Nightly News Remains America's Most Watched Evening Newscast

NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams was the most watched network evening newscast for the week of August 9 – August 15, 2010, according to Nielsen Media Research data. During the week, "Nightly" saw 7.542 million total viewers, +733,000 more than ABC "World News,’" 6.809 million and +2.287 million more than CBS "Evening News’ 5.255 million. Ann Curry anchored Nightly News last week. Season-to-date, Nightly leads World News by +1.011 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’ 1.4 and Evening News’ 1.3. With 2.261 million A25-54 (000) viewers last week, the newscast beat World News by +491,000 viewers, the best advantage since the week of February 22, 2010 (Vancouver Olympics). Season-to-date, Nightly leads World News by +432,000 A25-54 viewers. This is the 90th consecutive week Nightly has topped World News in this key demo.

As the number one network broadcast last week, Nightly News delivered a 5.0/11 Household rating, with World News in second place with a 4.6/10, and Evening News in third with a 3.5/8.

On its digital platforms, "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" continued its strong performance with more than 3.7 million online streams for the week ending August 14, 2010.

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