The #1 Newscast Across Broadcast and Cable Is ‘World News Tonight With David Muir,’ Ranking #1 Across the Board — in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54 and Adults 18–49

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast on all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (6.933 million), Adults 25-54 (967,000) and Adults 18-49 (636,000) during the week of Sept. 9, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

• “World News Tonight” was up over the previous week in Adults 25-54 (+6%/+52,000 – 967,000 vs. 915,000) and Adults 18-49 (+3%/+18,000 – 636,000 vs. 618,000).
• “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week in Adults 25-54 (+23% – 86,000 vs. 70,000).
• “World News Tonight” has won the last 300 of 303 weeks in Total Viewers and 228 of the last 233 in Adults 25-54.
• Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.726 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” (6.454 million) by 1.272 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.654 million) by 3.072 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 (+116,000 – 1.074 million vs. 958,000) and in Adults 18-49 (+82,000 – 732,000 vs. 650,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (665,000 and 450,000, respectively) by 116,000 Adults 25-54 and by 282,000 Adults 18-49.
• For the week, “World News Tonight” (6.933 million, 967,000 and 636,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.393 million, 659,000 and 428,000, respectively) by 2.540 million Total Viewers, by 308,000 Adults 25-54 and by 208,000 Adults 18-49.

NOTE: On Monday (9/9/24), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC” due to “Monday Night Football.” On Tuesday (9/10/24), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC,” “CBS Evening News” was retitled to “CBS Evening Nws,” and “NBC Nightly News” was retitled to “NBC Nitely News” due to the presidential debate. On Friday (9/13/24), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC” and “CBS Evening News” was retitled to “CBS Evening Nws.” The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s weekly averages are based on two days (Wednesday-Thursday), CBS’ weekly averages are based on three days (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday), and NBC’s weekly averages are based on four days (Monday and Wednesday-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 Sept. 9, 2024):

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	6,933,000	0.8/10; 967,000	0.5/9; 636,000	4.3/15
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	6,028,000	0.7/9; 881,000	0.4/8; 599,000	3.6/13
CBS EVENING NEWS	4,393,000	0.5/6; 659,000	0.3/6; 428,000	2.7/10

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 9/9/24), Previous Week (w/o 9/2/24) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 9/4/23). Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 9/15/24) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19/22 – 9/1023). 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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