Tom Llamas’ ‘NBC Nightly News’ Ratings Revealed for Week 2: Did He Improve?

Alyssa Norwin
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Tom Llamas on NBC Nightly News
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Tom Llamas got off to a lukewarm start in his first week as Lester Holt‘s replacement on NBC Nightly News, but he saw some improvement during Week 2. The ratings are officially in for the week of June 9, and Llamas had higher numbers than before, although he still fell short to ABC’s David Muir.

NBC Nightly News averaged 5.663 million total viewers, up from the previous week of 5.449 million viewers. This put them up +4% in total viewers. Their numbers in the adults 25-54 demo increased 9%, up to 844,000 from 771,000.

This put them in second place, falling behind ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir, which averaged 7.248 million total viewers in the second week of June. Like NBC, ABC had a +4% increase in total viewers. They were up 10% in the target 25-54 range, scoring 1 million viewers in the demo.

Meanwhile, CBS Evening News finished the week averaging 4.159 million total viewers and 547,000 viewers in the adults 25-54 demo. This brought them up 7% for total viewers and up 6% for viewers in demo compared to the first week of the month.

Holt hosted NBC Nightly News for 10 years before departing the program at the end of May. Llamas was confirmed as the longtime anchor’s replacement in March. He started the job on June 2.

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“Anchoring NBC Nightly News is a profound honor and one that carries tremendous responsibility,” Llamas said in a statement. “I look forward to working with the world class journalists at Nightly News and Top Story to bring viewers the most important stories every night. Lester Holt is a great man and one of the most trusted broadcasters of our time. Just like Lester, I promise to be devoted to our viewers and dedicated to the truth.”

Llamas has been working in newsrooms since he was just 15 years old and interned at Telemundo in Miami. He has since worked for various NBC affiliates, then had a tenure at ABC News from 2014 to 2021. He returned to NBC News that same year. In addition to hosting NBC Nightly News, Llamas also hosts Top Story With Tom Llamas on NBC News Now.

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    OrangeStrawberry

    I do like and watch Tom Llamas. He is a great choice to replace Lester Holt.

    Tom is a wonderful newsman👍⭐️⭐️

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    RedCupcake

    He is fine. Reminds me of Lester. Hated to see Lester leave

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    BlueChefHat

    I think that he's doing great, give him time to find his own groove

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    PurplePizza

    I like Tom Llamas. Honestly, it’s not the person reading the script, it’s the ones writing the news script and adding their adjectives and opinions. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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    OrangeAirBalloon

    Part of our routine was to watch NBC Nightly News the next morning on Peacock. Now it is completely gone!? WHY would NBC stop streaming a show that has been a daily part of so many Americans and others across the world?

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      RedElephant

      Go to YouTube and watch it. It’s there about nine clock in the evening every day.

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    GreenPalmtree

    I really like him! I think he is the right person to replace Lester Holt!

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    GreenCloud

    I think Tom Llamas is great for the job, replacing Lester.Tom is straight forward with questions and doesn't miss a thing. I love watching him perform the news!!

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    RedCloud

    One would think Tom Llamas had some kind of pressing engagement each evening after reading the nightly news on NBC. While Lester Holt exhibited some gravitas, Llamas speaks so rapidly that he undercuts any seriousness this viewer hoped he would bring to his news delivery. It seems that every story merits the same consideration because all are delivered in his breathless rendition. Slow down Tom. You are losing this viewer, and I suspect many more.

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    OliveSailboat

    We like him very much.

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    BlueTooth

    At his height, Walter Cronkite had twice as many viewers than all network news shows combined today. The “CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite” reached nearly 30 million viewers every night when the US population was 200 million. That’s more than the audience for all three network news broadcasts today (14 percent), and now the US population is more than 320 million. Back in the peak, the combined CBS, NBC, and ABC nightly newscasts reached about 70 million viewers, more than 30 percent of the nation’s population.

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    BluePaw

    Tom Llamas will do fine. Lester holt fell short to ABC’s David Muir his entire time at NBC.

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    BlueCone

    The Google app has been hacked! NBC NIGHTLY NEWS IS AN APP THAT I SELECTED. SUDDENLY, I HAVE BEEN UNSUBSCRIBED, AND NBC NIGHTLY NEWS DOES NOT SHOW UP IN MY FEED AS IT DID. BUT SUDDENLY, ABC NEWS STARTED SHOWING UP. I NEVER SUBSCRIBED TO ABC NIGHTLY NEWS. IN ADDITION, HACKERS HAVE SOMEHOW, REMOVED, AND HACKED MY ACCOUNTS AND DEVICES-REMOTELY. HMMM, I NO LONGER HAVE AT&T, WHO IS A PROJECT 2025 SUPPORTER, AS MY SERVICE PROVIDER. SOMEHOW, THEY MAY BE INVOLVED.

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    GoldBlowdryer

    I think his show is awful and degrading to the American people. More of the same main stream media biased opinions.

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