{"id":916,"date":"2015-08-25T10:38:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T14:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=916"},"modified":"2015-08-25T10:38:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T14:38:15","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-draws-biggest-total-viewer-demo-audiences-in-seven-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/08\/25\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-draws-biggest-total-viewer-demo-audiences-in-seven-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d DRAWS BIGGEST TOTAL VIEWER &amp; DEMO AUDIENCES IN SEVEN WEEKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Week-to-Week, NBC Broadcast Expands Lead over ABC &amp; CBS Across the Board to Mark 4th Straight Win<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nightly Posts Gains in All Categories Week-to-Week and Year-to-Year<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>AUGUST 25, 2015 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d scored its biggest total viewer and demo audiences in seven weeks (since week of 6\/29\/15) and delivered its fourth consecutive across-the-board win over the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC broadcast has been #1 among total viewers all nine weeks since Holt was named anchor and #1 across the board for eight out of nine weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Week-to-week, the NBC broadcast widened its lead over both ABC and CBS in all categories and posted the biggest across-the-board gains of the three evening newscasts.\u00a0 Nightly was the only newscast to grow across-the-board compared to the same week last season.<\/p>\n<p>Nightly has now won among total viewers for 9 consecutive weeks, 14 of the last 17 weeks, and 302 of the last 309 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 17-21, Nightly averaged 8.246 million total viewers, +334,000 (+4%) ahead of ABC World News Tonight and +1.874 million (+29%) more than CBS Evening News.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.981 million A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by +149,000 (+8%) and CBS by +532,000 (+37%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly delivered a 1.7 A25-54 rating, +2 tenths more than ABC and +5 tenths more than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.395 million A18-49 viewers, +180,000 (+15%) higher than ABC and +408,000 (+41%) 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 posted across-the-board gains in total viewers (+4%, or +293,000), A25-54 viewers (+3%, or +50,000), and A18-49 viewers (+2%, or +30,000).<\/li>\n<li>Compared to the same week last season, Nightly was up across the board in total viewers (+2%, or +201,000), A25-54 viewers (+7%, or +121,000), and A18-49 viewers (+1%, or +10,000).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Season-to-Date Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 8.667 million total viewers, outperforming ABC by +349,000 (+4%) and CBS by +24% (1.664 million).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 2.064 million A25-54 viewers this season, leading ABC by +18,000 (+1%) and CBS by +436,000 (+26%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly is averaging 1.480 million A18-49 viewers this season, leading ABC by +92,000 (+7%) and CBS by +371,000 (+33%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WEEK OF AUGUST 17-21, 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>8.246<\/td>\n<td>1.7<\/td>\n<td>1.981<\/td>\n<td>1.1<\/td>\n<td>1.395<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CBS<\/td>\n<td>6.372<\/td>\n<td>1.2<\/td>\n<td>1.449<\/td>\n<td>0.8<\/td>\n<td>0.987<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ABC<\/td>\n<td>7.912<\/td>\n<td>1.5<\/td>\n<td>1.832<\/td>\n<td>1.0<\/td>\n<td>1.215<\/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>Week-to-Week, NBC Broadcast Expands Lead over ABC &amp; 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