ABC World News Tonight has generally led in overall viewership among the major U.S. evening newscasts in recent years, with regular reports noting ABC as the top-rated program in total viewers across multiple weeks and quarters. For the most precise, up-to-date weekly or quarterly ratings (including total viewers and adults 25-54), Nielsen data releases and trade press coverage from outlets like Deadline, Yahoo Entertainment, and Media Life Magazine are the standard sources. If you’d like, I can pull the latest published numbers and summarize them with sources.
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ABC's World News Tonight showed ratings growth in the first quarter of 2025, delivering an average of 8.13 million viewers, while its broadcast network rivals saw year-over-year erosion. The…
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www.imdb.comLatest Nielsen ratings of ABC World News Tonight with David Muir television program on ABC.
ustvdb.comThe latest evening news ratings show that ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir remained the most-watched evening newscast overall for the week of February 9. NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas saw the only increase in both total viewers and the key Adults 25-54 demographic, while CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil trailed its competition with declining viewership numbers.
nationaltoday.comFOR 35TH CONSECUTIVE QUARTER, ABC’S ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA — BEATING NBC IN 4TH QUARTER BY MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION VIEWERS — AND IS #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49
www.detpress.comNBC Nightly News delivered double-digit year-over-year growth among Adults 25-54
anchornews.substack.com“NBC Nightly News” was a close second for the week with 8.36 million viewers. “CBS Evening News” finished third with 6.81 million. Season to date “World News” has averaged 8.757 million total viewers, just 3,000 ahead of NBC’s 8.754 million. It’s the first time ABC has led among total viewers at this point in the season since 1995-96. “World News” is up 6 percent versus last year, the only newscast to show year-to-year gains. Among viewers 25-54, “NBC Nightly News” was first for the week with...
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