{"id":453,"date":"2014-10-21T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=453"},"modified":"2014-10-21T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T16:00:39","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-brian-williams-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-4-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2014\/10\/21\/nbc-nightly-news-with-brian-williams-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-4-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC Nightly News with Brian Williams\u201d Posts Biggest Win Over ABC in 4 Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NBC Broadcast Delivers Best Total Viewer Audience Since April, Best Demo Viewer Audience Since March Nightly Ties for #1 in Rating A25-54 for Second Straight Week, Posts Narrowest Demo Viewer Gap in Three Months Nightly is Delivering Best Start to a Season Since 2005<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
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OCTOBER 21, 2014 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Brian Williams\u201d was #1 in total viewers, rating A25-54, and rating A18-49 for the week of October 13-17, 2014, according to Nielsen Media Research data.\u00a0 Nightly has now been the #1 evening newscast in total viewers for 257 consecutive weeks.<\/p>\n

The NBC broadcast marked its biggest total viewer audience since the week of 4\/28\/2014, and largest total viewer advantages over ABC in four weeks and over CBS since the week 6\/9\/2014<\/p>\n

Week-to-week, Nightly widened its total viewer gap over ABC by 97% while also posting audience gains among A18-49 viewers (+3%) and A25-54 viewers (+5%).\u00a0 Of the three evening newscasts, Nightly posted the largest total viewer growth versus the prior week (+221,000 or +3%) and versus the same week last season (+352,000, or +4%).\u00a0 Nightly also widened its total viewer lead over ABC by 114% compared to the first three weeks of the season.<\/p>\n

Versus current 4Q\u201914\/season-to-date levels, Nightly added the most total viewers (+421,000) and A25-54 viewers (+184,000).\u00a0 Compared to 4Q\u201914\/STD levels, Nightly closed the demo gap vs. ABC by 93%.<\/p>\n

Season-to-date, Nightly is averaging 8.466 million total viewers \u2013 its biggest delivery over the first four weeks of a season since 2005.<\/p>\n

NOTE: Nielsen has now provided corrected data starting with the week of 9\/15.\u00a0 Other milestone points and comparisons are based on historical data that Nielsen will be revising.<\/p>\n

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