'Dateline' ranked as top news magazine for 2016

DATELINE ON NBC. The TV numbers are in and the news magazine comes out above the rest on Friday nights with NBC. Go below for official highlights.

• Dateline ranked as the #1 Friday news-magazine across the board in 2016.
• This marks Dateline’s first yearly wins over 20/20 among A18-49 and A25-54 since 2011.
• Dateline averaged 4.897 million total viewers, outperforming 20/20 by +362,000 (+8%).
• Dateline averaged 1.727 million A25-54 viewers, +168,000 (+11%) ahead of 20/20
• This marks a +476,000 viewer turnaround from a -308,000 A25-54 loss in 2015.
• Dateline averaged 1.281 million A18-49 viewers, +114,000 (+10%) more than 20/20.
• The A18-49 advantage represents a 405,000 viewer reversal of a -291,000 loss in 2015. 

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(Keith Morrison, Dennis Murphy, Andrea Canning, Josh Mankiewicz & Lester Holt. Variety photo)