The #1 Program on All of U.S. Television Is ‘World News Tonight With David Muir’, and the Newscast Is #1 Across the Board — in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54 and Adults 18–49 — Outdelivering NBC by 1.2 Million Viewers and CBS by 2.7 Million Viewers

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (6.976 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Sept. 2, 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 24 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 (6.976 million), Adults 25-54 (915,000) and Adults 18-49 (618,000). “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (5.763 million, 845,000 and 543,000, respectively) by 1.213 million Total Viewers, by 70,000 Adults 25-54 and by 75,000 Adults 18-49, respectively.
• “World News Tonight” widened its margins over “NBC Nightly News” compared to the year-ago week in Adults 25-54 (+4% – 70,000 vs. 67,000) and Adults 18-49 (+971% – 75,000 vs. 7,000).
• “World News Tonight” has won the last 299 of 302 weeks in Total Viewers and 227 of the last 232 in Adults 25-54.
• Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.732 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” (6.461 million) by 1.271 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.656 million) by 3.076 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 – 1.075 million vs. 959,000) and in Adults 18-49 (+82,000 – 733,000 vs. 651,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (664,000 and 450,000, respectively) by 411,000 Adults 25-54 and by 283,000 Adults 18-49.
• For the week, “World News Tonight” (6.976 million, 915,000 and 618,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.309 million, 599,000 and 383,000, respectively) by 2.667 million Total Viewers, by 316,000 Adults 25-54 and by 235,000 Adults 18-49.

NOTE: On Monday (9/2/24), “World News Tonight,” “CBS Evening News” and “NBC Nightly News” were all coded as specials due to the Labor Day holiday. On Thursday (9/5/24), “NBC Nightly News” was retitled to “NBC Nitely News” due to “NFL Thursday Special.” “NBC Nightly News” was also retitled to “NBC Nitely News” on Friday (9/6/24). The specialed and retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s and CBS’ weekly averages are based on four days (Tuesday-Friday), while NBC’s weekly averages are based on two days (Tuesday and Wednesday).

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. 2, 2024):

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	6,976,000	0.7/9; 915,000	0.5/9; 618,000	4.2/15
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	5,763,000	0.7/9; 845,000	0.4/8; 543,000	3.5/13
CBS EVENING NEWS	4,309,000	0.5/6; 599,000	0.3/5; 383,000	2.7/10

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 9/2/24), Previous Week (w/o 8/26/24) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 8/28/23). Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 9/8/24) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19/22 – 9/3/23). 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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