“NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams continued to surpass ABC’s World News Tonight and CBS’ Evening News during this busy news cycle after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita,” NBC says. “For the week of September 19 – 23, 2005, the Williams-led newscast was No. 1 in total viewers, homes and among the key demographic adults 25-54. For the week, “Nightly News” averaged 9.594 million total viewers, 8% (+731,000) more than ABC’s 8.863 million, and 33% (+2,405,000) more than CBS “Evening News'” 7.189 million.”
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