Press release - Ratings

July 23, 2024

With David Muir Reporting From Milwaukee at the Republican National Convention, ‘World News Tonight With David Muir’ Is #1 Newscast Across the Board — in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54 and Adults 18–49 — Outdelivering NBC by 1.4 Million Viewers and CBS By 2.9 Million Viewers

‘World News Tonight’ Stands as Only Evening Newscast To Post Week-to-Week Increases in All Key Target Demos, Extending Lead From Previous Week Over NBC by Double to Triple Digits

Season to Date, ‘World News Tonight’ Ranks #1 in Total Viewers for the 8th Year in a Row and #1 in Both Demos for 5th Year Straight

ABC News*

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast on all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (6.948 million), Adults 25-54 (973,000) and Adults 18-49 (667,000) during the week of July 15, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (5.506 million, 734,000 and 493,000, respectively) by 1.442 million Total Viewers, by 239,000 Adults 25-54 and by 174,000 Adults 18-49, respectively.

“World News Tonight” originated broadcasts with anchor and managing editor David Muir reporting from Milwaukee at the Republican National Convention Monday, July 15, to Thursday, July 18.

  • “World News Tonight” stood as the only evening newscast to post week-to-week increases in Total Viewers (+1%/+59,000 – 6.948 million vs. 6.899 million), Adults 25-54 (+7%/+64,000 – 973,000 vs. 909,000) and Adults 18-49 (+7%/+45,000 – 667,000 vs. 622,000).
  • “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week by double to triple digits in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+29% – 1.442 million vs. 1.119 million), Adults 25-54 (+68% – 239,000 vs. 142,000) and Adults 18-49 (+107% – 174,000 vs. 84,000).
  • “World News Tonight” has won the last 294 of 295 weeks in Total Viewers, including the last 138 weeks and 222 of the last 225 in Adults 25-54.
  • Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.781 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” (6.453 million) by 1.328 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.691 million) by 3.090 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 (+142,000 – 1.085 million vs. 943,000) and in Adults 18-49 (+107,000 – 739,000 vs. 632,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (672,000 and 456,000, respectively) by 413,000 Adults 25-54 and by 283,000 Adults 18-49.
  • For the week, “World News Tonight” (6.948 million, 973,000 and 667,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.021 million, 549,000 and 353,000, respectively) by 2.927 million Total Viewers, by 424,000 Adults 25-54 and by 314,000 Adults 18-49.

NOTE: On Wednesday (7/17/24) and Thursday (7/18/24), “NBC Nightly News” was retitled to “NBC Nitely News.” On Friday (7/19/24), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC.” The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Thursday), and NBC’s weekly averages are based on three days (Monday-Tuesday 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 July 15, 2024):

TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 ADULTS 18-49 HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT 6,948,000               0.8/10; 973,000 0.5/9; 667,000  4.2/15
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 5,506,000              0.6/8; 734,000 0.4/7; 493,000 3.4/12
CBS EVENING NEWS 4,021,000 0.5/6; 549,000 0.3/5; 353,000 2.5/ 9

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 7/8/24), Previous Week (w/o 7/1/24) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 7/3/23). Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 7/14/24) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19/22 – 7/9/23). 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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ABC News Media Relations
Brooks Lancaster
brooks.lancaster@abc.com

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