THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ - WITH LARGEST LEAD OVER ‘NBC NIGHTLY NEWS’ IN 10 MONTHS - OUTDELIVERING NBC BY MORE THAN 1.7 MILLION VIEWERS AND INCREASING MARGINS WEEK TO WEEK AND YEAR TO YEAR

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.448 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of June 16, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” has been the No. 1 most-watched program on television for the 6th straight week (with and without sports).

• “World News Tonight” ranked as the No. 1 newscast across broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.448 million), Adults 25-54 (1.038 million) and Adults 18-49 (688,000).
• “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (5.678 million, 820,000 and 536,000, respectively) by 1.770 million Total Viewers, by 218,000 Adults 25-54 and by 152,000 Adults 18-49.
• For the 3rd week running, “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week across the board: Total Viewers (+12% – 1.770 million vs. 1.585 million), Adults 25-54 (+40% – 218,000 vs. 156,000) and Adults 18-49 (+21% – 152,000 vs. 126,000).  “World News Tonight” posted its largest Total Viewer lead over NBC in 10 months – since w/o 8/19/24.
• “World News Tonight” widened its year-to-year margin over “NBC Nightly News” in Total Viewers (+25% – 1.770 million vs. 1.420 million).
• For the 2nd week in a row, “World News Tonight” posted week-to-week gains in Total Viewers (+3%/+200,000 – 7.448 million vs. 7.248 million) and Adults 25-54 (+4%/+38,000 – 1.038 million vs. 1.000 million). “World News Tonight” drew its largest overall audience in 10 weeks and best key news demo performance in 8 weeks – since weeks of 4/7/25 and 4/21/25, respectively.
• “World News Tonight” improved on the same week last year in Total Viewers (+4%/+301,000 – 7.448 million vs. 7.147 million), Adults 25-54 (+9%/+82,000 – 1.038 million vs. 856,000) and Adults 18-49 (+1%/+4,000 – 688,000 vs. 684,000). “World News Tonight” was the only evening newscast to grow year to year in all key target demos.
• “World News Tonight” (7.448 million, 1.038 million and 688,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (3.981 million, 526,000 and 387,000, respectively) by 3.467 million Total Viewers, by 512,000 Adults 25-54 and by 301,000 Adults 18-49.  “World News Tonight” turned in its largest Total Viewer lead in 6 weeks and strongest in Adults 25-54 in 8 weeks – since weeks of 5/5/25 and 4/21/25, respectively.
• For the 15th week running, “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “CBS Evening News” year to year in Total Viewers (+24% – 3.467 million vs. 2.807 million), Adults 25-54 (+51% – 512,000 vs. 340,000) and Adults 18-49 (+11% – 301,000 vs. 270,000).
• Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.723 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” (6.157 million) by 1.566 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.312 million) by 3.411 million. In fact, “World News Tonight” is growing its Total Viewer lead over NBC compared to the same point last season (+19% – 1.566 million vs. 1.320 million) to its largest in 30 years — since the 1994-1995 season. In addition, “World News Tonight” is increasing its Total Viewer season margin versus “CBS Evening News” by 10% (3.411 million vs. 3.102 million) to its largest in 4 years — since the 2020-2021 season.
• “World News Tonight” is ranking No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 6th straight season. Season to date, “World News Tonight” (1.084 million and 751,000, respectively) is leading NBC (903,000 and 598,000, respectively), increasing its margins from the same point last season in Adults 25-54 (+33% – 181,000 vs. 136,000) and Adults 18-49 (+46% – 153,000 vs. 105,000).
• In addition, “World News Tonight” is widening margins with “CBS Evening News” (614,000 and 417,000, respectively) by double digits in Adults 25-54 (+14% – 470,000 vs. 414,000) and Adults 18-49 (+18% – 334,000 vs. 283,000).

NOTE: On Monday (6/16/25) “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC” due to ABC’s coverage of Game 5 of the NBA Finals. On Friday (6/20/25) “World News Tonight” was also retitled to “WNT-ABC.” On Thursday (6/19/25), “World News Tonight” was coded as a special due to Juneteenth. ABC’s weekly averages are based on two days (Tuesday and Wednesday).

ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir” airs 6:30-7:00 p.m. EDT on ABC. Chris Dinan is the executive producer of the broadcast.

EVENING NEWS (Week of June 16, 2025)

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	7,448,000	0.8/12; 1,038,000	0.5/11; 688,000	4.5/18
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	5,678,000	0.7/10; 820,000	0.4/8; 536,000	3.3/13
CBS EVENING NEWS	3,981,000	0.4/6; 526,000	0.3 /6; 387,000	2.4/ 10

 

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 6/16/25), Previous Week (w/o 6/9/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 6/17/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 6/17/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 6/16/24). 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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