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The Best Seasons of NBC Nightly News

Every season of NBC Nightly News ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of NBC Nightly News!

NBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News, the news division of the NBC television network in the United States, and is the #1-rated newscast in America. NBC Nightly

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#1

Season 1

1 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 1970

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#2

Season 2

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1971

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#3

Season 3

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1972

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#4

Season 4

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1973

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#5

Season 5

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1974

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#6

Season 6

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1975

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#7

Season 7

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1976

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#8

Season 8

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1977

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#9

Season 9

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1978

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#10

Season 10

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1979

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#11

Season 11

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1980

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#12

Season 12

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1981

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#13

Season 13

2 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1982

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#14

Season 14

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1983

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#15

Season 15

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1984

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#16

Season 16

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1985

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#17

Season 17

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1986

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#18

Season 18

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1987

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#19

Season 19

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1988

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#20

Season 20

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1989

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#21

Season 21

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1990

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#22

Season 22

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1991

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#23

Season 23

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1992

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#24

Season 24

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1993

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#25

Season 25

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1994

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#26

Season 26

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1995

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#27

Season 27

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1996

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#28

Season 28

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1997

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#29

Season 29

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1998

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#30

Season 30

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1999

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#31

Season 31

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2000

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#32

Season 32

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2001

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#33

Season 33

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2002

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#34

Season 34

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2003

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#35

Season 35

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2004

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#36

Season 36

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2005

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#37

Season 37

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2005

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#38

Season 38

43 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2007

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#39

Season 39

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2008

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#40

Season 40

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2009

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#41

Season 41

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2010

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#42

Season 42

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2011

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#43

Season 43

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2012

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#44

Season 44

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2013

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#45

Season 45

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2014

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#46

Season 46

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2015

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#47

Season 47

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2016

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#48

Season 48

48 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2017

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#49

Season 49

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2018

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#50

Season 50

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2019

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#51

Season 51

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2020

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#52

Season 52

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2021

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#53

Season 53

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2022

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#54

Season 54

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2023

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#55

Season 55

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2024

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#56

Season 56

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2025

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#57

Season 57

1 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2026

N/A/ 10
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