{"id":2288,"date":"2018-03-06T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T15:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2018-03-06T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T15:23:08","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-89-straight-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/03\/06\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-89-straight-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 FOR 89 STRAIGHT WEEKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Broadcast Continues Key Demo Winning Streak, Longest in More Than 4.5 Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>#1 Most-Watched Among A25-54 and A18-49 Viewers for 134 of Last 135 Weeks <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Only Evening Newscast to Show Both Year-Over-Year and Week-Over-Week Growth in Total Viewers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARCH 6, 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 February 26, according to Nielsen Media Research data.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast continues its winning streak in the key demo, averaging 2.0 million A25-54 viewers and beating \u201cABC World News Tonight\u201d by +97,000 viewers (+5%) and \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +595,000 viewers (+44%).<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, February 27, \u201cNightly News\u201d was first to feature Cynthia McFadden\u2019s exclusive reporting which named seven states whose election infrastructure was infiltrated by Russia in the lead up to the 2016 election. Additionally, the Thursday March 1<sup>st<\/sup> and Friday March 2<sup>nd<\/sup> broadcasts both featured never-before-seen portions of Megyn Kelly\u2019s exclusive sit down with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>For 134 of the past 135 weeks, \u201cNightly News\u201d is the most-watched among A18-49 viewers and, for the week of February 26, averaged 1.4 million, topping ABC by +122,000 viewers (+10%) and CBS by +465,000 viewers (+51%).<\/p>\n<p>8.5 million total viewers tuned in to \u201cNightly News\u201d for the week of February 26 besting \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +2.0 million total viewers (+30%). \u201cNightly News\u201d is the only evening newscast to grow audience week-over-week, up +162,000 (+2%), compared to \u201cABC World News Tonight\u201d which was down -252,000 viewers (-3%) and \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d which was down -108,000 viewers (-2%). Year-over-year, \u201cNightly News\u201d is up +140,000 viewers (+2%).<\/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 seven seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Follow \u201cNightly News\u201d 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 2.0 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +97,000 viewers (+5%) and CBS by +595,000 (+44%).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d has ranked #1 in A25-54 for 89 consecutive weeks.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d marked the longest key demo winning streak in more than 4.5 years.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d averaged 1.4 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +122,000 (+10%) and CBS by +465,000 (+51%).<\/li>\n<li>Among A18-49 viewers, Nightly News has won 134 of the last 135 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d averaged 8.5 million total viewers, beating CBS by +2.0 million (+30%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Season Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d is the #1 evening newscast this season in A25-54 and A18-49<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d holds its largest A25-54 demo advantage over CBS in seven seasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week of February 26 \u2013 March 2, 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>8.451<\/td>\n<td>1.62<\/td>\n<td>1.954<\/td>\n<td>1.07<\/td>\n<td>1.375<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CBS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>6.511<\/td>\n<td>1.13<\/td>\n<td>1.359<\/td>\n<td>0.71<\/td>\n<td>0.910<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>ABC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>9.009<\/td>\n<td>1.54<\/td>\n<td>1.857<\/td>\n<td>0.97<\/td>\n<td>1.253<\/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>TJ Ducklo<\/p>\n<p>NBC News<\/p>\n<p>212-664-1913<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:tj.ducklo@nbcuni.com\">tj.ducklo@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/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>Broadcast Continues Key Demo Winning Streak, Longest in More Than 4.5 Year #1 Most-Watched Among A25-54 and A18-49 Viewers for 134 of Last 135 Weeks Only Evening Newscast to Show Both Year-Over-Year and Week-Over-Week Growth in Total Viewers MARCH 6, 2018 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d is the #1 most-watched evening broadcast in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/03\/06\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-89-straight-weeks\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from \u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 FOR 89 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":[1],"tags":[4,31],"class_list":["post-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-feature","tag-ratings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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