For the first full week of 2011, “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” had a nearly 1.5 million Total Viewer lead on its closest competitor, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer,” while Sawyer led the “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” by more than 2 million Total Viewers.
The combined average for the three newscasts last week was 24,660,000, that’s down from a combined 27,240,000 during the same week last year.
Numbers for the week of Jan. 3:
| NBC | ABC | CBS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • Total Viewers: | 9,910,000 | 8,420,000 | 6,330,000 |
| • A25-54: | 2,910,000 | 2,300,000 | 1,920,000 |