GROWING FOR THE 5TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK YEAR TO YEAR AND WITH NEARLY 8 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IN ALL KEY DEMOS, LEADING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.6 MILLION

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.917 million), Adults 25-54 (1.074 million) and Adults 18-49 (754,000) during the week of Feb. 24, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

• “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.371 million, 940,000 and 633,000, respectively) by 1.546 million Total Viewers, by 134,000 Adults 25-54 and by 121,000 Adults 18-49.
• “World News Tonight” widened its Adults 25-54 advantage over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week by 4% (134,000 vs. 129,000).
• “World News Tonight” increased its Total Viewer margin over “NBC Nightly News” year to year (+23% – 1.546 million vs. 1.261 million).
• For the fifth consecutive week, “World News Tonight” was up on the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+1%/+87,000 – 7.917 million vs. 7.830 million). “World News Tonight” stood as the only evening newscast to grow its Total Viewer audience year to year.
• “World News Tonight” stood as the No. 2 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.917 million) on all of broadcast and cable.
• For the week, “World News Tonight” (7.917 million, 1.074 million and 754,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (4.279 million, 643,000 and 424,000, respectively) by 3.638 million Total Viewers, by 431,000 Adults 25-54 and by 330,000 Adults 18-49.
• Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.951 million) is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 9th consecutive year, based on Most Current Data. “World News Tonight” is leading “NBC Nightly News” (6.364 million) by 1.587 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.639 million) by 3.312 million. In fact, “World News Tonight” is growing its Total Viewer lead over NBC compared to the same point last season (+35% – 1.587 million vs. 1.178 million) to its largest in 30 years — since the 1994-1995 season.
• “World News Tonight” is ranking No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 6th straight season. The ABC newscast is the only evening newscast to improve over the same point last season in Adults 25-54 (+1% – 1.136 million vs. 1.130 million) and Adults 18-49 (+1% – 785,000 vs. 777,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” (1.136 million and 785,000, respectively) is leading NBC (947,000 and 634,000, respectively), increasing its margins from the same point last season by triple digits in Adults 25-54 (+142% – 189,000 vs. 78,000) and Adults 18-49 (+132% – 151,000 vs. 65,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (676,000 and 451,000, respectively) by 460,000 Adults 25-54 and by 334,000 Adults 18-49.

NOTE: On Friday (2/28/25), “CBS Evening News” was retitled to “CBS Evening Nws.” The retitled telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. CBS’ weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Thursday).

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

EVENING NEWS (Week of Feb. 24, 2025)

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	7,917000	09/11; 1,074,000	0.6/11; 754,000	4.7/17
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	6,371,000	0.8/10; 940,000	0.5/9; 633,000	3.7/13
CBS EVENING NEWS	4,279,000	0.5/7; 643,000	0.3 /6; 424,000	2.6/ 9

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 2/24/25), Previous Week (w/o 2/17/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 2/26/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 3/2/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 3/3/24). 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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