{"id":907,"date":"2015-08-18T10:38:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T14:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=907"},"modified":"2015-08-18T10:38:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T14:38:19","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-for-third-straight-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/18\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-is-1-across-the-board-for-third-straight-week-2\/","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 Delivers 8th Straight Total Viewer Win, Posts Year-to-Year Demo Growth<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>AUGUST 18, 2015 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d was #1 across the board for the third straight week and seventh out of eight weeks since Holt was named anchor.\u00a0 This marks the NBC broadcast\u2019s eighth straight win among total viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Nightly was the only network evening newscast to grow among A25-54 viewers compared to the same week last year. \u00a0Nightly has now won among total viewers for 8 consecutive weeks, 13 of the last 16 weeks, and 301 of the last 308 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>According to Nielsen Media Research Live+Same Day data for the week of August 10-14, Nightly averaged 7.953 million total viewers, +269,000 (+4%) ahead of ABC World News Tonight and +1.574 million (+25%) more than CBS Evening News.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.931 million A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by +121,000 (+7%) and CBS by +475,000 (+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 1.365 million A18-49 viewers, +89,000 (+7%) higher than ABC and +358,000 (+36%) 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>Season-to-Date Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 8.677 million total viewers, outperforming ABC by +349,000 (+4%) and CBS by +24% (1.659 million).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 2.066 million A25-54 viewers this season, leading ABC by +15,000 (+1%) and CBS by +433,000 (+26%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 1.482 million A18-49 viewers this season, leading ABC by +90,000 (+6%) and CBS by +370,000 (+33%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WEEK OF AUGUST 4-10, 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>7.953<\/td>\n<td>1.6<\/td>\n<td>1.931<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>1.365<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>6.379<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td>1.456<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>1.007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>7.684<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td>1.810<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td>1.276<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC Broadcast Delivers 8th Straight Total Viewer Win, Posts Year-to-Year Demo Growth\u00a0 AUGUST 18, 2015 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d was #1 across the board for the third straight week and seventh out of eight weeks since Holt was named anchor.\u00a0 This marks the NBC broadcast\u2019s eighth straight win among total viewers. 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