{"id":959,"date":"2015-09-22T10:31:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T14:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=959"},"modified":"2015-09-22T10:31:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T14:31:44","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-19th-consecutive-season-across-the-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/09\/22\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-wins-19th-consecutive-season-across-the-board\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d WINS 19th CONSECUTIVE SEASON ACROSS THE BOARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Nightly is #1 in All Categories for 3rd Quarter 2015 with Record-High Advantages over ABC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NBC Broadcast Wins 13th Straight Week in Total Viewers, 12th out of 13 Across the Board<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d finished the 2014-15 season at #1 in total viewers and all demos, marking the broadcast\u2019s 19th consecutive across-the-board season win.<\/p>\n<p>Nightly was #1 in all categories for the 3rd Quarter 2015, delivering its best total viewer win over ABC since 4Q\u201914 and best A25-54 win over ABC since 1Q\u201914. Nightly was the only evening newscast to increase its total viewer audience quarter-to-quarter, improving +3% (+264,000) from 2Q\u201915 levels.\u00a0 Versus the prior year, Nightly was up +2% (+130,000) from its 3Q\u201914 average.<\/p>\n<p>The NBC broadcast had its best 3Q A25-54 delivery since 2013 and its biggest 3Q demo margins over the competition in three years (since 3Q\u201912).\u00a0 Nightly was the only broadcast to post A25-54 demo growth quarter-to-quarter (up +8% from 2Q\u201915) and versus last year (up +7% from 3Q\u201914).<\/p>\n<p>Nightly was also #1 across-the-board for the week of September 14-18, 2015, delivering its 8th straight win in all categories and 13th consecutive win among total viewers. The NBC broadcast has averaged over 8 million viewers for five weeks in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to the same week last season, Nightly reversed the demo gap with ABC by +331% (from a -61,000 loss last year to a +141,000 win this year). \u00a0Nightly was the only network newscast to post year-to-year growth in the key A25-54 demo.<\/p>\n<p>Nightly has been #1 among total viewers all 13 weeks since Holt was named anchor and #1 across the board for 8 straight weeks and 12 out of the 13 weeks. Nightly has now won among total viewers for 18 of the last 21 weeks, and 306 of the last 313 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Note: CBS is based on a 4-day average (Mon-Wed, Fri) due to NFL on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2014-15 Season Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly averaged 8.637 million total viewers, leading ABC by +368,000 (+5%) and CBS by +1.677 million (+24%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 2.061 million A25-54 viewers, +31,000 (+2%) more than ABC and +448,000 (+28%) ahead of CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged a 1.7 A25-54 rating, tied for #1 with ABC and +3 tenths ahead of CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.479 million A18-49 viewers, +102,000 (+7%) ahead of ABC and +380,000 (+35%) more than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly delivered a 1.2 A18-49 rating, topping ABC by +1 tenth and CBS by +3 tenths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3rd Quarter 2015 Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nightly averaged 7.960 million total viewers, outperforming ABC by +442,000 (+6%) and CBS by +1.641 million (+26%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly has now been #1 in total viewers for 31 of the last 32 quarters and 69 of the last 75 quarters.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.961 million A25-54 viewers, +142,000 (+8%) more than ABC and +526,000 (+37%) ahead of CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Among A25-54 viewers, Nightly has won 2 of the last 3 and 27 of the last 30 quarters.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged a 1.6 A25-54 rating, +1 tenth higher than ABC and +4 tenths better than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.410 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +158,000 (+13%) and CBS by +410,000 (+41%).<\/li>\n<li>Among A18-49 viewers, Nightly has now won 31 of the last 32 and 72 of the last 75 quarters.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged a 1.1 A18-49 rating, +1 tenth over ABC and +3 tenths over CBS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 8.009 million total viewers, +386,000 (+5%) ahead of ABC World News Tonight and +1.696 million (+27%) more than CBS Evening News.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.946 million A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by +141,000 (+8%) and CBS by +540,000 (+38%).<\/li>\n<li>Nightly delivered a 1.6 A25-54 rating, +1 tenths more than ABC and +4 tenths more than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly averaged 1.436 million A18-49 viewers, +185,000 (+15%) higher than ABC and +510,000 (+55%) more than CBS.<\/li>\n<li>Nightly delivered a 1.1 A18-49 rating, +1 tenth more than ABC and +4 tenths more than CBS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2014-15 SEASON<\/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 Rating<\/td>\n<td>A18-49 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