{"id":2933,"date":"2019-04-02T10:59:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2933"},"modified":"2019-04-02T10:59:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:59:20","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-first-quarter-of-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/04\/02\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-first-quarter-of-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT WINS FIRST QUARTER OF 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>#1 Across Key A25-54 and\nA18-49 Demos in 1Q\u201919<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Clinches Both Demos for\nThird Straight Quarter and 15 of Last 16 Quarters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>#1 Most-Watched Season\nto Date in Both Demos<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 2, 2019\n\u2013 <em>NBC Nightly News with Lester\nHolt<\/em> is the #1 most-watched evening newscast in both the key A25-54\ndemo and the A18-49 demo for the first quarter of 2019, according to Nielsen\nMedia Research. This marks the broadcast\u2019s third consecutive quarter win, in\naddition to the 15th quarter win in the last 16 quarters, in both the demo most\nvalued by news advertisers and with younger viewers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among A25-54, <em>Nightly News<\/em> continues its\nfirst quarter winning streak for 11 straight years, topping the broadcast\nnetworks with 1.96 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +605,000 and ABC by\n+9,000.&nbsp; <em>Nightly News <\/em>grows\nfrom the previous quarter by +115,000 while improving its demo advantage over\nCBS by 2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among A18-49, <em>Nightly News<\/em> is #1 for 23\nstraight years in the first quarter, winning 44 out of the last 46\nquarters.&nbsp;NBC leads in the younger demo with 1.33 million viewers, ahead\nof CBS by +352,000 and ABC by +19,000, and improves by +74,000 viewers versus\nthe prior quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nightly\nNews<\/em>\nalso continues to lead as the #1 most-watched evening newscast season-to-date\nin both the key demo and A18-49, topping ABC by +40,000 and CBS by +598,000 in\nA25-54.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently,\nHolt sat down exclusively with former FBI director James Comey, just days after\nspecial counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report to the Department of\nJustice. During the prior month, Holt anchored the broadcast from Lee County,\nAlabama after a deadly hurricane devastated the area and killed over twenty\npeople. &nbsp;Also this quarter, Holt led a special edition of the broadcast\nlive from Hanoi, Vietnam of the U.S.-North Korea summit and <em>Nightly News<\/em> launched\n\u201cJustice for All,\u201d a new criminal justice series focusing on unjust sentencing\nand unreliable convictions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First\nQuarter 2019 Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among A25-54\nviewers, <em>Nightly News<\/em>\nranked #1 for the third straight quarter and the 15th time in the last 16\nquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Won\n     the first quarter among demo viewers for 11 consecutive years.<\/li><li>Averaged\n     1.957 million A25-54 viewers, +9,000 (+0.4%) more than ABC and +605,000\n     (+45%) higher than CBS.<\/li><li>Versus\n     prior quarter, <em>Nightly\n     News\u2019<\/em> A25-54 viewership increased by +115,000 while its demo\n     lead over CBS improved by 2%.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nightly\nNews<\/em>\nranked #1 among A18-49 viewers for the third consecutive quarter and the 44th\ntime in the last 46 quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>#1\n     evening newscast among A18-49 viewers during 1Q for 23 consecutive years.<\/li><li>Averaged\n     1.329 million A18-49 viewers, leading ABC by +19,000 (+2%) and CBS by\n     +352,000 (+36%).<\/li><li>Versus\n     prior quarter, <em>Nightly\n     News<\/em> added +74,000 A18-49 viewers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nightly\nNews<\/em>\naveraged 8.631 million total viewers, &#8211; +2.063 million (+31%) ahead of CBS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Versus\n     prior quarter, <em>Nightly\n     News\u2019<\/em> total viewership was up +264,000<\/li><li>Compared\n     to 1Q 2018, <em>Nightly News\u2019<\/em>\n     total viewer advantage over CBS improved by 3%<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Season-to-Date\nHighlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly\n     News<\/em> ranks #1 among A25-54 viewers\n     (+40,000 vs. ABC, +598,000 vs. CBS)<\/li><li>Ranks\n     #1 among A18-49 viewers (+45,000 vs. ABC, +368,000 vs. CBS)<\/li><li><em>Nightly\n     News\u2019<\/em> total viewer lead over CBS is\n     10% higher than the same point last season<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First\nQuarter 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>Total\n  Viewers<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>A25-54\n  Rating<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>A25-54\n  Viewers<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>A18-49\n  Rating<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>A18-49\n  Viewers<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>NBC\n  &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  8.631\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.62\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.957\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.03\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.329\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>CBS<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  6.568\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.12\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.352\n  <\/td><td>\n  0.76\n  <\/td><td>\n  0.977\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>ABC<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  9.275\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.61\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.948\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.02\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.310\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NBC\nNightly News with Lester Holt<\/em> is the most-watched evening newscast in\nAmerica among the key news demo for the past 22 seasons. The broadcast provides\nthe very latest on the day\u2019s top stories going beyond the headlines to uncover\nhow people\u2019s lives are affected by the world around them<em>. NBC Nightly News <\/em>reaches\nover 24 million people every week through its broadcast and millions more\nthrough NBCNews.com, the <em>Nightly\nNews<\/em> app, and social media platforms. Lester Holt is the anchor,\nand Jenn Suozzo is the executive producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBC News contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dana\nKlinghoffer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>212-664-4088<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:dana.klinghoffer@nbcuni.com\">dana.klinghoffer@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#1 Across Key A25-54 and A18-49 Demos in 1Q\u201919 Clinches Both Demos for Third Straight Quarter and 15 of Last 16 Quarters #1 Most-Watched Season to Date in Both Demos April 2, 2019 \u2013 NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is the #1 most-watched evening newscast in both the key A25-54 demo and the A18-49 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/04\/02\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-first-quarter-of-2019-2\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT WINS FIRST QUARTER OF 2019<\/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":[33],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-2933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dateline","tag-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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