{"id":894,"date":"2015-08-11T10:32:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T14:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=894"},"modified":"2015-08-11T10:32:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T14:32:19","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>NBC Broadcast Delivers Widest Demo Win over ABC in Five Weeks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nightly Adds Viewers in All Categories Week-to Week and Year-to-Year <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>AUGUST 11, 2015 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d was #1 across the board for the week of August 3-7, delivering its biggest total viewer audience in four weeks and biggest A25-54 and A18-49 audiences in five weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Week-to-week, Nightly added viewers and widened its lead over ABC in all major categories. \u00a0Nightly posted its best total viewer advantage over ABC since the week of 7\/6\/2015 and best A25-54 and A18-49 advantages since the week of 6\/29\/2015.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nielsen Media Research Live+Same Day data, the NBC broadcast won all five evenings of the week in total viewers and all demos.\u00a0 Nightly was also up across-the-board compared to the same week last season and posted the biggest A18-49 and A25-54 gains among the evening newscasts.<\/p>\n<p>Nightly has now won among total viewers for 7 consecutive weeks, 12 of the last 15 weeks, and 300 of the last 307 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Season-to-date, Nightly is #1 in total viewers, A25-54, and A18-49.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekly Highlights:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly averaged 7.848 million total viewers, +355,000 (+5%) ahead of ABC World News Tonight and +1.272 million (+19%) more than CBS Evening News.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.964 million A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by +192,000 (+11%) and CBS by +484,000 (+33%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly delivered a 1.6 A25-54 rating, +1 tenth more than ABC and +4 tenths more than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.434 million A18-49 viewers, +220,000 (+18%) higher than ABC and +370,000 (+35%) more than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly delivered a 1.1 A18-49 rating, +1 tenth more than ABC and +3 tenths more than CBS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Growth:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Week-to-week, Nightly was up in total viewers (+21,000), A25-54 viewers (+37,000, or +2%), and A18-49 viewers (+79,000, or +6%).<\/li>\n<li>Week-to-week, Nightly\u2019s advantages over ABC were wider in total viewers (by 40%), A25-54 (by 63%), and A18-49 (by 150%).<\/li>\n<li>Versus the same week last season, Nightly was up in total viewers (+5%, or +350,000), A25-54 viewers (+16%, or +271,000), and A18-49 viewers.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly posted the biggest A18-49 and A25-54 gains among the evening newscasts year-to-year.<\/li>\n<li>Versus 3Q\u201915-to-date levels, Nightly increased its advantages over ABC by 78% in A25-54 (192,000 this week vs. 108,000 QTD) and 100% in A18-49 (220,000 this week vs. 110,000 QTD).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Season-to-Date Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 8.693 million total viewers, outperforming ABC by +351,000 (+4%) and CBS by +24% (1.660 million).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 2.069 million A25-54 viewers this season, leading ABC by +13,000 (+1%) and CBS by +432,000 (+26%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 1.484 million A18-49 viewers this season, leading ABC by +90,000 (+6%) and CBS by +369,000 (+33%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WEEK OF AUGUST 3-7, 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>7.848<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td>1.964<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>1.434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>6.576<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td>1.480<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>1.064<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>7.493<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td>1.772<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/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 Delivers Widest Demo Win over ABC in Five Weeks Nightly Adds Viewers in All Categories Week-to Week and Year-to-Year \u00a0 AUGUST 11, 2015 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d was #1 across the board for the week of August 3-7, delivering its biggest total viewer audience in four weeks and biggest A25-54 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from \u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[4,31],"class_list":["post-894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nbc-nightly-news","tag-feature","tag-ratings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS - NBC News Press Releases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS - NBC News Press Releases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NBC Broadcast Delivers Widest Demo Win over ABC in Five Weeks Nightly Adds Viewers in All Categories Week-to Week and Year-to-Year \u00a0 AUGUST 11, 2015 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d was #1 across the board for the week of August 3-7, delivering its biggest total viewer audience in four weeks and biggest A25-54 [...]Read More... from \u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NBC News Press Releases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-11T14:32:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sarah Coffey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NBCNewsPR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NBCNewsPR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sarah Coffey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sarah Coffey\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba615b709c853838a8f6739d02071335\"},\"headline\":\"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-11T14:32:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":436,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"feature\",\"Ratings\"],\"articleSection\":[\"NBC Nightly News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS - NBC News Press Releases\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-11T14:32:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/11\\\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\",\"name\":\"NBC News Press Releases\",\"description\":\"More Americans watch NBC News than any news organization in the world. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include TODAY,\u00a0NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas, Meet the Press with Kristen Welker and Dateline NBC. Additionally, NBC News produces\u00a0TODAY with Jenna &amp; Sheinelle, The 3rd Hour of TODAY, Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist, Weekend TODAY and NBC News Daily, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The NBC News Digital Group consists of online destinations NBCNews.com \u2013 a top three news site \u2013 and TODAY.com \u2013 a top two lifestyle brand \u2013 as well as its streaming networks, NBC News NOW, Dateline 24\\\/7 and TODAY All Day. Additionally, the organization\u2019s award-winning audio unit is a top five podcast publisher in the U.S. and NBC News\u2019 Stay Tuned, a first-of-its-kind social newscast, is the premier destination for the Gen Z audience across TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube. NBC News also operates NBC News Studios, a unit producing premium documentaries, docuseries, select scripted programming, and content for emerging platforms, and the NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"NBC News Press Releases\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1\",\"width\":2076,\"height\":1152,\"caption\":\"NBC News Press Releases\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NBCNewsPR\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/nbcnewspr\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threads.net\\\/@nbcnewspr\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ba615b709c853838a8f6739d02071335\",\"name\":\"Sarah Coffey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sarah Coffey\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/author\\\/nbcnewspress\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS - NBC News Press Releases","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS - NBC News Press Releases","og_description":"NBC Broadcast Delivers Widest Demo Win over ABC in Five Weeks Nightly Adds Viewers in All Categories Week-to Week and Year-to-Year \u00a0 AUGUST 11, 2015 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d was #1 across the board for the week of August 3-7, delivering its biggest total viewer audience in four weeks and biggest A25-54 [...]Read More... from \u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS","og_url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/","og_site_name":"NBC News Press Releases","article_published_time":"2015-08-11T14:32:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sarah Coffey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NBCNewsPR","twitter_site":"@NBCNewsPR","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sarah Coffey","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/"},"author":{"name":"Sarah Coffey","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/person\/ba615b709c853838a8f6739d02071335"},"headline":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS","datePublished":"2015-08-11T14:32:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/"},"wordCount":436,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","keywords":["feature","Ratings"],"articleSection":["NBC Nightly News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/","name":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS - NBC News Press Releases","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","datePublished":"2015-08-11T14:32:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/11\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-posts-biggest-win-over-abc-in-four-weeks\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d IS #1 ACROSS THE BOARD, POSTS BIGGEST WIN OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/","name":"NBC News Press Releases","description":"More Americans watch NBC News than any news organization in the world. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include TODAY,\u00a0NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas, Meet the Press with Kristen Welker and Dateline NBC. Additionally, NBC News produces\u00a0TODAY with Jenna &amp; Sheinelle, The 3rd Hour of TODAY, Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist, Weekend TODAY and NBC News Daily, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The NBC News Digital Group consists of online destinations NBCNews.com \u2013 a top three news site \u2013 and TODAY.com \u2013 a top two lifestyle brand \u2013 as well as its streaming networks, NBC News NOW, Dateline 24\/7 and TODAY All Day. Additionally, the organization\u2019s award-winning audio unit is a top five podcast publisher in the U.S. and NBC News\u2019 Stay Tuned, a first-of-its-kind social newscast, is the premier destination for the Gen Z audience across TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube. NBC News also operates NBC News Studios, a unit producing premium documentaries, docuseries, select scripted programming, and content for emerging platforms, and the NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization","name":"NBC News Press Releases","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1","width":2076,"height":1152,"caption":"NBC News Press Releases"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/NBCNewsPR","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nbcnewspr\/","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nbcnewspr"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/person\/ba615b709c853838a8f6739d02071335","name":"Sarah Coffey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a92cdd80c20b4cf5f37886a72700536146887132525e31aebb6e9def87471278?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sarah Coffey"},"url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/author\/nbcnewspress\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/11425135_10153482656273689_7936389255111194074_o.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}