{"id":8136,"date":"2025-05-28T17:33:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T17:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8136"},"modified":"2025-05-28T17:33:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T17:33:58","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-only-evening-newscast-to-grow-across-the-board-in-year-over-year-week-over-week-measurements-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/05\/28\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-only-evening-newscast-to-grow-across-the-board-in-year-over-year-week-over-week-measurements-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT&#8221;\u00a0IS 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 Hits 7 Week High in Key Demos, Marks Closest A25-54 Gap vs. ABC Since January<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Narrows Across-the-Board Gaps vs. ABC in All Measurements<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of May 19 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 in week-over-week and year-over-year measurements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0marks its closest A25-54 gap vs. ABC since January\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0closes across-the-board gaps vs. ABC in all measurements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the #4 most-watched show of the week with 5.744 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 May 19 Ratings Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 5.744 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.814 million (+46%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>increases total viewer audience by +280,000 in week-over-week measurements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>is the only newscast to grow vs. last year, up +51,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week over week,\u00a0<em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 4%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year over year,\u00a0<em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 6%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 872,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +317,000 (+57%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>is the only newscast to grow vs. last year, +74,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>increases A25-54 viewership by +96,000\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 583,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +187,000 (+47%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Year over year,\u00a0<em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 7%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week over week,\u00a0<em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MAY 2025 RATINGS:&nbsp;<em>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS&nbsp;<\/em>IS ONLY EVENING NEWSCAST TO GROW IN KEY DEMOS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u2018Nightly News\u2019 Increases A25-54 &amp; A18-49 Viewership Vs. 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Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>Note: All three programs were retitled on Friday due to the start of the Memorial Day holiday weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>MAY 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>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>824<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>535<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>5,677<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>506<\/td><td>364<\/td><td>3,720<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>949<\/td><td>676<\/td><td>7,108<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Source: Nielse<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>n Panel<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>, L+SD, 4\/28\/2025-5\/25\/2025. 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