‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE ACROSS THE BOARD -- TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (6.969 million), Adults 25-54 (886,000) and Adults 18-49 (632,000) during the week of Dec. 30, 2024, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

• “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (5.971 million, 842,000 and 565,000, respectively) by 998,000 Total Viewers, by 44,000 Adults 25-54 and by 67,000 Adults 18-49.
  
• For the week, “World News Tonight” (6.969 million, 886,000 and 632,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (4.499 million, 638,000 and 427,000, respectively) by 2.470 million Total Viewers, by 248,000 Adults 25-54 and by 205,000 Adults 18-49. 
• Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.582 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” (6.063 million) by 1.519 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.561 million) by 3.021 million. In fact, “World News Tonight” is growing its Total Viewer lead over NBC compared to the same point last season (+40% – 1.519 million vs. 1.088 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” (1.071 million and 735,000, respectively) is leading NBC (891,000 and 595,000, respectively), increasing its margins from the same point last season by triple digits in Adults 25-54 (+267% – 180,000 vs. 49,000) and Adults 18-49 (+211% – 140,000 vs. 45,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (671,000 and 449,000, respectively) by 400,000 Adults 25-54 and by 286,000 Adults 18-49.

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.

NOTE: On Monday (12/30/24) and Friday (1/3/25), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC.” On Tuesday (12/31/24) and Wednesday (1/1/25), “World News Tonight” and “CBS Evening News” were coded as specials. On Tuesday, “NBC Nightly News” was coded as a special and was preempted on Wednesday. The retitled and specialed telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s weekly averages are based on one day (Thursday), CBS’ weekly averages are based on two days (Monday and Thursday), and NBC’s weekly averages are based on three days (Monday, Thursday and Friday).

EVENING NEWS (Week of Dec. 30, 2024):

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	6,969,000	0.7/6;    886,000	0.5/8; 632,000	4.1/13
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	5,971,000	0.7/7;    842,000	0.4/6; 565,000	3.5/12
CBS EVENING NEWS	4,449,000	0.5/5;     638,000	0.3/4; 427,000	2.7/ 9

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 12/30/24), Previous Week (w/o 12/23/24) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 1/1/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 1/5/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 1/7/23).  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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