Lester Holt gives NBC Nightly News another win, and its most-watched week since March. The NBC broadcast also showed the most growth in the A25-54 demo, up +5 percent vs. the same week last year, while CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley was up the most in total viewers: +9 percent. ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir was up in viewers (+4 percent) but down in the demo (-5 percent).
Because of preemptions due to Thursday Night Football, CBS’s average is based on four days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
Numbers for the week of Sept. 28, 2015:
| NBC | ABC | CBS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • Total Viewers: | 8,607,000 | 8,473,000 | 7,229,000 |
| • A25-54: | 2,040,000 | 1,960,000 | 1,640,000 |