{"id":8028,"date":"2025-03-11T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8028"},"modified":"2025-03-11T16:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:57:02","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-only-evening-newscast-to-grow-across-the-board-in-year-over-year-week-over-week-measurements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/03\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-only-evening-newscast-to-grow-across-the-board-in-year-over-year-week-over-week-measurements\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt&#8221; is Only Evening Newscast to Grow Across the Board in Year-Over-Year &amp; Week-Over-Week Measurements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u2018Nightly News\u2019 &nbsp;Marks Closest A25-54 Gap vs. ABC Since January<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Ranks as #1 Evening Newscast in Key Demo on Friday<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of March 3 Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last year, up +17,000 in total viewers, +34,000 in A25-54 and +42,000 in A18-49<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last week, up +21,000 in total viewers, +12,000 in A25-54 and +4,000 in A18-49<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0marks closest A25-54 gap vs. ABC since 1\/27\/25, narrowing the gap vs. last year by 39%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>is the #1 evening newscast in the key A25-54 demo on Friday, topping ABC by +26,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0closes total viewer gap vs. ABC vs. last week by 3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the #4 most-watched show of the week with 6.393 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of March 3 Ratings Stats&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages\u00a06.393 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 2.015 million (+46%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increases total viewership vs. last year by +17,000 and last week by +21,000\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week over week,\u00a0<em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages \u00a0952,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +329,000 (+53%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increases A25-54 viewership vs. last year by +34,000 and last week by +12,000\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week over week, Nightly closes A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 16%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year over year, Nightly narrows A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 39%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 637,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +224,000 (+54%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increases A18-49 viewership vs. last week by +4,000 and last year by +42,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year over year,\u00a0<em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 6%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK of MARCH 3-9, 2025<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Program<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P25-54<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P25-54<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P18-49<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P18-49<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P2+<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Rtg<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Rtg<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>0.77<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>952<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>0.48<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>637<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,393<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>0.51<\/td><td>623<\/td><td>0.31<\/td><td>413<\/td><td>4,378<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>0.86<\/td><td>1,064<\/td><td>0.59<\/td><td>786<\/td><td>7,891<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Source: Nielsen&nbsp;Panel, L+SD, 3\/3\/2025-3\/9\/2025. 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