"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT" won its 35th consecutive sweep among total viewers and also won sweeps across the board for May 2016. Nightly averaged 8 million total viewers for the time period, posting the biggest year-over-year increase among the evening newscasts (+3%). In the A25-54 demo, the NBC broadcast average 1.9 million viewers, leading ABC by +10% and CBS by +24%.
For the week of May 23, Nightly won the A25-54 demo, averaging 1.83 million viewers, outperforming ABC by +156,000 (+9%) and CBS by +366,000 (+25%). Nightly has now been #1 in the demo for 11 straight months and earned its biggest win over ABC since January 2016. Nightly also won the week among A18-49 viewers, averaging 1.3 million viewers, topping ABC by +9% and CBS by +32%. Nightly has now been #1 among A18-49 viewers for 13 consecutive months. Season to date, Nightly is the #1 evening news program in total viewers, A25-54 and A18-49 viewers. Nightly has ranked #1 in A25-54 and A18-49 for 44 consecutive weeks and 48 of the 49 weeks since Lester Holt officially became anchor. May 2016 Sweeps Highlights: Nightly averaged 7.948 million total viewers, +36,000 (+0.5%) more than ABC WORLD NEWS Tonight and +1.262 million (+19%) ahead of CBS Evening News.Videos