{"id":8537,"date":"2026-02-24T23:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8537"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:45:24","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-is-1-in-key-demos-for-second-consecutive-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/02\/24\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-is-1-in-key-demos-for-second-consecutive-week\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS\u00a0IS #1 IN KEY DEMOS FOR\u00a0SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Marks Biggest Total Audience in 8 Years for Second Week of a Winter Olympics<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Only Evening Newscast to Grow Across the Board vs. Last Season, Continues to Deliver Closest Demo Gap vs. ABC in 6 Years for Current Season<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of February 16 Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0<strong>once again wins the week in the key A25-54 &amp; A18-49 demos<\/strong>, averaging 1.2 million A25-54 viewers and 872,000 A18-49 viewers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0marks its\u00a0<strong>largest total viewer audience<\/strong>\u00a0for the second week of a Winter Games in 8 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only evening newscast to\u00a0<strong>grow across the board vs. last season<\/strong>\u00a0as it continues to deliver its closest demo gap vs. ABC in six years for the current season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0<strong>outpaces competition<\/strong>\u00a0in year-over-year growth across the board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of February 16 Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages\u00a0<strong>7.6 million total viewers<\/strong>, topping CBS by +3.427 million (+82%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Outpaces competition in viewership growth vs last year (+630,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows total viewer gap vs. ABC by 21% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increases total viewers vs. last season by +24,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages\u00a0<strong>1.2 million A25-54 viewers<\/strong>, beating ABC by +42,000 (+4%) and CBS by +705,000 (+148%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Outpaces competition in A25-54 growth vs last year (+218,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is only evening newscast to increase A25-54 viewers vs. last season, +14,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u2019 A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 48% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages\u00a0<strong>872,000 A18-49 viewers<\/strong>, beating ABC by +29,000 (+3%) and CBS by +522,000 (+149%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Outpaces competition in A18-49 growth vs last year (+251,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is only evening newscast to increase A18-49 viewers vs. last season, +27,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u2019 A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 34% better vs. prior year at this point in the season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS<\/em>&nbsp;DELIVERS MOST-WATCHED FEBRUARY IN 5 YEARS, CLOSES DEMO GAP VS. 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