‘NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt’ Delivers Largest Audience Since August

Sunday’s NBC Nightly News is the #1 Show of the Week with over 10 Million Viewers

Increases Across-the-Board Viewership vs. Last Week

Ranks as Top 5 Most-Watched Show of the week 

Week of November 18 Ratings Highlights

  • Nightly News hits a 15-week high in total viewers (best since 8/5/24) and increases viewership in all key measurements vs. last week 
  • Nightly News is the #5 most-watched show of the week with 6.341 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication

Week of November 18 Ratings Stats

  • Averages 6. 341 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.661 million (+35%)
    • Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last week by +277,000
  • Averages 934,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +273,000 (+41%)
    • Nightly News increases A25-54 viewership by +78,000 vs. last week
  • Averages 635,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +193,000 (+43%)
    • Nightly News increases A18-49 vs. last week by +75,000

WEEK of NOVEMBER 18-24, 2024

Program P25-54 P18-49 P2+
Imps Imps Imps
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 934 635 6,341
CBS EVENING NEWS 661 442 4,680
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT 1,110 766 7,786
Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 11/18/2024-11/24/2024. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: ABC World News Tonight was based on a 3-day average (Tues-Thurs) due to retitling on Monday (Monday Night Football) and Friday (unknown reasons).

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