{"id":3136,"date":"2019-09-19T14:32:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T18:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2019-09-19T14:32:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T18:32:08","slug":"nbc-news-four-the-win-for-the-fourth-straight-season-today-nbc-nightly-news-and-meet-the-press-are-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/09\/19\/nbc-news-four-the-win-for-the-fourth-straight-season-today-nbc-nightly-news-and-meet-the-press-are-1\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NEWS \u201cFOUR\u201d THE WIN: FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT SEASON TODAY, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS AND MEET THE PRESS ARE #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>September 19, 2019 \u2013 NBC News\u2019 <em>TODAY<\/em>, <em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/em>\nand <em>Meet the Press with Chuck\nTodd<\/em> are #1 for the 2018-2019 broadcast season, according to\nNielsen Media Research. This marks the fourth straight season that all three\nbroadcasts win in the all-important demos, A25-54 and A18-49. NBC News\u2019 ratings\nsuccess across the programs continues to be fueled by the network\u2019s original\nreporting, including over 250 scoops broken by the Investigative and Political\nUnits, as well as over 120 exclusive interviews this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>\n<em>TODAY <\/em>wins the A25-54 demo, most valued by\nadvertisers, for the fourth straight season and tops ABC\u2019s <em>Good Morning America<\/em> and <em>CBS This Morning<\/em> in A18-49\nfor the 26th season. <em>TODAY <\/em>has\nwon 13 weeks in total viewers this season, posting its best total viewer margin\nversus <em>GMA <\/em>in\nseven years and largest total viewer lead over CBS in three years. Hoda Kotb\nrejoined co-anchor Savannah Guthrie this month alongside Al Roker, Craig Melvin\nand Carson Daly to kick off the fall season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>\n<em>NBC Nightly News with Lester\nHolt<\/em> is the #1 evening\nnewscast in the key A25-54 demo for the 12th straight season and #1 in A18-49\nfor the 23rd consecutive season, delivering its best streak ever in the demos\nversus ABC\u2019s <em>World News\nTonight <\/em>and <em>CBS\nEvening News<\/em>. Additionally, <em>Nightly\nNews<\/em> posts its biggest A25-54 advantage over CBS in seven seasons\nand its strongest total viewers lead over CBS in five seasons. Holt recently\ngot rare access inside Iran during a critical moment for the world for a\nspecial edition of <em>Nightly News<\/em>\nand, this past season, the newscast launched a criminal justice reform series,\n\u201cJustice for All,\u201d which has evolved into a network-wide initiative led by\nHolt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>\n<em>Meet the Press with Chuck Todd<\/em> achieves the third straight\nacross-the-board season win, dominating all Sunday news programs in total\nviewers, A25-54 and A18-49. Among both demos, the broadcast outperforms the\ncompetition and delivers its fourth straight season win. Meet the Press also\ncontinues to lead in total viewers, beating ABC\u2019s <em>This Week<\/em> for four consecutive seasons and CBS\u2019\n<em>Face the Nation<\/em>\nfor three straight seasons, while winning every Sunday in the influential\nWashington, D.C. market for over four years. Chuck Todd has just marked five\nyears at the helm of <em>Meet the\nPress<\/em> and next month the show will debut its third annual <em>Meet the Press Film Festival<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>\nDuring this past season, NBC News\nmade history producing the top-rated Democratic presidential debate in the key\nA25-54 demo and in total viewers. NBC News also dominated the top political specials\nof the season, delivering across-the-board wins among broadcast with the 2018\nMidterm Election and coverage of the 2019 State of the Union and post-speech\nanalysis.The network was also #1 in the key demos across television for\ncoverage of then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s testimony and Attorney\nGeneral William Barr\u2019s press conference and was #1 in the demo across broadcast\nfor coverage of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source: Nielsen Media\nResearch, Live + SD, 9\/24\/2018-9\/15\/2019 with one week remaining in the\n2018-2019 season; NBC News programs versus respective competitive sets;\nregularly-titled telecasts only, excluding specials and repeats.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More Americans watch NBC News\nthan any news organization in the world. Its leading and award-winning\ntelevision news broadcasts include <em>TODAY<\/em>,\n<em>NBC Nightly News with Lester\nHolt<\/em>, <em>Meet the\nPress with Chuck Todd<\/em>, <em>Dateline\nNBC<\/em>, and <em>TODAY\nwith Hoda and Jenna<\/em>, as well as primetime specials and breaking\nnews reports. For the 2017-2018 season, all four NBC News marquee broadcasts\nwere #1 in the key news demo for the third year in a row. The rapidlygrowing\nNBC News Digital Group, including its streaming news service NBC News NOW,\nalong with the SiriusXM TODAY Show Radio channel, provides continuous content\nto consumers wherever they are, whenever they want it. NBC News also operates\nPeacock Productions, an award-winning in-house production company, and the NBC\nNewsChannel affiliate news service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBC News is part of the\nNBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast\nCorporation. For more information about NBCUniversal, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net_wf_click-3Fupn-3D84Em28S1K9SvtzcUtu04EkiliNm7eUJ86ffk6GnDdhhnXJeCGms5eC67qX8JOjxP-5FaOHLpqLjAhgvtXyHMs-2D2B9UvDUcq1L3RZ6eqR7TesNJzsTrk89fIOlPAGgFqSSB-2D2B7v4WRAmtUzN54Z-2D2Bt7OIQkPMuy0HFR06x26qhYeeL-2D2F8ymx4A5taYT90J1V22TCQp0TcrVW-2D2FK4LlXyMe3GeTWmvjPRrTahtw4-2D2FvUZjmq5hV4NeWfAxgrLtKmi-2D2FmNErTHTO-2D2FMGvhqTTAOB5LqhCd882p2d40DovUHIHroIqd2UylvFG1r-2D2BrG4Yt7eKp9gNn-2D2BL8SY-2D2FUNHtewEoebQqHOVhyA88UpbVNlMR9sopgb0jIMUYCXS1SI8jd7VlmSf4eaYS2Kb6G7WH3sQdfJt-2D2FKphix8RT9CI6lnEh-2D2FU8SS838aAr8CCA-2D3D&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=LO_8KzsOlAGvgA6hdGI4v02U_XLiES0sR51Zca0yIy4&amp;r=Gf585r9swqH48SmIUuEcAi95ahs4IO-Gts5cpjXihmc&amp;m=Adqc4vCBe8kSaYWVhNEfBS1qtXIZex0ve4Fc6xy2M7I&amp;s=uxC3K1Lt5ef1gpxjfCR5u76OKsW33-HoErUaZgLjCT8&amp;e=\">www.NBCUniversal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>\n###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 19, 2019 \u2013 NBC News\u2019 TODAY, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt and Meet the Press with Chuck Todd are #1 for the 2018-2019 broadcast season, according to Nielsen Media Research. 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