Nightly News Holds Firm at the Top

NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams was the most watched network evening newscast for the week of July 19 –25, 2010, according to Nielsen Media Research data. During the week, Nightly saw 7.369 million total viewers, +357,000 more than ABC World News,’ 7.012 million and +2.361 million more than CBS Evening News’ 5.008 million. Season-to-date, Nightly leads World News by +1.042 million total viewers.

Last week, Nightly also led in the key demo adults 25-54.  Nightly delivered a 1.8 rating A25-54, ahead of World News’ 1.5 and Evening News’ 1.2. With 2.209 million A25-54 (000) viewers last week, the newscast beat World News by +286,000 viewers. Season-to-date, Nightly leads World News by +438,000 A25-54 viewers. This is the 87th consecutive week Nightly has topped World News in this key demo.

As the number one network broadcast last week, Nightly News delivered a 4.9/11 Household rating, with World News in second place with a 4.8/10, and Evening News in third with a 3.5/7.

On its digital platforms, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams continued its strong performance with more than 4.7 million online streams for the week ending July 24, 2010. This is one of the top ten weeks in overall performance in online video streams for Nightly News.

Bob Epstein is the executive producer of NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Aurelia Grayson is the senior broadcast producer.