For 20th Week This Season, ‘World News Tonight With David Muir’ Is #1 Program on U.S. Television, and the Newscast Is #1 in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54, Adults 18–49, Outdelivering NBC by 1.4 Million Total Viewers, and CBS by 2.8 Million Total Viewer

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.147 million) and Adults 25-54 (956,000) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) for the 2nd week in a row during the week of June 17, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” has been the No. 1 most-watched program on television for 20 weeks this season (with and without sports).

• “World News Tonight” ranked as the No. 1 newscast on all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.147 million), Adults 25-54 (956,000) and Adults 18-49 (684,000). “World News Tonight” beat “NBC Nightly News” (5.727 million, 739,000 and 499,000, respectively) by 1.420 million Total Viewers, by 217,000 Adults 25-54 and by 185,000 Adults 18-49,
• “World News Tonight” widened its margins over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week by double digits in Adults 25-54 (+11% – 217,000 vs. 196,000) and Adults 18-49 (+28% – 185,000 vs. 144,000).
• For the 4th week running, “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” year to year in Total Viewers (+13% – 1.420 million vs. 1.260 million).
• “World News Tonight” has won the last 290 of 291 weeks in Total Viewers, including the last 134 weeks and 217 of the last 220 in Adults 25-54.
• Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.834 million) is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 8th straight year based on Most Current Data. “World News Tonight” is leading “NBC Nightly News” (6.514 million) by 1.320 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.732 million) by 3.102 million.
• “World News Tonight” is ranking No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 5th consecutive season. “World News Tonight” is leading NBC in Adults 25-54 (+136,000 – 1.094 million vs. 958,000) and in Adults 18-49 (+105,000 – 745,000 vs. 640,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (680,000 and 462,000, respectively) by 414,000 Adults 25-54 and by 283,000 Adults 18-49.
• For the week, “World News Tonight” (7.147 million, 956,000 and 684,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.340 million, 616,000 and 414,000, respectively) by 2.807 million Total Viewers, by 340,000 Adults 25-54 and by 270,000 Adults 18-49.

NOTE: “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC” on Monday (6/17/24) due to ABC’s coverage of Game 5 of the NBA Finals and on Tuesday (6/18/24) and Friday (6/21/24) due to Game 5 and Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals, respectively. The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s weekly averages are based on two days (Wednesday and Thursday).

ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir” airs 6:30-7:00 p.m. EDT on ABC. Almin Karamehmedovic is the senior executive producer of the broadcast.

EVENING NEWS (Week of June 17, 2024):

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	7,147,000	0.8/10; 956,000	0.5/10; 684,000	4.4/16
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	5,727,000	0.6/8; 739,000	0.4/7; 499,000	3.6/13
CBS EVENING NEWS	4,340,000	0.5/6; 616,000	0.3/6; 414,000	2.6/10

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 6/17/24), Previous Week (w/o 6/10/24) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 6/12/23). Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 6/23/24) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19/22 – 6/18/23). Nielsen ratings for ABC, NBC and CBS include additional airings in select markets. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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