Press release - Ratings

February 11, 2025

WITH NEARLY 8.2 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS #1 NEWSCAST ON ALL OF TELEVISION, RANKING #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 — AND IS THE ONLY EVENING NEWSCAST TO GROW YEAR TO YEAR ACROSS THE BOARD

‘World News Tonight’ Is Only Evening Newscast To Improve Week to Week in Key Adult Demos, Outperforming NBC by Nearly 1.5 Million Viewers and CBS by 3.6 Million Viewers

‘World News Tonight’ Ranks #1 in Total Viewers for the 9th Consecutive Year, Delivering Largest Lead Over NBC in 30 Years, and Is #1 in Both Adult Demos for 6th Year Straight, Widening Its Margins By Triple Digits Over NBC Season to Date

 

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“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the evening’s No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.194 million), Adults 25-54 (1.172 million) and Adults 18-49 (795,000) during the week of Feb. 3, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

  • “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (6.709 million, 1.003 million and 678,000, respectively) by 1.485 million Total Viewers, by 169,000 Adults 25-54 and by 117,000 Adults 18-49.
  • “World News Tonight” widened its gaps week to week over “NBC Nightly News” in Total Viewers (+8% – 1.485 million vs. 1.378 million), Adults 25-54 (+284% – 169,000 vs. 44,000) and Adults 18-49 (+290% – 117,000 vs. 30,000).
  • “World News Tonight” grew its margins year to year over “NBC Nightly News” in Total Viewers (+9% – 1.485 million vs. 1.360 million), Adults 25-54 (+101% – 169,000 vs. 84,000) and Adults 18-49 (+102% – 117,000 vs. 58,000).
  • “World News Tonight” saw increases on the previous week in Adults 25-54 (+3%/+35,000 – 1.172 million vs. 1.137 million) and Adults 18-49 (+4%/+34,000 – 795,000 vs. 761,000), standing as the only evening newscast to grow week to week in the key Adult demos.
  • “World News Tonight” improved on the same week last year in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+1%/+40,000 – 8.194 million vs. 8.124 million), Adults 25-54 (+7%/+74,000 – 1.172 million vs. 1.098 million) and Adults 18-49 (+9%/+64,000 – 795,000 vs. 731,000). “World News Tonight” was the only evening newscast to grow year to year in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54.
  • For the week, “World News Tonight” (8.1914 million, 1.172 million and 795,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.552 million, 666,000 and 433,000, respectively) by 3.642 million Total Viewers, by 506,000 Adults 25-54 and by 362,000 Adults 18-49.
  • Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.866 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” (6.315 million) by 1.551 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.663 million) by 3.203 million. In fact, “World News Tonight” is growing its Total Viewer lead over NBC compared to the same point last season (+33% – 1.551 million vs. 1.168 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” (1.124 million and 773,000, respectively) is leading NBC (938,000 and 629,000, respectively), increasing its margins from the same point last season by triple digits in Adults 25-54 (+210% – 186,000 vs. 60,000) and Adults 18-49 (+157% – 144,000 vs. 56,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (681,000 and 454,000, respectively) by 443,000 Adults 25-54 and by 319,000 Adults 18-49.

NOTE: On Friday (2/7/25), “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. 3, 2025):

TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 ADULTS 18-49 HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT 8,194,000           0.9/11; 1,172,000 0.6/10; 795,000 4.8/16
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 6,709,000 0.8/10; 1,003,000 0.5/9; 678,000 4.0/13
CBS EVENING NEWS 4,552,000 0.5/6; 666,000 0.3 / 6; 433,000 2.7/ 9

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 2/3/25), Previous Week (w/o 1/27/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 2/5/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 2/9/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 2/11/24). 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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