NBC Nightly News Widens Lead Over ABC

NBC Nightly News with BrIan Williams" was the most-watched network evening newscast for the week ending May 10, 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast averaged 8.169 million total viewers, +700,000 more than ABC "World News," and +1,757,000 more than CBS "Evening News."

"NBC Nightly News" Weekly Highlights:

Nightly delivered 8.169 million total viewers, +9% (+700,000) more than ABC World News' 7.469 million and +27% (+1,757,000) more than CBS Evening News' 6.412 million.
Nightly averaged a 5.6/11 Household rating, ahead of ABC's 5.1/11 and CBS' 4.4/9.
Nightly has won for 191 consecutive weeks in total viewers, and in 238 of the past 239 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 2.200 million viewers, (+256,000) viewers ahead of World News' 1.944 million and (+578,000) ahead of Evening News' 1.622 million.
Nightly has topped World News in A25-54 (000) for 233 consecutive weeks.

Season-to-Date Highlights:
Season-to-date, Nightly leads World News by +788,000 total viewers, and by +322,000 Adult 25-54 viewers (+2 tenths).

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