NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT is #1 across the board for the week of November 2-6, delivering its biggest total viewer and demo audiences in eight months (since the week of 3/2/15).
Week-to-week, Nightly posted the most growth among the network newscasts, increasing in total viewers (+6%, or +510,000), A25-54 viewers (+7%, or +144,000), and A18-49 viewers (+9%, or +130,000). Compared to the same week last season, Nightly widened its A25-54 demo lead over ABC by 825% (up from last year's +12,000 gap). Among younger viewers A18-49, Nightly has led ABC by at least 100,000 viewers for 12 straight weeks. The NBC broadcast has been #1 among total viewers for 20 straight weeks, 25 of the last 28 weeks, and 313 of the last 320 weeks. Season-to-date, Nightly is the #1 evening news program in total viewers and all key demographics. Weekly Highlights: Nightly averaged 9.016 million total viewers, outperforming ABC by +230,000 (+3%) and CBS by +1.449 million (+19%).Videos