{"id":5470,"date":"2022-07-12T11:37:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=5470"},"modified":"2022-07-12T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T15:37:45","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-2-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2022\/07\/12\/nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-2-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong><em>NBC <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>NIGHTLY NEWS <\/em><\/strong><strong>RANKS AS #2 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Grows in Total Viewers in Week-Over-Week Measurements<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Marks Most Narrow Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC Since Dec. 2021, Improves Competitively by 30% in Most Recent Week<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Improves Across the Board Gaps vs. ABC in Year-Over-Year Measurements By Over 50%, Including by 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<strong>30%<\/strong> and delivers its closest viewer gap vs. ABC in <strong>29 weeks<\/strong> (since 12\/13\/21)<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by <strong>57%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>960,000<\/strong> A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +229,000 (+31%)<ul><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>cuts the week-over-week A25-54 gap vs. ABC by <strong>11%<\/strong> and delivers its closest A25-54 gap vs. ABC in <strong>29 weeks<\/strong> (since 12\/13\/21)<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows A25-54 gap vs. ABC by <strong>65%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>668,000<\/strong> A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +191,000 (+40%)<ul><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>cuts the year-over-year viewership gap vs. ABC by<strong> 63%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Across digital, Nightly saw <strong>11.1 million<\/strong> video views and <strong>1.2 million hours<\/strong> viewed on &amp; off network platforms, 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