Reporting From Normandy and With an Exclusive Interview With President Joe Biden, ‘World News Tonight With David Muir’ Is #1 Program on U.S. Television for the 18th Week This Season and the #1 Newscast in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54, Adults 18–49

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.034 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of June 3, 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 18 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 (7.034 million), Adults 25-54 (919,000) and Adults 18-49 (603,000). “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (5.467 million, 772,000 and 520,000, respectively) by 1.567 million Total Viewers, by 147,000 Adults 25-54 and by 83,000 Adults 18-49, respectively.

“World News Tonight” was the only evening newscast to originate from Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day where Muir also sat down exclusively with President Joe Biden.

For the 2nd week in a row, “World News Tonight” increased its Total Viewer lead over “NBC Nightly News” year to year by double-digits (+12% – 1.567 million vs. 1.403 million).

“World News Tonight” has won the last 288 of 289 weeks in Total Viewers, including the last 132 weeks and 216 of the last 218 in Adults 25-54.

Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.844 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” (6.551 million) by 1.293 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.749 million) by 3.095 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 (+129,000 – 1.096 million vs. 967,000) and in Adults 18-49 (+100,000 – 746,000 vs. 646,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (685,000 and 465,000, respectively) by 411,000 Adults 25-54 and by 281,000 Adults 18-49.

For the week, “World News Tonight” (7.034 million, 919,000 and 603,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.261 million, 580,000 and 404,000, respectively) by 2.773 million Total Viewers, by 339,000 Adults 25-54 and by 199,000 Adults 18-49.

NOTE: On Thursday (6/6/24), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC” due to ABC’s coverage of Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The retitled telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Wednesday and Friday).

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 3, 2024):

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	7,034,000	0.8/10; 919,000	0.5/9; 603,000	4.3/16
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	5,467,000	0.6/8; 772,000	0.4/7; 520,000	3.4/12
CBS EVENING NEWS	4,261,000	0.5/6; 580,000	0.3/6; 404,000	2.6/9

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 6/3/24), Previous Week (w/o 5/27/24) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 5/29/23). Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 6/9/24) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19/22 – 6/3/23). 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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