{"id":2835,"date":"2019-02-12T10:59:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2835"},"modified":"2019-02-12T10:59:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:59:20","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-the-week-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/02\/12\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-the-week-12\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT&#8221; WINS THE WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>#1 in Key Demo for 26 of the Last 28 Weeks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>#1 Most Watched Season-to-Date in Key Demo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FEBRUARY 12, 2019 \u2013 <em>NBC Nightly News with\nLester Holt<\/em> is the #1 most-watched evening broadcast in the key news demo\nfor the week of February 4, according to Nielsen Media Research data. <em>Nightly\nNews<\/em> has won the key demo 26 of the last 28 weeks and continues as the #1\nmost-watched evening newscast season-to-date in the demo most valued by news\nadvertisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The broadcast continues its strong performance\nin the key news demo averaging 2.0 million A25-54 viewers, besting ABC <em>World\nNews Tonight <\/em>by +18,000 viewers (+1%) and CBS <em>Evening News<\/em> by +573,000\nviewers (+41%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow evening in Washington, the National Press\nFoundation will present Holt with their highest honor for broadcast\njournalists, the Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.\nPrevious recipients include Tim Russert, George Stephanopoulos, Bret Baier,\nMartha Raddatz, Andrea Mitchell, Gwen Ifill, and many others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the week of February 4, <em>Nightly News<\/em>\naveraged 1.3 million A18-49 viewers topping ABC by +3,000 (+0.2%) and CBS by +321,000\nviewers (+32%). <em>Nightly News<\/em> has won the younger demo 11 of the past 14\nweeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nightly News<\/em> averaged 8.8 million total viewers for\nthe week of February 4, topping CBS <em>Evening News<\/em> by 2.0 million total\nviewers (+30%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow <em>Nightly\nNews<\/em> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNightlyNews\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;and\non&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nbcnightlynews\/\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;for\nthe latest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p># # #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weekly Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\naveraged 2.0 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +18,000 (+1%) and CBS\nby +573,000 (+41%).<\/li><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is\nnow #1 in the key demo for 26 of the past 28 weeks.<\/li><li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\naveraged 1.3 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +3,000 viewers (+0.2%) and\nCBS by +321,000 (+32%).<\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>has\nwon A18-49 for 11 of the past 14 weeks. <\/li><li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\naveraged 8.8 million total viewers, beating CBS by +2.0 million (+30%).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Season Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is\nthe #1 evening newscast this season in A25-54 and A18-49.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Week of February 4<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 February 8, 2018:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>Total\n  Viewers &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>A25-54\n  Rating &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>A25-54\n  Viewers &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>A18-49\n  Rating &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>A18-49\n  Viewers &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>NBC\n  &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  8.758\n  <\/td><td>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.65\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.988\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.04\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.336\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>CBS<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  6.739\n  <\/td><td>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.17\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.415\n  <\/td><td>\n  0.79\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.015\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>ABC<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  9.478\n  <\/td><td>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.63\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.970\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.03\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.333\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>#\n# #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/> <strong>ABOUT NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT<\/strong><br \/> <br \/> <em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt <\/em>is the most-watched evening newscast in America among the key news demo for the past 22 seasons. The broadcast provides the very latest on the day\u2019s top stories, going beyond the headlines to add context and analysis to the most pressing issues of our time. <em>NBC Nightly News<\/em> reaches more than 24 million people every week through its broadcast and millions more through NBCNews.com, the Nightly News app, and social media platforms. Lester Holt is the anchor, and Jenn Suozzo is the executive producer.<br \/> <br \/> # # #<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information contact<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TJ Ducklo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBC News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>212-664-1913<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:tj.ducklo@nbcuni.com\">tj.ducklo@nbcuni.com<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rachel Zuckerman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBC News <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>212-664-3996&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:rachel.zuckerman@nbcuni.com\">rachel.zuckerman@nbcuni.com<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#1 in Key Demo for 26 of the Last 28 Weeks #1 Most Watched Season-to-Date in Key Demo FEBRUARY 12, 2019 \u2013 NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is the #1 most-watched evening broadcast in the key news demo for the week of February 4, according to Nielsen Media Research data. 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