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‘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

ABC News* “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 milli

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December 31, 2024

SCORING LARGEST LEAD OVER NBC IN 30 YEARS, ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS THE BOARD SEASON TO DATE, OUTDELIVERING NBC AND CBS BY MORE THAN 1.5 AND 3 MILLION, RESPECTIVELY

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.118 million) on all of broadcast and cable for the 19th week in 2024 – more than any other program. 4th Quarter 2024 ABC News’ “World News Tonight with David Muir” was the most-watched newscast across broadcast and cable the 4th Quarter 2024 in Total Viewers (7.596 million), Adults 25-54 (1.076 million) and Adults 18-49 (737,000), based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. In fact, “World News Tonight” won the 4th quarter for the fifth consecutive year – since 4Q20. “World News Tonight” led for the 20th quarter in a row in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 ― since 1Q20. Further, the ABC evening newscast has won in Total Viewers for the last 31 quarters ― since 2Q17. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.066 million, 894,000 and 596,000, respectively) by 1.530 million, by 141,000 Adults 25-54 and by 182,000 Adults 18-49. “World News Tonight” increased its lead ove

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December 24, 2024

‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.2 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 2.8 MILLION VIEWERS

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.441 million), Adults 25-54 (1.112 million) and Adults 18-49 (773,000) during the week of Dec. 16, 2024, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (6.209 million, 891,000 and 615,000, respectively) by 1.232 million Total Viewers, by 221,000 Adults 25-54 and by 158,000 Adults 18-49. “World News Tonight” widened its lead over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week in Adults 25-54 (+12% – 221,000 vs. 198,000) and Adults 18-49 (+30% – 158,000 vs. 122,000). In fact, “World News Tonight” turned in its largest margins in both demos in 7 weeks — since w/o 10/28/24. “World News Tonight” increased its year-to-year Total Viewer advantage over “NBC Nightly News” by 59% (1.232 million vs. 775,000). “World News Tonight” improved on the previous week in Adults 25-54 (+3%/+28,000 – 1.112 million vs. 1.084 mi

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December 17, 2024

‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.2 MILLION VIEWERS

World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.854 million), Adults 25-54 (1.084 million) and Adults 18-49 (726,000) during the week of Dec. 9, 2024, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.326 million, 886,000 and 604,000, respectively) by 1.528 million Total Viewers, by 198,000 Adults 25-54 and by 122,000 Adults 18-49. “World News Tonight” increased its margins over “NBC Nightly News” week to week in Adults 25-54 (+33% – 198,000 vs. 149,000) to its largest in 6 weeks — since w/o 10/28/24. “World News Tonight” widened its year-to-year gaps over “NBC Nightly News” in Total Viewers (+48% – 1.528 million vs. 1.031 million), Adults 25-54 (+281% – 198,000 vs. 52,000) and Adults 18-49 (+336% – 122,000 vs. 28,000). “World News Tonight” was up over the previous week in Adults 25-54 (+1%/+6,000 – 1.084 million vs. 1.078 million) and was the only

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December 10, 2024

WITH LARGEST AUDIENCE IN 10 MONTHS, THE #1 PROGRAM ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR,’ AND IS THE #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.6 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.2 MILLION VIEWERS

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.896 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Dec. 2, 2024, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the evening’s No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.896 million), Adults 25-54 (1.078 million) and Adults 18-49 (734,000), beating “NBC Nightly News” (6.339 million, 929,000 and 611,000, respectively) by 1.557 million Total Viewers, by 149,000 Adults 25-54 and by 123,000 Adults 18-49. “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” compared to the previous week in Total Viewers (+7% – 1.557 million vs. 1.538 million), Adults 25-54 (+91% – 149,000 vs. 78,000) and Adults 18-49 (+92% – 123,000 vs. 64,000). “World News Tonight” widened its margins over “NBC Nightly News” year to year in Total Viewers (+42% – 1.557 million vs. 1.100 million), Adults 25-54 (+4

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December 4, 2024

THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR,’ RANKING #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.3 MILLION VIEWERS

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the evening’s No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.677 million), Adults 25-54 (1.012 million) and Adults 18-49 (703,000) during the week of Nov. 25, 2024, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.223 million, 934,000 and 639,000, respectively) by 1.454 million Total Viewers, by 78,000 Adults 25-54 and by 64,000 Adults 18-49. “World News Tonight” increased its Total Viewer lead over “NBC Nightly News” both week to week (+1% – 1.454 million vs. 1.445 million) and year to year (+6% – 1.454 million vs. 1.377 million). Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.519 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” (5.982 million) by 1.537 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.518 million) by 3.001 million. In fact, “World News Tonight” is growing its To

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November 26, 2024

THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ RANKING #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.4 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.1 MILLION VIEWERS

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.786 million), Adults 25-54 (1.110 million) and Adults 18-49 (766,000) during the week of Nov. 18, 2024, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.341 million, 934,000 and 635,000, respectively) by 1.445 million Total Viewers, by 176,000 Adults 25-54 and by 131,000 Adults 18-49. “World News Tonight” widened its margins versus the previous week over “NBC Nightly News” in Total Viewers (+19% – 1.445 million vs. 1.212 million), Adults 25-54 (+74% – 176,000 vs. 101,000) and Adults 18-49 (+56% – 131,000 vs. 84,000). “World News Tonight” increased its lead year to year with “NBC Nightly News” in Total Viewers (+173% – 1.445 million vs. 529,000), Adults 25-54 (+450% – 176,000 vs. 32,000) and Adults 18-49 (+58% – 131,000 vs. 83,000). “World News Tonight” improved on the previous week in Total Viewers (+

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November 19, 2024

THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR,’ RANKING #1 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 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.276 million), Adults 25-54 (957,000) and Adults 18-49 (643,000) during the week of Nov. 11, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.064 million, 856,000 and 559,000, respectively) by 1.212 million Total Viewers, by 101,000 Adults 25-54 and by 84,000 Adults 18-49. “World News Tonight” increased its lead year to year over “NBC Nightly News” by double digits in Total Viewers (+10% – 1.212 million vs. 1.104 million), Adults 25-54 (+49% – 101,000 vs. 68,000) and Adults 18-49 (+94% – 84,000 vs. 44,000). Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.448 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” (5.911 million) by 1.537 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.501 million) by 2.947 million. In fac

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November 12, 2024

WITH DAVID MUIR LEADING THE NETWORK’S ELECTION COVERAGE, ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.3 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 2.8 MILLION VIEWERS

With David Muir leading ABC News’ election coverage, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.371 million), Adults 25-54 (1.075 million) and Adults 18-49 (745,000) during the week of Nov. 4, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (6.071 million, 967,000 and 654,000, respectively) by 1.300 million Total Viewers, by 108,000 Adults 25-54 and by 91,000 Adults 18-49. For the 5th week in a row, “World News Tonight” widened its Adults 25-54 margin over “NBC Nightly News” on the same week last year (+44% – 108,000 vs. 75,000). In fact, “World News Tonight” increased its lead year to year in 6 of the 7 weeks of the season. “World News Tonight” improved on the previous week in Total Viewers (+2%/+124,000 – 7.371 million vs. 7.247 million), Adults 25-54 (+6%/+60,000 – 1.075 million vs. 1.015 million) and Adults 18-49 (+8%/+58,000 – 745

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November 6, 2024

For the First Time in 16 Years, ABC News Is No. 1 Broadcast Network Across All Key Demos in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54, Adults 18–49 on Election Night

For the first time in 16 years, ABC News’ “Election Night 2024: Your Voice/Your Voice” ranked No. 1 among the broadcast networks in all key target demos — Total Viewers (5.898 million) and Adults 25-54 (2.288 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.928 million), according to the early Fast Nationals Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” anchor and managing editor David Muir led the network’s coverage with ABC News’ powerhouse political team. ABC News outdelivered the primetime coverage in Total Viewers (5.898 million) and Adults 25-54 (2.228 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.928 million) versus CBS’ “Campaign 2024” (3.608 million, 1.257 million and 1.080 million, respectively), NBC’s “Decision 2024” (5.507 million, 2.216 million and 1.854 million, respectively) and Fox’s “Democracy 2024” (1.614 million, 683,000 and 504,000, respectively). Marc Burstein is senior executive producer, and Molly Shaker is executive producer of ABC News Special Events. Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI

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World News Tonight with David Muir

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‘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

SCORING LARGEST LEAD OVER NBC IN 30 YEARS, ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS THE BOARD SEASON TO DATE, OUTDELIVERING NBC AND CBS BY MORE THAN 1.5 AND 3 MILLION, RESPECTIVELY

‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.2 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 2.8 MILLION VIEWERS

‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.2 MILLION VIEWERS

WITH LARGEST AUDIENCE IN 10 MONTHS, THE #1 PROGRAM ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR,’ AND IS THE #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.6 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.2 MILLION VIEWERS

THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR,’ RANKING #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.3 MILLION VIEWERS

THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ RANKING #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.4 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.1 MILLION VIEWERS

THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR,’ RANKING #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.2 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 2.7 MILLION VIEWERS

WITH DAVID MUIR LEADING THE NETWORK’S ELECTION COVERAGE, ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.3 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 2.8 MILLION VIEWERS

For the First Time in 16 Years, ABC News Is No. 1 Broadcast Network Across All Key Demos in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54, Adults 18–49 on Election Night

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