{"id":3108,"date":"2019-09-04T10:37:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2019-09-04T10:37:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:37:41","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-the-week-again-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/09\/04\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-the-week-again-5\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT WINS THE WEEK AGAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>#1 in Key A25-54 Demo, Topping Both ABC and CBS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Continues its Reign at #1 Season to Date in A25-54 and A18-49<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 4, 2019 \u2013 <em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/em>\nis the #1-most watched newscast in the key A25-54 demo for the week of August\n26 and season to date, according to Nielsen Media Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Nightly News<\/em> averages 1.617 million viewers in\nA25-54, the demo most valued by advertisers, topping CBS by +587,000 (+57%) and\nABC by +40,000 (+3%).&nbsp; The newscast also continues to win the current\nseason, leading both CBS and ABC in A25-54 for the 12 straight season and\nA18-49 for the 23rd consecutive season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lester Holt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/lester-holt-announces-nbc-news-justice-for-all-initiative-68112965915\">just\nannounced<\/a> a new network-wide series, \u201cJustice for All,\u201d which began as a <em>Nightly\nNews<\/em> segment earlier this year.&nbsp; Tonight, the newscast will feature\nthe first look inside the largest maximum security prison in America, the\nnotorious Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola, where Holt spent\ntwo nights behind bars to report on the various issues of mass incarceration\nand criminal justice reform in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WEEK OF 8\/26\/2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> ranks #1 among A25-54 viewers, averaging 1.617 million\n     A25-54 viewers, ahead of CBS by +587,000 (+57%)&nbsp;and&nbsp;ABC by\n     +40,000 (+3%)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly<\/em> improves the most week-over-week in the demo with an\n     increase of +63,000 (+4%), while ABC is up +2% and CBS is up +3%<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly <\/em>delivers its best A25-54 in 17 weeks<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  Program\n  <\/td><td>\n  P25-54<br \/>\n  Imps\n  <\/td><td>\n  P18-49<br \/>\n  Imps\n  <\/td><td>\n  P2+<br \/>\n  Imps\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>1.617<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>1.067<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>7.436<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  CBS EVENING NEWS\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.030\n  <\/td><td>\n  0.755\n  <\/td><td>\n  5.227\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.577\n  <\/td><td>\n  1.139\n  <\/td><td>\n  8.496\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOTE:\nNBC and CBS were rated based on a 4-day week (Mon-Thurs) while ABC was rated\nbased on a 3-day week (Mon-Wed). <em>Nightly News<\/em> ratings are comprised of\ntelecasts with regular titling and include overnight airings&nbsp;on owned\nstations<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2018-19 SEASON-TO-DATE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the #1 evening\n     newscast this season in A25-54 and A18-49<\/li><li>Among A25-54 viewers:<ul><li><em>Nightly<\/em> leads CBS by +568,000\n      (+49%) and ABC by +21,000 (+1%) <\/li><li><em>Nightly <\/em>is #1 among A25-54\n      viewers at this point of the season for the 12<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive\n      season<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Among A18-49 viewers<ul><li><em>Nightly<\/em> leads CBS by +343,000\n      (+41%) and ABC by +18,000 (+2%) <\/li><li><em>Nightly <\/em>is #1 among A18-49\n      viewers at this point of the season for the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> consecutive\n      season<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NBC\nNightly News with Lester Holt<\/em>&nbsp;is the most-watched evening newscast in\nAmerica among the key news demo, and&nbsp;reaches over 24 million people every\nweek through its broadcast and millions more through&nbsp;<a 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the <em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;app, <em>The\nNightly<\/em> newsletter and social media platforms. The broadcast provides the latest\non the day\u2019s top stories, going beyond the headlines to uncover how people\u2019s\nlives are affected by the world around them. Lester Holt is the\nanchor,&nbsp;and was named the most-trusted television news personality in\nAmerica, according to <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\/Morning Consult 2018\nsurvey.&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\"><strong>For\nmore information, contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dana\nKlinghoffer<br \/>\nNBC News<br \/>\n212.664.4088<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:dana.klinghoffer@nbcuni.com\">dana.klinghoffer@nbcuni.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#1 in Key A25-54 Demo, Topping Both ABC and CBS Continues its Reign at #1 Season to Date in A25-54 and A18-49 September 4, 2019 \u2013 NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is the #1-most watched newscast in the key A25-54 demo for the week of August 26 and season to date, according to Nielsen [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/09\/04\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-the-week-again-5\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT WINS THE WEEK AGAIN<\/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-3108","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 v28.5 - 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