‘NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt’ is the #3 Most-Watched Program of the Week

Continues to Close Gaps vs. ABC in Total Viewers & Key Demo By Double Digits, Including by Nearly 50% in A25-54

Marks Most Narrow A25-54 Gap vs. ABC since August

Week of December 30 Nightly Stats

*Lester Holt anchored Wednesday and Thursday following the New Orleans terror attack. Hallie Jackson anchored Monday and Tuesday, Tom Llamas anchored Friday. 

• Nightly News is #3 most-watched show of the week with 5.971 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication

• Nightly News continues to close gaps vs. ABC in total viewers and the key demo by digital digits in week-over-week and year-over-year measurements 

• Nightly News marks its most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC since August and its closest total viewer gap vs. the network since September

Week of December 30 Nightly Stats

• Averages 5.9 71million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.472 million (+33%)

• Week over week, Nightly News closes total viewership gap vs. ABC by 10%
• Year over year, Nightly News narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by 16%
• Marks the most narrow total viewership gap vs. ABC since September (9/9/24)
• Averages 842,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +204,000 (+32%)

• Week over week, Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 47%
• Year over year, Nightly News narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 32%
• Marks the most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC since August (8/5/24)

• Averages 565,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +138,000 (+33%)
• Across digital, Nightly News delivered 13.5 million video viewers and 1.3 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
• On YouTube, full episodes reached 541,000 views 

WEEK of DECEMBER 30, 2024-JANUARY 5, 2025

Program	P25-54	P18-49	P2+
	Imps	Imps	Imps
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	842	565	5,971
CBS EVENING NEWS	638	427	4,499
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	886	632	6,969

Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 12/30/2024-1/5/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.

Note: Wednesday was New Years Day. Nightly was based on a 3-day average (Mon & Thurs-Fri). ABC WNT was only titled one day (Thursday). CBS was based on a two-day average (Mon & Thurs).