“NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS” POSTS BIGGEST TOTAL VIEWER DELIVERY & WIDEST ADVANTAGE OVER ABC IN FOUR WEEKS

NIGHTLY IS THE ONLY EVENING NEWSCAST IN 8 YEARS TO DELIVER OVER 10 MILLION VIEWERS FOR A WEEKLY AVERAGE

 

FEBRUARY 10, 2015 — NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was #1 in total viewers and all key demos for the week ending February 6, 2015.

 

  • Nightly averaged 10.177 million total viewers, outperforming ABC World News Tonight by +8% (+717,000) and CBS Evening News by +30% (+2.324 million)
    • Nightly had its biggest total viewer delivery and widest advantage over ABC in four weeks, while also posting its biggest lead over CBS since Thanksgiving week (w/o 11/24/2014)
    • Nightly averaged over 10 million viewers on four evenings last week and is the only newscast in the last eight years to post a weekly average over 10 million viewers (3x already this season-to-date)
    • Nightly has been the #1 evening newscast in total viewers for 281 consecutive weeks (since w/o 9/14/2009) and 328 of the last 329 weeks
  • Nightly averaged 2.535 million A25-54 viewers, +8% (+189,000) higher than ABC and +40% (+720,000) more than CBS
    • Nightly had its 3rd biggest demo delivery this season and its biggest demo viewer win over CBS since the Sochi Olympics (since the week of 2/17/2014).
    • Nightly won 4 evenings among A25-54 viewers and has topped ABC by at least 100,000 demo viewers for 3 consecutive weeks
    • Nightly has been #1 among A25-54 viewers for 5 consecutive weeks, 9 of the last 10 weeks, and 11 of the last 14 weeks
    • Nightly delivered a 2.1 A25-54 rating, leading ABC by +1 tenth and CBS by +6 tenths.
  • Nightly averaged 1.826 million A25-54 viewers, beating ABC by +18% (+273,000) and CBS by +56% (+658,000)
    • Nightly’s 1.4 A18-49 rating led ABC by +2 tenths and CBS by +5 tenths.
  • Week-to-week, Nightly increased it total viewer audience by +3% and widened its advantage over ABC by 77% and versus CBS by 23%
  • Nightly posted across-the-board growth over 1Q’15 levels, increasing in total viewers (+3%, or +315,000), A18-49 viewers (+5%, or +84,000), and A25-54 viewers (+5%, or +112,000)
    • Versus ABC, Nightly increased its lead in total viewers (by 51%), A18-49 viewers (by 41%) and A25-54 viewers (by 35%)
    • Versus CBS, Nightly widened its lead in total viewers (by 25%), A18-49 viewers (by 36%), and A25-54 viewers (by 45%)
  • Nightly also increased its deliveries versus its season-to-date average in total viewers (+9%, or +878,000), A18-49 viewers (+14%, or +227,000), and A25-54 viewers (+15%, or +338,000)
    • Increased leads versus ABC by 21% in total viewers, 91% among A18-49 viewers, and 530% among A25-54 viewers
    • Increased leads versus CBS by 51% in total viewers, 59% among A18-49 viewers, and 66% among A25-54 viewers
  • Nightly is the #1 evening newscast this season in total viewers and all key demographics
    • Nightly is averaging 9.346 million total viewers this season, leading ABC by +597,000 (+7%) and CBS by +2.028 million (+28%)
    • Nightly is averaging 2.215 million A25-54 viewers, +38,000 (+2%) more than ABC and +450,000 (+25%) more than CBS
    • Nightly’s 1.611 million A18-49 viewers this season leads ABC by +150,000 (+10%) and CBS by +427,000 (+36%)

 

NOTE: Year-ago comparisons are against the first week of the Sochi Olympics.

 

WEEK AVERAGE:

Net LS
HH
Rtg
LS
P2+
Imps
LS
P25-
54
Rtg
LS
P25-
54
Imps
LS
P18-
49
Rtg
LS
P18-
49
Imps
Curr Week: 02/02/2015-02/06/2015
 NBC  6.6  10177  2.1  2535  1.4  1826
 CBS  5.1  7853  1.5  1815  0.9  1168
 ABC  6.3  9460  2.0  2346  1.2  1553

DAILY:

Net LS
HH
Rtg
LS
P2+
Imps
LS
P25-
54
Rtg
LS
P25-
54
Imps
LS
P18-
49
Rtg
LS
P18-
49
Imps
Mon
 NBC  7.4  11580  2.7  3275  1.9  2412
 CBS  5.5  8583  1.6  1932  1.0  1311
 ABC  6.8  10470  2.4  2813  1.5  1916
Tue
 NBC  6.8  10540  2.2  2571  1.5  1927
 CBS  5.3  8204  1.7  2062  1.0  1276
 ABC  6.2  9565  2.0  2427  1.3  1655
Wed
 NBC  6.6  10208  2.2  2685  1.5  1930
 CBS  5.1  7904  1.5  1738  0.9  1142
 ABC  6.4  9633  1.9  2328  1.2  1496
Thu
 NBC  6.5  10127  2.0  2383  1.3  1679
 CBS  5.2  7925  1.5  1800  1.0  1207
 ABC  6.1  8957  1.8  2158  1.1  1391
Fri
 NBC  5.6  8430  1.5  1759  0.9  1182
 CBS  4.4  6650  1.3  1546  0.7  905
 ABC  5.8  8674  1.7  2002  1.0  1309

 

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