{"id":969,"date":"2015-09-29T10:42:16","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T14:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=969"},"modified":"2015-09-29T10:42:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T14:42:16","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-hits-four-week-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2015\/09\/29\/nbc-nightly-news-with-lester-holt-hits-four-week-high\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT\u201d HITS FOUR-WEEK HIGH"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBC Broadcast Draws Over 8 Million Viewers for 6th Straight Week<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nightly Beats ABC in the Demo for 3rd Consecutive Month<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 \u2013 \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d was #1 in total viewers and all demos for the first week of the 2015-16 season, marking the broadcast\u2019s 9th straight across-the-board win and 13th in the 14 weeks since Holt was named anchor.<\/p>\n

During the week of Pope Francis’ visit to America, the NBC broadcast hit a four-week high among total viewers and drew over 8 million viewers for the 6th straight week. \u00a0Week-to-week, Nightly was up in total viewers (+3%, or +275,000), A25-54 viewers (+3%, or +50,000), and A18-49 viewers (+3%, or +37,000).<\/p>\n

For September, Nightly has seen its total viewer and A25-54 advantages over CBS widen for the 4th consecutive month and has outperformed ABC among A25-54 viewers for the 3rd consecutive month.<\/p>\n

Nightly was up across the board compared to the same week last season and was the only network newscast to grow by double-digits in the key A25-54 demo.\u00a0 Nightly posted growth in total viewers (+1%, or +45,000), A25-54 viewers (+10%, or +175,000), and A18-49 viewers (+9%, or +118,000).<\/p>\n

Nightly has been #1 among total viewers all 14 weeks since Holt was named anchor and #1 across the board for 9 straight weeks and 13 out of the 14 weeks. Nightly has now won among total viewers for 19 of the last 22 weeks, and 307 of the last 314 weeks.<\/p>\n

Note: NBC and ABC are based on 3-day averages (Mon-Wed) due to preemptions for Papal coverage while CBS is based on a 4-day average (Thursday excluded) due to Papal coverage and NFL Thursday Night Football.<\/p>\n

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