{"id":2972,"date":"2019-04-30T10:54:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T14:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2019-04-30T10:54:04","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T14:54:04","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/04\/30\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-april\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT IS #1 FOR APRIL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wins Key A25-54 Demo for the Month, Grows Advantage Over\nABC Compared to Prior Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Continues at #1 Season-to-Date in Both A25-54 &amp; A18-49<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 30, 2019\n\u2013 <em>NBC Nightly News with Lester\nHolt<\/em> leads the broadcast nets in April as the #1 most-watched\nevening newscast in the key A25-54 demo, according to Nielsen Media Research. <em>Nightly News<\/em> also tops all\nbroadcast networks season-to-date in both A25-54 and A18-49.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the month\nof April, the newscast tallies its fourth consecutive demo win in A25-54,\naveraging 1.627 million viewers, leading CBS by +523,000 (+47%) and ABC by\n+13,000 (+1%).&nbsp; Compared to the previous year, <em>Nightly News<\/em> grew its advantage in the demo\nmost-valued by advertisers by +12,000 vs. ABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Nightly\nNews<\/em>\ncontinues its reign as the #1 most-watched evening newscast season-to-date in\nboth the key demo and A18-49, leading CBS by +590,000 and ABC by +35,000 in\nA25-54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This past\nmonth, Lester Holt interviewed Acting Homeland Security Chief Kevin McAleenan\nin his first television interview, where he said separating migrant families at\nthe U.S. southern border is &#8220;not on the table.&#8221;&nbsp; Holt also led\nNBC News\u2019 special coverage of the Mueller Report alongside Savannah Guthrie.\n&nbsp;Additionally, <em>Nightly\nNews <\/em>launched \u201cHer Take with Cynthia McFadden,\u201d a new series\nspotlighting the voices of women who have vastly different experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 2019:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly<\/em> wins A25-54, averaging 1.627 million A25-54 viewers,\n     +13,000 (+1%) ahead of ABC and +523,000 (+47%) ahead of CBS<\/li><li>Marks\n     <em>Nightly\u2019s<\/em>\n     fourth consecutive April demo win and its ninth monthly win out of the\n     last ten months<\/li><li>Compared\n     to prior year, <em>Nightly\u2019s<\/em>\n     A25-54 advantage over ABC increased by +12,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  Total Viewers\n  <\/td><td>\n  A25-54 Rating\n  <\/td><td>\n  A25-54 Viewers\n  <\/td><td>\n  A18-49 Rating\n  <\/td><td>\n  A18-49 Viewers\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  NBC &nbsp; 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The broadcast provides the latest on the day\u2019s top\nstories, going beyond the headlines to uncover how people\u2019s lives are affected\nby the world around them. Lester Holt is the anchor,&nbsp;and was named the\nmost-trusted television news personality in America, according to <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\/Morning\nConsult 2018 survey.&nbsp; Jennifer Suozzo is the executive producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBC News\ncontact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dana\nKlinghoffer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">212-664-4088<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:dana.klinghoffer@nbcuni.com\">dana.klinghoffer@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wins Key A25-54 Demo for the Month, Grows Advantage Over ABC Compared to Prior Year Continues at #1 Season-to-Date in Both A25-54 &amp; A18-49 April 30, 2019 \u2013 NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt leads the broadcast nets in April as the #1 most-watched evening newscast in the key A25-54 demo, according to Nielsen Media [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/04\/30\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-for-april\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT IS #1 FOR APRIL<\/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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-2972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nbc-nightly-news","tag-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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