NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT ranked #1 in the demo for the May 2017 sweep period, averaging 1.7 million A25-54 viewers, leading "ABC World News Tonight" by +177,000 viewers (+12%) and "CBS Evening News" by 411,000 viewers (+32%). Versus May 2016, Nightly News posted higher demo leads over both ABC (by +2%) and CBS (by +15%). The NBC News broadcast has finished #1 in the demo for eight consecutive sweep periods and 34 of the last 37 sweeps.
Among A18-49, Nightly News averaged 1.2 million viewers for the sweep period, topping
ABC by +178,000 (+17%) and
CBS by +331,000 (+37%). Nightly News has been #1 in A18-49 for eight straight sweeps and 38 of the last 39 sweeps. Year over year, Nightly News improved its A18-49 lead over
ABC by +85% (+178,000 vs. +96,000 in May 2016) and
CBS by +18% (+331,000 vs. +280,000 in May 2016).
Nightly News averaged 7.5 million total viewers for May sweep, leading
CBS EVENING NEWS by +1.4 million viewers (+24%). Nightly News improved its lead over
CBS by +14% from the May 2016 sweep.
May Sweep Highlights:
- Nightly News averaged 1.7 million A25-54 viewers, leading "ABC World News Tonight" by +177,000 (12%) and "CBS Evening News" by 411,000 (+32%).
- Nightly News has finished #1 in the demo for eight consecutive sweep periods and 34 of the last 37 sweeps.
- Nightly News averaged 1.2 million A18-49 viewers for the sweep period, topping ABC by +178,000 viewers (+17%) and CBS by +331,000 viewers (+37%).
- Nightly News has been #1 in A18-49 for eight straight sweeps and 38 of the last 39 sweeps.
- Nightly News averaged 7.5 million total viewers for May sweep, leading CBS EVENING NEWS by +1.4 million viewers (+24%).
May 2017 Sweep:
|
Total Viewers |
A25-54 Rating |
A25-54 Viewers |
A18-49 Rating |
A18-49 Viewers |
NBC |
7.526 |
1.43 |
1.714 |
0.96 |
1.236 |
CBS |
6.084 |
1.08 |
1.303 |
0.70 |
0.905 |
ABC |
7.550 |
1.28 |
1.537 |
0.82 |
1.058 |