News averaged 9 million total viewers, besting CBS by +1.8 million (+26%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Season Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly is the #1 evening newscast this season in A25-54 and A18-49<\/li>\n<li>Nightly News holds its largest A25-54 demo advantage over CBS in four seasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week of December 4 \u2013 December 8, 2017:<\/strong><\/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>8.917<\/td>\n<td>1.75<\/td>\n<td>2.108<\/td>\n<td>1.11<\/td>\n<td>1.436<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CBS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>7.068<\/td>\n<td>1.14<\/td>\n<td>1.381<\/td>\n<td>0.75<\/td>\n<td>0.973<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>ABC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>9.528<\/td>\n<td>1.65<\/td>\n<td>1.996<\/td>\n<td>1.03<\/td>\n<td>1.334<\/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><em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/em>\u00a0is the most-watched evening newscast in America, providing the very latest on the day\u2019s top stories and going beyond the headlines to add context and analysis to the most pressing issues of our times.\u00a0<em>NBC Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0reaches more than 24 million people every week through its broadcast and millions more through NBCNews.com, the\u00a0<em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0app, 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>Rachel Zuckerman<\/p>\n<p>NBC News<\/p>\n<p>212-664-3996<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:rachel.zuckerman@nbcuni.com\">rachel.zuckerman@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#1 Most-Watched Among A25-54 and A18-49 Viewers for 122 of Last 123 Weeks Holt Anchored Two Nights in Southern California, Reporting on the California Wildfires DECEMBER 12, 2017 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d won the key demo for the week of December 4, marking its 77th straight week as the #1 most-watched evening [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2017\/12\/12\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-77-straight-weeks\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from \u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 FOR 77 STRAIGHT WEEKS<\/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_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-2171","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 v27.9 - 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