Tom Llamas has formally been behind the anchor desk of NBC Nightly Information for greater than a month, and the scores for his first full month as Lester Holt‘s substitute have been revealed.
For the month of June 2025, NBC Nightly Information averaged round 5.674 million viewers, which was down from the 5.708 million viewers that Holt averaged on the finish of his run. When Holt left the information program on the finish of Might, he was averaging 828,000 viewers within the 25 to 54 demo, and that quantity has additionally dipped beneath Llamas to 823,000.
NBC Nightly Information stays behind World Information Tonight With David Muir in scores. ABC’s nightly information present averaged 7.24 million viewers in Might, with that quantity rising to 7.308 million in June. Nevertheless, this system solely aired 17 occasions in June attributable to ABC airing the NBA playoffs, in comparison with NBC Nightly Information airing 23 occasions.
Llamas started his tenure because the host of Nightly Information on June 2 after Holt’s Might 26 exit. He beforehand labored for varied NBC associates, then headed over to ABC from 2014 to 2021 earlier than returning to NBC Information, the place he additionally hosts the NBC Information Now program Prime Story With Tom Llamas.
“Anchoring NBC Nightly Information is a profound honor and one which carries super duty,” Llamas stated in an announcement. “I sit up for working with the world class journalists at Nightly Information and Prime Story to deliver viewers a very powerful tales each night time. Lester Holt is a superb man and some of the trusted broadcasters of our time. Similar to Lester, I promise to be dedicated to our viewers and devoted to the reality.”
NBC Nightly Information With Tom Llamas, Weeknights, 6:30/5:30c, NBC