ABC News’ Special ‘President Biden – the Decision: Address to the Nation,’ Anchored by David Muir, Is the No. 1 Primetime Program on All of U.S. Television Across the Board With 5.9 Million Viewers, Outdelivering NBC by 2.2 Million Viewers and CBS By

ABC News’ special “President Biden – The Decision: Address to the Nation” (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) anchored by David Muir stood as the No. 1 program in primetime on broadcast and cable on Wednesday in all key target demos: Total Viewers (5.877 million), Adults 25-54 (1.181 million) and Adults 18-49 (909,000), based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

• ABC News towered over the NBC News special “President Biden Speech Election” (3.717 million, 708,000 and 520,000, respectively, 8:00-8:19 p.m. EDT) by double digits in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+58%), Adults 25-54 (+67%) and Adults 18-49 (+75%).
• ABC News outperformed the CBS News special “President Biden Address” (3.386 million, 731,000 and 567,000, respectively, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT) also by double digits across the board: Total Viewers (+74%), Adults 25-54 (+62%) and Adults 18-49 (+60%).
• ABC outdelivered the Fox special “Biden Oval Office – Decision to Drop 2024 Race” (1.616 million, 482,000 and 357,000, respectively, 8:00-8:14 p.m. EDT) by triple digits in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+264%), Adults 25-54 (145%) and Adults 18-49 (+155%).

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings, 7/24/24.

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