{"id":3244,"date":"2019-12-04T11:01:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T16:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=3244"},"modified":"2019-12-04T11:01:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T16:01:01","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2019\/12\/04\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-12\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT IS #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Wins the Week in\nKey A25-54 and A18-49 Demos<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Continues to Top\nABC and CBS in Both Demos Year-to-Date<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WEEK OF 11\/25\/2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><strong>NBC Nightly News with      Lester Holt<\/strong><\/em><strong> is the #1 most-watched newscast for the      week<\/strong> \u2013 #1 in the key A25-54 and A18-49 demos, according to      Nielsen Media Research (see the below chart).<\/li><li>Among      A25-54,<em> Nightly<\/em> averages 1.844 million viewers, ahead of ABC      by +52,000 (+3%) and CBS by +666,000 (+57%).<\/li><li>Among      A18-49,<em> Nightly<\/em> posts 1.324 million viewers, leading ABC by      +126,000 (+10%) and CBS by +456,000 (+53%). This marks <em>Nightly\u2019s      <\/em>strongest win over ABC in over a year (55 weeks).<\/li><li><strong>This is <\/strong><em><strong>Nightly\u2019s <\/strong><\/em><strong>best performance among      A25-54 and A18-49 viewers in 38 weeks and best among total viewers in 43      weeks.<\/strong>\u00a0 Additionally, last week marked the smallest gap      with ABC in total viewers in 52 weeks and the biggest lead over CBS in 171      weeks.<\/li><li>Vs.  prior week, <em><strong>Nightly <\/strong><\/em><strong>is the only newscast up by double digits across the board<\/strong>: +11%      in A25-54, +17% in A18-49 and +15% in P2+.<\/li><li>Last      week, <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bs1ldtXjpGI__;!c3kmrbLBmhXtig!4G0HsGbTNi62SmodZNRoWz4OoCEimD-aiIsebSAt38zma2U6WUrpGJXslww5nPG-_rvk$\">Holt reported<\/a> from California on an      initiative that helps doctors pay off overwhelming debt while working in      public hospitals, where lower salaries often discourages talent. Additionally,      he anchored from New York on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and the      newscast averaged a whopping 10.224 million viewers and 1.7888 million in      the key news demo. \u00a0\u00a0 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2019 BROADCAST YEAR-TO-DATE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is #1\n     in both A25-54 and A18-49 and continues to lead for the year.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WEEK OF 11\/25\/2019 RATINGS CHART<\/strong><\/p>\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\n  NIGHTLY NEWS<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>1,844<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>1,324<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>9,062<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  CBS EVENING NEWS\n  <\/td><td>\n  1,178\n  <\/td><td>\n  868\n  <\/td><td>\n  6,002\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT\n  <\/td><td>\n  1,792\n  <\/td><td>\n  1,198\n  <\/td><td>\n  9,259\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: <em>Nightly News, World News Tonight<\/em> and <em>CBS\nEvening News\u2019<\/em> ratings are comprised of telecasts with regular\ntitling and include overnight airings&nbsp;on owned stations<em>. World\nNews Tonight\u2019s<\/em> ratings also include 3:30pm airings in Los Angeles\nand San Francisco. Also, due to the holiday, NBC and CBS were rated for three\ndays (Mon, Tue, Fri) while ABC was rated for two days (Mon, Tue).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/em>&nbsp;is the most-watched evening newscast in America\namong the key news demo, and&nbsp;reaches over 24 million people every week\nthrough its broadcast and millions more through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/wf\/click?upn=G62jSYfZdO-2F12d8lSllQB4C8yhJVJ7ZFdluzkVcLeSjndKM-2F4Q4eNN2j5L8eoTW3bqKtBM9WH0EvaO2oxpcJIWxqjvcRSzh3V91kBifTmEEZnbJW591HNpYxFC3-2FzVFjAz4pl2GbmXr55fgKLT-2BNUNcdtjCrDajWGKD74PpXzz-2BSSqnDrehX-2Blyuw1p6oP5hw2NBpj4koMrM6PyLaszJo4gRJYdxKXJRp0QKYHpXAdF2cMGNiNRQ5fe8Benad6bgxO2jcLoQINk2EVdBpfmYg5zd2kLCHnN8-2BqZchmj3j2ewnx9agyxyw9fepV07-2BO3XFuSbWtByIxT3YtSI6PjGUvNcCoif3-2F4JWhLFGTJ2QTex3YjVwf-2BA-2FW1MVL1prL1GMGJgldWBl1AyDco-2FEB4GqrOYYll-2F563mo6V-2B8tkoGqUTmwTqU9CzdfyrW7clDPHudoqrmFHcEfioB2gvQbnQr5XxjRdvE3QnWd69MdH0eVIDBJYPENHFS0jb2DqJC9CEoZ3Onpol78uV40nH3Bq0UzW0e4Ef9ZCEIrNzuep8qmAwsJHmVqw1-2BOqpV1RZKafzf-2BgYX2XPumrob4L-2FL5OaM4wJ-2Fq-2F6R7Sc1myWMJHtV9bfASx-2F5tKvs1tv4UxxtqJN2sQDrO2UO3ufCT6Kqu9HuOJrN5MTgMq2LaRUEKqrn2iIBhIHzR0rWpg2xuJZbt1MywY6mqug1vBGnWPKu9DFKRnGiWKiHZLt5wrGVNzpksGcrALaE7QYre-2BndxCfgCvVr4t-2Bi8E-2FwJmzxMrDo9ta6AZTJ-2F1xwBZJwkpsacitosl-2BZcuMH1J-2BdNn6oWJ8NXfSuxdE30veoZY1xSD9ac3nCsZgQWy2tbXPPBCwdI1yqCFr7-2BGKLVdXO3Fb3yUTQBrBj5vzfpBV-2Bl1IqFQ9fJHccvToU1vtTM85eoX-2F3nNYQYokdcSW-2FGJmPNROuxmLhvmIee-2BGyu9mXrzXMRvNe1aLViYIHkZiiKk5YJnqnze241646eixN-2BppuDO8-2FZRNCFbob4tVQzjn2ZcKoHlb54C7u6A7MQFDWw8DZbQyYSxFm9N2N3CnPYRu5x1GeFBsvFcDeE0MhypZvjmEmgEujnTd4UmpuXZ2iE32wAe6cwSsl3OBgai24KUQPnQhcSJ1-2BdKFqFGRf6bhQDejkSxcLVreylCUgA7Ua0yFsJD-2FD1Ieg2gcS1oGjhPqXtH3DyG812ACmNgOOrIMW05vPRu3g0BXqQPRzI8JBjlzTJPPEEq8FIAc4lLKZTsEsNFRRK7XxRwp5IhX4BhOnPMl8nzTCV18VzVuYPcFkbi5kzKvs960f1tOqw8oWlky0h0dmPAWsLU8d4aOkvI0RhvO9ZUaMtmpgVWbUdqnwmY00jIK3uGJER5CiZ-2BxsrDyT1A7zFhnYxh6ioy-2FCTa30ob4p0-2Bnqw3BEQQ77X1Mc3j9-2Fj-2Fnh0G8tWi2tvi2GscpqS66uFPZl3yoqSKl-2BTLHd0uvGtg783KidU0uovwXoKC4VzYqOVnvqyWQuoFCxlXTq57FvTm5spMHZ-2BegZ2sa-2B2PeCoeSyrGk6iG6u33I2XGHUDFdpBbEJ5PDkpZrf3C8s2jJ4VsDPRPOZ7-2BTnSCsn96yPKSAkeW3AWbfN3Eca0UFNwf96BMWrn8weBhBZu4jsz148z-2Bmzbz8g2CRi0Okoqz-2B9cOJ-2FxyF5tClgaqJpmzHiKrtuCkYJ1N3J0-2BtifdteFM6f27JiYyahw4sANqHRvhgn8ZTQ80p4qbT6Fbfwos7vBRLO1Ctfvlya-2FbsptfTKj7kQD-2FfgygmyW-2F0oSBXVc385hdyflyGxrqqsBWf9-2FHc2Xk5M3eufycx9M5FsULIIIYX0O-2FYqmKVjgchgAurc5EgCanVPDfUSQ44RbItnfZUWcHjh77oJkKaxqIOesQC506lkkIulj4zw8Q-2FDsuXhH\">NBCNews.com<\/a>,\nthe <em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;app, <em>The Nightly<\/em> newsletter and social\nmedia platforms. The broadcast provides the latest on the day\u2019s top stories,\ngoing beyond the headlines to uncover how people\u2019s lives are affected by the\nworld around them. Lester Holt is the anchor,&nbsp;and was named the\nmost-trusted television news personality in America, according to <em>The\nHollywood Reporter<\/em>\/Morning Consult 2018 survey.&nbsp; Jennifer\nSuozzo is the executive producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dana Klinghoffer<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>Wins the Week in Key A25-54 and A18-49 Demos Continues to Top ABC and CBS in Both Demos Year-to-Date WEEK OF 11\/25\/2019 NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is the #1 most-watched newscast for the week \u2013 #1 in the key A25-54 and A18-49 demos, according to Nielsen Media Research (see the below chart). 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