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.[2][3] NBC Nightly News is produced from Studio 3B at NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City.
Since 2015, the weeknight broadcasts have been anchored by Lester Holt and the weekend editions have been anchored by various people. Previous anchors have included David Brinkley, John Chancellor, Tom Brokaw, and most recently Brian Williams.