{"id":6443,"date":"2024-01-17T11:18:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=6443"},"modified":"2024-01-17T11:18:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T16:18:38","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-in-key-demo-on-monday-hits-7-week-high-in-total-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2024\/01\/17\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-in-key-demo-on-monday-hits-7-week-high-in-total-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u00a0IS #1 IN KEY DEMO ON MONDAY &amp; HITS 7 WEEK HIGH IN TOTAL VIEWERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Marks 5 Consecutive Weeks of Beating ABC in A25-54 For At Least One Day During the Week<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\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\u2019 Continues to Improve Across-the-Board Gaps vs. ABC vs. Last Year, Including By Nearly 80% in A25-54<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Week of Jan.8 Ratings Highlights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the #1 program in all of TV in the key demo on Monday with 1.181 million viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> tops ABC in the A25-54 demo on Monday by +8,000 and on Tuesday in the A18-49 by +20,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> hits a 7-week high in total viewers (since 11\/20\/23) and is the #2 show of the week with 7.277 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports &amp; 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