NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

TV Show

NBC Nightly News (titled as NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt for its weeknight broadcasts since June 22, 2015) is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News, the news division of the NBC television network in the United States. First aired on August 3, 1970, the program is currently the most watched network newscast in the United States, with an average of 9.3 million viewers, just a few thousand more than its nearest rival, ABC's World News Tonight. NBC Nightly News is produced from Studio 3C at NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City. Select Los Angeles-based editions broadcast from The Brokaw News Center in Universal City, California, or when broadcasting from Washington, D.C., either from the NBC News bureau based at WRC-TV in the Tenleytown neighborhood, or NBC's secondary studio overlooking Capitol Hill.

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Also known as	Weekdays: NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2015–present) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Genre	News program +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Created by	Reuven Frank +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Based on	based on +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Developed by	developed by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Written by	written by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Screenplay by	screenplay by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Story by	story by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Directed by	directed by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Creative director	creative director +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Presented by	Weekdays: Lester Holt (2015–present) Saturdays: Jose Diaz-Balart (2016–present) Sundays: Kate Snow (2015–present) (for former anchors, see section) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Starring	starring +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Judges	judges +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Voices of	voices of +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Narrated by	Bill Hanrahan Howard Reig Michael Douglas Bill Wolff +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Music by	music by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Theme music composer	Fred Weinberg Productions (1977) Henry Mancini (1977–1982) Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe & Bob Christianson (1982–1985) John Williams (1985–present) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Opening theme	"The Mission" (1985–present) (for past themes, see section) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Ending theme	Same as opening +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Composer	John Williams +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Country of origin	United States +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Original language	English +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
No. of seasons	49 +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
No. of episodes	no. of episodes +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

PRODUCTION

Executive producer	executive producer +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Producer	producer +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
News editor	news editor +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Production location	production location +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Cinematography	cinematography +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Animator	animator +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Editor	editor +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Camera setup	Multi-camera +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Running time	30 minutes +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Production company	NBC News +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Distributor	distributor +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Budget	budget +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

RELEASE

Original network	NBC +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Picture format	480i (SDTV) (1970-2007) 1080i (HDTV) (2007-present) +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Audio format	audio format +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
First shown in	first shown in +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Original release	August 3, 1970 (1970-08-03) – present +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

CHRONOLOGY

Preceded by	Huntley-Brinkley Report +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Followed by	followed by +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Related shows	ABC World News Tonight CBS Evening News +info/source this text will appear in brackets e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

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