{"id":6354,"date":"2023-11-29T12:17:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=6354"},"modified":"2023-11-29T12:17:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T17:17:11","slug":"fridays-nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-the-1-broadcast-of-the-week-with-nearly-9-million-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2023\/11\/29\/fridays-nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-the-1-broadcast-of-the-week-with-nearly-9-million-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"FRIDAY\u2019S NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT IS THE #1 BROADCAST OF THE WEEK WITH NEARLY 9 MILLION VIEWERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u2018Nightly\u2019 Hits 10 Month Total Viewership High, Marks Most Narrow Total Viewer Gap Vs. 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ABC World News Tonight was only rated on Tuesday. CBS Evening News was based on a 2-day average (Mon &amp; Tues). Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were all considered Nielsen holidays. NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News\u2019 ratings include afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOVEMBER 2023: <em>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/em> <em>WITH LESTER HOLT <\/em>DELIVERS LARGEST TOTAL VIEWER AUDIENCE IN 9 MONTHS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>For 12 Consecutive Months, \u2018Nightly\u2019 Continues to Close Demo Gaps in Year-Over-Year Measurements vs. ABC, Most Recently by Nearly 73%<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u2018Nightly\u2019 Also Marks Most Narrow A25-54 Gap vs. ABC in Over 3 Years<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>November 2023: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> increases its total viewership vs. October by +<strong>513,000,<\/strong> delivering the <strong>broadcast\u2019s largest audience since February 2023<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> ranks #3 in total viewers for the month with <strong>6.965 million<\/strong> total viewers, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> improves across the board gaps vs. ABC in month-over-week and year-over-year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For 12 consecutive months, <em>Nightly News<\/em> closes the A25-54\/A18-49 gaps in year-over-year measurements vs. ABC, including most recently by <strong>73% in A2-54<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> marks its most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC since March 2020 and its closest total viewer gap vs. the network in nearly 2 years (since Dec 21)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> continues to top CBS across the board, marking its 206 consecutive month of beating the network in total viewers and the key A25-54 demo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>November 2023: Nightly Stats<\/u><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages <strong>6.965 million total viewers<\/strong>, topping CBS by +2.073 million (+42%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Month over month, <em>Nightly News<\/em> cuts its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 10%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year over year, <em>Nightly News<\/em> cuts its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 23%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> increases its total viewership vs. October by +513,000, marks largest total audience since Feb 23<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages <strong>1.048 million A25-54 viewers<\/strong>, topping CBS by +352,000 (+50%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For 12 consecutive months, <em>Nightly News<\/em> closes the A25-54 gaps in year-over-year measurements vs. ABC, most recently by 73%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Month over month, <em>Nightly News<\/em> cuts its A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 7%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News <\/em>increases A25-54 viewers vs. October by +20,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages <strong>734,000 A18-49 viewers<\/strong>, beating CBS by +252,000 (+52%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For 12 consecutive months, <em>Nightly News<\/em> closes the A18-49 gap in year-over-year measurements vs. ABC, most recently by 85%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Month over month, <em>Nightly News<\/em> cuts its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 67%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Across digital, <em>Nightly News<\/em> delivered 60 million video views<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On YouTube, full episodes reached 734,000 views and 558,000 viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>NOVEMBER 2023<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Program<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P25-54<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P18-49<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P2+<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1,048<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>734<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,965<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>696<\/td><td>482<\/td><td>4,892<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,104<\/td><td>755<\/td><td>7,955<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News\u2019 ratings include afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. 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