Nightly News Is Only Evening Newscast To Grow Its Total Audience from the Same Week Last Year 

The NBC News Broadcast Delivered Best Demo Lead Over ABC in Three Weeks

Nightly News Ranks #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 76 of the last 77 Weeks

NEW YORK (January 18, 2017) – “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” ranked #1 across the board for the week of January 9, averaging 9.58 million total viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by +376,000 viewers (+4%)  and “CBS Evening News” by 1.96 million viewers (+26%). Compared to the same week last season, Nightly News was the only evening newscast to grow its total audience (+184,000 viewers, or +2%) while doubling its advantage over ABC (+376,000 vs. +130,000).

Nightly News continues its dominance in the demo, averaging 2.31 million A25-54 viewers for the week, leading ABC by +291,000 (+14%) and CBS by +571,000 (+33%). The NBC broadcast delivered its best demo lead over ABC in three weeks. Compared to the same week last season, Nightly News increased its leads over both ABC (by 28%) and CBS (by 15%).

Among A18-49, Nightly News averaged 1.68 million viewers for the week, topping ABC by +282,000 (+20%) and CBS by + 489,000 (+44%). The NBC News broadcast has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 76 of the last 77 weeks.

This week, Lester Holt is traveling “Across America” on the road to the Inauguration, talking with Americans about the nation’s most pressing issues and their hopes for the next four years. On Friday, Holt leads NBC News’ all-day inauguration coverage, including a special one-hour edition of “NBC Nightly News.”

Weekly Highlights:

• Nightly News ranked #1 across the board, averaging 9.584 million total viewers, leading “ABC World News Tonight” by +376,000 (+4%) viewers and “CBS Evening News” by 1.955 million viewers (+26%).
• Compared to the same week last season, Nightly was the only evening newscast to grow its total audience (+184,000, +2%) while more than doubling its advantage over ABC (+376,000 vs. +130,000).
• Nightly News averaged 2.306 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming ABC by +291,000 (+14%) and CBS by +571,000 (+33%).
• Nightly News has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 76 of the past 77 weeks.
• Compared to the same week last season, Nightly News’s A25-54 lead versus ABC was up +28% (+291,000 vs. +228,000 last year).
• Nightly News averaged 1.680 million A18-49 viewers, topping ABC by +282,000 (+20%) and CBS by +489,000 (+44%).

Season Highlights:

• Nightly News is having its best A25-54 advantages to start a season over ABC and CBS in three years (2013-14).
• Versus last season, Nightly News has increased its A25-54 lead over ABC by 35% (+263,000 vs +195,000 last year).

Week of January 9 – January 13, 2016:

	Total Viewers	A25-54 Rating	A25-54 Viewers	A18-49 Rating	A18-49 Viewers
NBC	9.584	1.92	2.306	1.31	1.680
CBS	7.629	1.44	1.735	0.93	1.191
ABC	9.208	1.68	2.015	1.09	1.398

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