{"id":6387,"date":"2023-12-12T10:39:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=6387"},"modified":"2023-12-12T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:39:14","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-ranks-as-3-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2023\/12\/12\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-ranks-as-3-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u00a0RANKS AS #3 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Across the Board, \u2018Nightly News\u2019 Delivers Best Start to Broadcast Season vs. ABC in 4 Years<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u2018Nightly News\u2019 Marks Most Narrow A25-54 Gap vs. Network in 6 Weeks<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u2018Nightly\u2019 Continues to Improve Across-the-Board Gaps vs. ABC vs. Last Year, Including By Nearly 90% in Key Demo<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of Dec. 4 Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;ranks #3 in total viewers for the week with 6.709 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Across the board,&nbsp;<em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;continues<strong> its best start of the season<\/strong> vs. ABC in 4 years (since 2019-20)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News <\/em>marks its <strong>most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC<\/strong> in 6 weeks (since 10\/23\/23)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For 21 of the last 22 weeks,&nbsp;<em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;closes the demo gaps in year-over-year measurements vs. ABC, <strong>including by 86% in A25-54<\/strong> in the most recent week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Season to date,&nbsp;<em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;improves its competitive position <strong>versus ABC by 70<\/strong>% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of Dec. 4 Nightly Stats<\/u><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 6.709 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.927 million (+40%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Week over week, <em>Nightly News <\/em>cuts its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 20%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year over year,&nbsp;<em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;cuts its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 22%&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 1.022 million A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +378,000 (+59%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For 21 of the last 22 weeks, <em>Nightly News<\/em> closes the A25-54 in year-over-year measurements vs. ABC, including by 77% in the most recent week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year over year, <em>Nightly News<\/em> cuts its A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 86%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 668,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +246,000 (+58%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Week over week, <em>Nightly News<\/em> cuts its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 45%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year over year, <em>Nightly News<\/em> cuts its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 69%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Across digital, <em>Nightly News<\/em> delivered 15.2 million video views and 1.4 million hours viewed on &amp; off network platforms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 679,000 views and 535,000 viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK of DECEMBER 4-10,2023<\/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>1,022<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>668<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,709<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>644<\/td><td>422<\/td><td>4,782<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,049<\/td><td>720<\/td><td>7,809<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<em>Note: ABC World News Tonight was based on a 3-day average (Tues-Thurs) due to Monday Night Football and College Football coverage on Friday. 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