WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS AMERICA’S #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL BROADCAST AND CABLE – WITH LARGEST LEAD OVER NBC IN 2 MONTHS — OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.6 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.8 MILLION, AND IS THE ONLY NEWSCAST TO GROW WEEK TO WEEK AND YEAR TO YEAR ACROSS THE BOARD

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.299 million), Adults 25-54 (1.236 million) and Adults 18-49 (871,000) during the week of Feb. 10, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

• “World News Tonight” beat “NBC Nightly News” (6.742 million, 1.013 million and 677,000, respectively) by 1.557 million Total Viewers, by 223,000 Adults 25-54 and by 194,000 Adults 18-49.
• “World News Tonight” grew its margins over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week in Total Viewers (+5% – 1.557 million vs. 1.485 million), Adults 25-54 (+32% – 223,000 vs. 169,000) and Adults 18-49 (+66% – 194,000 vs. 117,000), seeing its largest overall viewer lead in 2 months — since w/o 12/2/24.
• “World News Tonight” widened its lead over “NBC Nightly News” on the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+28% – 1.557 million vs. 1.214 million) and Adults 18-49 (+17% – 194,000 vs. 166,000).
• “World News Tonight” stood as the No. 2 program of the week in Total Viewers (8.299 million) on all of broadcast and cable.
• “World News Tonight” improved on the previous week in Total Viewers (+1%/+105,000 – 8.299 million vs. 8.194 million), Adults 25-54 (+5%/+64,000 – 1.236 million vs. 1.172 million) and Adults 18-49 (+10%/+76,000 – 871,000 vs. 795,000). “World News Tonight” hit 5-week highs in both key Adult demos (since w/o 1/6/25) and posted its 2nd-best numbers of the season. Further, “World News Tonight” stood as the only evening newscast to grow across the board.
• For the second week in a row, “World News Tonight” saw year-to-year gains in Total Viewers (+3%/+273,000 – 8.299 million vs. 8.026 million), Adults 25-54 (+6%/+69,000 – 1.236 million vs. 1.167 million) and Adults 18-49 (+10%/+79,000 – 871,000 vs. 792,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” was the only evening newscast to be up on the year-ago week in all key target demos.
• For the week, “World News Tonight” (8.299 million, 1.236 million and 871,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.471 million, 634,000 and 430,000, respectively) by 3.828 million Total Viewers, by 602,000 Adults 25-54 and by 441,000 Adults 18-49.
• Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.909 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” (6.342 million) by 1.567 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.655 million) by 3.254 million. In fact, “World News Tonight” is growing its Total Viewer lead over NBC compared to the same point last season (+34% – 1.567 million vs. 1.172 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. “World News Tonight” (1.134 million and 782,000, respectively) is leading NBC (943,000 and 632,000, respectively), increasing its margins from the same point last season by triple digits in Adults 25-54 (+173% – 191,000 vs. 70,000) and Adults 18-49 (+142% – 150,000 vs. 62,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (679,000 and 453,000, respectively) by 455,000 Adults 25-54 and by 329,000 Adults 18-49.

NOTE: On Friday (2/14/25), “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. 10, 2025):

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	8,299,000	1.0/12; 1,236,000	0.6/11; 871,000	4.9/16
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	6,742,000	0.8/10; 1,013,000	0.5/9; 677,000	4.0/14
CBS EVENING NEWS	4,471,000	0.5/6; 634,000	0.3 /5; 430,000	2.7/ 9

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 2/10/25), Previous Week (w/o 2/3/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 2/12/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 2/16/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 2/18/24). 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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