{"id":2492,"date":"2018-07-17T10:56:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T14:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2018-07-17T10:56:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T14:56:30","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-the-demo-again-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/07\/17\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-the-demo-again-23\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d WINS THE DEMO AGAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>#1 Most Watched Season-to-Date in Key Demo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Broadcast Grows Week-Over-Week in A25-54 Viewers <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Holt Leads NBC News\u2019 Coverage of Helsinki Summit and President Trump\u2019s first visit to the U.K.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JULY 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 July 9, according to Nielsen Media Research data.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast continues its strong performance in the key demo, growing week-over-week and averaging 1.6 million A25-54 viewers. The broadcast bested \u201cABC World News Tonight\u201d by +24,000 viewers (+2%) and \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by +555,000 viewers (+56%).<\/p>\n<p>Starting last week, Holt led NBC News\u2019 special coverage of President Trump\u2019s first trip to the United Kingdom and his summit with President Putin in Helsinki. Holt anchored \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d live from London on Friday, July 13 and live from Helsinki on Sunday, July 15 and Monday, July 16. Additionally, he reported for \u201cTODAY\u201d and anchored five NBC News special reports.<\/p>\n<p>Capping a dramatic and historic news day, Holt ended last night\u2019s broadcast by reminding viewers that \u201cit is often the judgement of history that has the last word.\u201d You can watch the full version of Holt\u2019s final remarks to close last night\u2019s broadcast here: <a href=\"https:\/\/nbcnews.to\/2upLM1C\">https:\/\/nbcnews.to\/2upLM1C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, Holt interviews FBI Director Christopher Wray at the Aspen Security Forum, just two days after President Trump\u2019s summit with the Russian President.<\/p>\n<p>For the week of July 9, \u201cNightly News\u201d is the most-watched broadcast among A18-49 viewers, averaging 1.1 million and topping ABC by +23,000 viewers (+2%) and CBS by +374,000 viewers (+54%).<\/p>\n<p>7.2 million total viewers tuned in to \u201cNightly News\u201d for the week of July 9, leading \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d by 1.9 million total viewers (+35%).<\/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 six seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Follow \u201cNightly News\u201d on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNightlyNews\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nbcnightlynews\/\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for the latest.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekly Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d averaged 1.6 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +24,000 viewers (+2%) and CBS by +555,000 (+56%).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d grew week-over-week in the key demo.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d averaged 1.1 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +23,000 (+2%) and CBS by +374,000 (+54%).<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNightly News\u201d averaged 7.2 million total viewers, beating CBS by +1.9 million (+35%).<\/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 six seasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week of July 9 \u2013 July 13, 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>7.203<\/td>\n<td>1.28<\/td>\n<td>1.550<\/td>\n<td>0.82<\/td>\n<td>1.061<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CBS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>5.329<\/td>\n<td>0.82<\/td>\n<td>0.995<\/td>\n<td>0.53<\/td>\n<td>0.687<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>ABC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>7.712<\/td>\n<td>1.26<\/td>\n<td>1.526<\/td>\n<td>0.81<\/td>\n<td>1.038<\/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>#1 Most Watched Season-to-Date in Key Demo Broadcast Grows Week-Over-Week in A25-54 Viewers Holt Leads NBC News\u2019 Coverage of Helsinki Summit and President Trump\u2019s first visit to the U.K. JULY 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 July [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2018\/07\/17\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-the-demo-again-23\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from \u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d WINS THE DEMO AGAIN<\/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-2492","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 v28.3 - 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