‘NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt’ Increases Total Viewership vs. Last Week

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

Ranks as #4 Most-Watched Program of the Week

Week of December 2 Ratings Highlights

  • Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last week by +116,000
  • Nightly News is the #4 most-watched show of the week with 6.339 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication

Week of December 2 Nightly Stats

  • Averages 6.339 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.670 million (+36%)
  • Increases viewership vs. last week by +116,000
  • Averages 929,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +233,000 (+34%)
  • Averages 611,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +147,000 (+32%)
  • Across digital, Nightly News delivered 10.4 million video viewers and .21 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
  • On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 658,000 views and 530,000 viewers

WEEK of DECEMBER 2-8, 2024

Program P25-54 P18-49 P2+
Imps Imps Imps
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 929 611 6,339
CBS EVENING NEWS 696 464 4,669
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT 1,078 734 7,896

Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 12/2/2024-12/8/2024. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: All three programs were based on 4-day averages due to retitling on Friday.

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