NBC NIGHTLY NEWS Tops ABC By Nearly 1 M Viewers

"NBC Nightly News with BrIan Williams" was the most-watched network evening newscast for the week ending April 5, 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast averaged 8.375 million total viewers, +974,000 more than ABC "World News," and +1,961,000 more than CBS "Evening News."

"NBC Nightly News" Weekly Highlights:

Nightly drew its best total viewer delivery and A25-54 rating in four weeks (since week of 3/4/13).

Nightly delivered 8.375 million total viewers, +13% (+974,000) more than ABC World News' 7.401 million and +31% (+1,961,000) more than CBS Evening News' 6.414 million.

Nightly averaged a 5.6/11 Household rating, ahead of ABC's 5.1/11 and CBS' 4.3/8.
Nightly has won for 186 consecutive weeks in total viewers, and in 233 of the past 234 weeks among total viewers.

Nightly delivered a 1.9 A25-54 rating, +3 tenths ahead of ABC's 1.6 rating and +5 tenths more than CBS's 1.4 rating.

Among A25-54 (000), Nightly averaged 2.218 million viewers, (+327,000) viewers ahead of World News' 1.891 million and (+507,000) ahead of Evening News' 1.711 million.
Nightly has topped World News in A25-54 (000) for 228 consecutive weeks.

Season-to-Date Highlights:
Season-to-date, Nightly leads World News by +781,000 total viewers, and by +312,000 Adult 25-54 viewers (+2 tenths).

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