{"id":647,"date":"2015-01-13T20:13:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T01:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=647"},"modified":"2015-01-13T20:13:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T01:13:31","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-brian-williams-posts-biggest-demo-win-over-abc-since-sochi-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/01\/13\/nbc-nightly-news-with-brian-williams-posts-biggest-demo-win-over-abc-since-sochi-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS\u201d POSTS BIGGEST DEMO WIN OVER ABC SINCE SOCHI OLYMPICS \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>NBC Broadcast is #1 Across the Board with Highest Ratings Since February<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nightly is #1 Among Viewers A25-54 for 7th Time in 10 Weeks, Now Leading ABC by +7,000 Season-to-Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nightly Draws Over 10 Million Viewers a Night, Tops ABC by Nearly 800k for the Week<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>JANUARY 13, 2015 \u2013 During the week of the Paris terrorist attack and manhunt, more Americans turned to \u201cNBC Nightly News with Brian Williams\u201d than any other newscast.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC broadcast was #1 in total viewers and all key demographics for the week of January 5-9, 2014, according to Nielsen Media Research data.\u00a0 Nightly has now been #1 among viewers A25-54 in 7 of the past 10 weeks, and is leading ABC\u2019s \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d by +7,000 viewers A25-54 season-to-date.<\/p>\n<p>Nightly drew its biggest audiences in total viewers, A25-54, and A18-49 since the first week of the Sochi Olympics (2\/10\/2014) and delivered its best demo win over ABC since the second week of the Sochi Olympics (2\/17\/14).\u00a0 Over 10 million viewers watched the NBC broadcast each night of the week, including over 11 million viewers on both Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Among the three network evening newscasts, Nightly posted the largest week-to-week growth across the board with double-digit increases in total viewers (+14%, or +1.341 million), A18-49 viewers (+33%, or +491,000), and A25-54 viewers (+27%, or +573,000).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekly Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly averaged 10.667 million total viewers, leading ABC World News Tonight by +8% (+786,000) and CBS Evening News by 23% (+2.011 million).<\/li>\n<li>This represents Nightly\u2019s biggest total viewer audience since the first full week of the Sochi Olympics (week of 2\/10\/2014).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 2.657 million A25-54 viewers, +10% (+252,000) ahead of ABC and +30% (+613,000) more than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>This was Nightly\u2019s largest demo audience since the week of 2\/10\/2014 (first full week of Sochi Olympics) and its widest advantage versus ABC since the week of 2\/17\/2014 (second full week of Sochi Olympics).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged a 2.2 A25-54 rating, topping ABC by +2 tenths and CBS by +5 tenths.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.979 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +16% (+267,000) and CBS by +41% (+571,000).<\/li>\n<li>This marks Nightly\u2019s best A18-49 viewer gap over ABC in five weeks.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly delivered a 1.6 A18-49 rating, topping ABC by +3 tenths and CBS by +5 tenths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Growth &amp; 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