{"id":2210,"date":"2018-01-17T10:47:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T15:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2018-01-17T10:47:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T15:47:39","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-82-straight-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/01\/17\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-82-straight-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT&#8221; IS #1 FOR 82 STRAIGHT WEEKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Continues Longest Key Demo Winning Streak in Over Four Years<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>#1 Most-Watched Among A25-54 and A18-49 Viewers for 127 of Last 128 Weeks\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>JANUARY 17, 2018 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d is the #1 most-watched evening broadcast in the key news demo for the week of January 8, according to Nielsen Media Research data.<\/p>\n<p>This past week, \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d was first to air three exclusive NBC News reports. On Tuesday, NBC News correspondent Miguel Almaguer obtained exclusive footage of Santa Barbara County rescue teams using the jaws of life to save that 14 year-old who was trapped under mud and debris, alone, for six hours. Additionally, NBC News senior investigative and legal correspondent Cynthia McFadden reported on Russian birth tourists. On Wednesday, NBC News exclusively spoke with Deyshia Hargrave, the Louisiana teacher who was handcuffed after speaking out against a superintendent\u2019s new contract.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast continues its winning streak in the key demo, averaging 2.3 million A25-54 viewers and beating \u201cABC World News Tonight\u201d by +206,000 viewers (+10%) and \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +778,000 viewers (+51%). Year over year, \u201cNightly News\u201d grew its key demo audience.<\/p>\n<p>For 127 of the past 128 weeks, \u201cNightly News\u201d is the most-watched among A18-49 viewers, averaging 1.6 million and topping ABC by +204,000 viewers (+14%) and CBS by +554,000 viewers (+50%).<\/p>\n<p>9.7 million total viewers tuned in to \u201cNightly News\u201d for the week of January 8 besting \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +2.4 million total viewers (+32%) and growing year over year.<\/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 CBS in seven seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast also continues to dominate its competition on social media with more followers on Facebook and a fivefold advantage in Twitter engagement compared to \u201cCBS Evening News.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Follow Nightly News on <a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/yqkxbxdz\/twitter.com\/NBCNightlyNews\">Twitter<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/wpyadmin.ne.cision.com\/l\/yqkxbxdz\/www.facebook.com\/nbcnightlynews\">Facebook<\/a> for the latest.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekly Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d averaged 2.3 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +206,000 viewers (+10%) and CBS by +778,000 (+51%).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d has ranked #1 in A25-54 for 82 consecutive weeks.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d marked the longest key demo winning streak in over four years.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d averaged .1.6 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +204,000 (+14%) and CBS by +554,000 (+50%).<\/li>\n<li>Among A18-49 viewers, Nightly News has won 127 of the last 128 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d averaged 9.7 million total viewers, beating CBS by +2.4 million (+32%).<\/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 seven seasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week of January 8 \u2013 January 12, 2018:<\/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>9.680<\/td>\n<td>1.92<\/td>\n<td>2.318<\/td>\n<td>1.27<\/td>\n<td>1.632<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CBS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>7.320<\/td>\n<td>1.28<\/td>\n<td>1.540<\/td>\n<td>0.84<\/td>\n<td>1.088<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>ABC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>9.919<\/td>\n<td>1.75<\/td>\n<td>2.112<\/td>\n<td>1.11<\/td>\n<td>1.428<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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 <a href=\"http:\/\/NBCNews.com\">NBCNews.com<\/a>, 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>Continues Longest Key Demo Winning Streak in Over Four Years #1 Most-Watched Among A25-54 and A18-49 Viewers for 127 of Last 128 Weeks\u00a0 JANUARY 17, 2018 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d is the #1 most-watched evening broadcast in the key news demo for the week of January 8, according to Nielsen Media Research [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/01\/17\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-82-straight-weeks\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from &#8220;NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT&#8221; IS #1 FOR 82 STRAIGHT WEEKS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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],"class_list":["post-2210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nbc-nightly-news","tag-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT&quot; 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