{"id":861,"date":"2015-07-14T10:26:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T14:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=861"},"modified":"2015-07-14T10:26:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-14T14:26:13","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-for-third-straight-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/07\/14\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-for-third-straight-week\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>NBC Broadcast Posts Double-Digit Demo Growth Year-to-Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nightly Regains #1 in the Demo Season-to-Date<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>JULY 14, 2015 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d has been #1 across the board for all three weeks since Holt was named anchor.\u00a0 In Holt\u2019s third week, the NBC broadcast expanded its lead over ABC in all categories compared to his first official week and posted significant growth compared to the same week last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nielsen Media Research Live+Same Day data for the week of July 6-9, 2015, Nightly topped ABC\u2019s \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d by +639,000 total viewers, +178,000 viewers A25-54, and +201,000 viewers A18-49.\u00a0 Nightly has now won 4 of the last 5 weeks, 8 of the last 11 weeks, and 296 of the last 303 weeks among total viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Versus the same week last season, Nightly posted increases in total viewers (+5%, or +384,000), A25-54 viewers (+11%, or +200,000), and A18-49 viewers (+10%, or +130,000).<\/p>\n<p>3Q\u201915-to-date, Nightly is posting across-the-board gains versus its 2Q\u201915 averages in total viewers (+6%, or +484,000), A25-54 viewers (+9%, or +169,000), and A18-49 viewers (+12%, or +159,000).\u00a0 ABC continues to be down in all 3QTD measures vs. 2Q\u201915.<\/p>\n<p>Season-to-date, 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(1.674 million).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 2.086 million A25-54 viewers this season, leading ABC by +5,000 (+0.2%) and leading CBS by +426,000 (+26%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 1.497 million A18-49 viewers this season, leading ABC by +89,000 (+6%) and CBS by +370,000 (+33%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WEEK OF JULY 6-10, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"624\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Total Viewers<\/td>\n<td>A25-54 Rating<\/td>\n<td>A25-54 Viewers<\/td>\n<td>A18-49 Ratings<\/td>\n<td>A18-49 Viewers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>NBC<\/td>\n<td>8.136<\/td>\n<td>1.64<\/td>\n<td>1.959<\/td>\n<td>1.11<\/td>\n<td>1.415<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>6.683<\/td>\n<td>1.26<\/td>\n<td>1.508<\/td>\n<td>0.85<\/td>\n<td>1.085<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>7.497<\/td>\n<td>1.49<\/td>\n<td>1.781<\/td>\n<td>0.96<\/td>\n<td>1.214<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC Broadcast Posts 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