{"id":2223,"date":"2018-01-23T11:01:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T16:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2018-01-23T11:01:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T16:01:52","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-83-straight-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/01\/23\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-83-straight-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 FOR 83 STRAIGHT WEEKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Ahead of the Winter Olympics, Holt Reports on the Ground in North Korea Exclusively for NBC News and MSNBC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Continues Longest Key Demo Winning Streak in Over Four Years<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>#1 Most-Watched Among A25-54 and A18-49 Viewers for 128 of Last 129 Weeks <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JANUARY 23, 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 15, according to Nielsen Media Research data.<\/p>\n<p>This past Saturday, Lester Holt travelled to North Korea as negotiations between the North and the South continue leading up to the Winter Olympics. He reported exclusively for NBC News and MSNBC through Monday. Tonight on \u201cNBC Nightly News,\u201d Holt, now back on U.S. soil, reports on his exclusive North Korea trip. Holt returns to the region to cover the 2018 Pyeongchang games on Thursday, February 8.<\/p>\n<p>This past week, \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d was first to air NBC News correspondent Jo Ling Kent\u2019s exclusive interview on privacy with former Facebook and Google employees Tristan Harris, Sandy Parakilas and Roger McNamee and her follow up interview with Monika Bickert, Facebook&#8217;s Head of Global Policy. Additionally, on Wednesday, \u201cNightly News\u201d reported on NBC News\u2019 exclusive that FBI agents visited Steve Bannon\u2019s home to discuss a subpoena in the Russia probe.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast continues its winning streak in the key demo, averaging 2.4 million A25-54 viewers and beating \u201cABC World News Tonight\u201d by +93,000 viewers (+4%) and \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +728,000 viewers (+45%). Week over week, \u201cNightly News\u201d grew its key demo audience.<\/p>\n<p>For 128 of the past 129 weeks, \u201cNightly News\u201d is the most-watched among A18-49 viewers, averaging 1.7 million and topping ABC by +139,000 viewers (+9%) and CBS by +511,000 viewers (+44%). Week over week, \u201cNightly News\u201d grew its A18-49 audience.<\/p>\n<p>9.8 million total viewers tuned in to \u201cNightly News\u201d for the week of January 15 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. \u201cNightly News\u201d grew its year-over-year and week-over-week total viewer audience.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Nightly News on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNightlyNews\">Twitter<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/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 2.4 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +93,000 viewers (+4%) and CBS by +728,000 (+45%).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d has ranked #1 in A25-54 for 83 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 1.7 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +139,000 (+9%) and CBS by +511,000 (+44%).<\/li>\n<li>Among A18-49 viewers, Nightly News has won 128 of the last 129 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d averaged 9.8 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 15 \u2013 January 19, 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>9.800<\/td>\n<td>1.95<\/td>\n<td>2.359<\/td>\n<td>1.29<\/td>\n<td>1.669<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CBS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>7.430<\/td>\n<td>1.35<\/td>\n<td>1.631<\/td>\n<td>0.90<\/td>\n<td>1.158<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>ABC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>10.379<\/td>\n<td>1.88<\/td>\n<td>2.266<\/td>\n<td>1.19<\/td>\n<td>1.530<\/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>Ahead of the Winter Olympics, Holt Reports on the Ground in North Korea Exclusively for NBC News and MSNBC Continues Longest Key Demo Winning Streak in Over Four Years #1 Most-Watched Among A25-54 and A18-49 Viewers for 128 of Last 129 Weeks JANUARY 23, 2018 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d is the #1 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/01\/23\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-83-straight-weeks\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from \u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 FOR 83 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-2223","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 v28.5 - 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