Brian Williams wins inauguration week, extends his first-place run

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“NBC Nightly News” scored more than 10 million viewers for the second week in a row, extending the first-place run of the Brian Williams-anchored broadcast.

Williams drew the biggest audience again last week for the 15th week in a row, commanding an average of 10.13 million viewers at a time when President Barack Obama’s inauguration dominated the news.

ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” placed second with 9.17 million viewers, the only network evening newscast to gain viewers from the previous week. “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” placed third with 7.09 million viewers.

Since the season began in late September, NBC has expanded its lead over ABC, increasing its audience by 2% compared with the same period last season, while “World News” had dropped 2%. CBS’ viewership is flat.

-- Matea Gold