{"id":8528,"date":"2026-02-11T18:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8528"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:09:51","slug":"tom-llamas-exclusive-interview-with-president-donald-trump-delivers-nbc-nightly-news-win-in-key-demos-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/02\/11\/tom-llamas-exclusive-interview-with-president-donald-trump-delivers-nbc-nightly-news-win-in-key-demos-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"TOM LLAMAS\u2019 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DELIVERS\u00a0NBC NIGHTLY NEWS\u00a0WIN IN KEY DEMOS ON WEDNESDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Last Week\u2019s \u2018Nightly News\u2019 Reaches Largest Total &amp; Demo Audiences in Over a Year, Only Evening Newscast to Grow Across the Board in Week &amp; Year Measurements<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>PLUS: Saturday\u2019s \u2018Nightly News\u2019 is #1 Program of the Week in all of TV, Highest Rated Saturday Edition in 8 Years<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of February 2 Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0ranks #1 in the key A25-54 and A18-49 demos on Wednesday, same night as Llamas\u2019 exclusive sit-down with President Trump<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0reaches its largest total viewer and A25-54 audiences in over a year, largest A18-49 audience in year and a half<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only evening newscast to grow across the board in both week-over-week and year-over-year measurements\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday\u2019s\u00a0<em>NBC Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>is the #1 program of the week in all of TV with 9.7 million total viewers and 1.4 million A25-54 viewers \u00a0(excluding specials, sports, and syndication)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0continues to deliver its closest demo gaps vs. ABC in six years for the current season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of February 2 Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 7.2 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.657 million (+58%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases total viewership vs. last week by +85,000, last year by +342,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reaches largest total viewer audience in 54 weeks (best since 1\/20\/25)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0narrows the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 16% vs. last week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 1.1 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +521,000 (+90%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>#1 evening newscast on Wednesday, topping ABC by +31,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is only evening newscast to increase A25-54 viewers vs. last week (+60,000), largest A25-54 audience since 1\/6\/25<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year, +152,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 65% vs. last week, 72% vs. last year\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News\u2019<\/em>\u00a0A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 39% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 789,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +363,000 (+85%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>#1 evening newscast on Wednesday, topping ABC by +30,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only evening newscast to increase A18-49 viewers vs. last week (+86,000), largest A18-49 audience since 8\/5\/24<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increases A18-49 viewership vs. last year by +148,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 61% vs. last week, 53% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News\u2019<\/em>\u00a0A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 22% better vs. prior year at this point in the season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>WEEK OF 2\/2\/2026&nbsp;<\/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><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P18-49<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P2+<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1,100<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>789<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>7,233<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>579<\/td><td>426<\/td><td>4,576<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,150<\/td><td>856<\/td><td>8,987<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 2\/2\/2026-2\/8\/2026. 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