{"id":457,"date":"2014-09-30T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T17:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=457"},"modified":"2014-09-30T13:04:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T17:04:55","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-brian-williams-posts-biggest-season-premiere-week-in-nine-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2014\/09\/30\/nbc-nightly-news-with-brian-williams-posts-biggest-season-premiere-week-in-nine-years\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC Nightly News With Brian Williams\u201d Posts Biggest Season Premiere Week In Nine Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Brian Williams\u201d continued as America\u2019s most-watched evening newscast for the week ending September 26, 2014, according to Nielsen Media Research data.<\/p>\n

Nightly averaged 8.187 million total viewers and 1.811 viewers A25-54, marking its biggest premiere week total viewer delivery in nine years (start of the 2005-06 season). Nightly was #1 for the week in both A18-49 rating (1.1) and A18-49 viewers (1.343 million).<\/p>\n

Versus the same week last season (2013-14 season premiere week), Nightly was up in total viewers (+2%, or +165,000) and also posted gains in rating M18-49 (+11%) and rating M25-54 (+8%).<\/p>\n

This is the fourth consecutive week (and 9th time in the last 11 weeks) that Nightly has grown its total audience versus the comparable period from the previous year. Compared to its 3Q\u201914 performance, Nightly increased in total viewers (+4%, or +288,000) and rating M18-49 (+11%)<\/p>\n

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