World News Tonight with David Muir

Releases

‘SHOCKWAVES: THE ATTACK ON IRAN’ AIRS SUNDAY, MARCH 1, ON ABC AND STREAMS ON DISNEY+ AND HULU

ABC News announced a primetime special, “Shockwaves: The Attack on Iran – ABC News Special,” airing Sunday, March 1 (9:01-10:00 p.m. EST) on ABC and streaming on Disney+ and Hulu. Led by “World News Tonight” anchor and managing editor David Muir, the special reports on what preceded the surprise deadly attack, President Trump’s decision to launch Operation Epic Fury, the massive military operation between the United States and Israel and the reaction from Capitol Hill. With Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in the attack, the special will also look at the country’s explosive retaliation and what happens next strategically. Reporting live for the special are “This Week” co-anchor and chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz from Washington; chief international correspondent Ian Pannell from Tel Aviv, Israel; chief international correspondent James Longman from Istanbul, Turkey; foreign correspondent Marcus Moore from Doha, Quatar; correspondent Matt Rivers

Press Release - Specials

February 24, 2026

WITH 8.9 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS BROADCAST AND CABLE, WINNING 10TH CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC WEEK OVER NBC AND DELIVERING MOST-WATCHED OLYMPIC WEEK IN 8 YEARS

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.867 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) for the second week in a row during the week of Feb. 16, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” ranked as the No. 1 newscast across broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.867 million), beating “NBC Nightly News” (7.595 million) during the second week of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, increasing its lead over the previous week by 48% (1.272 million vs. 860,000). “World News Tonight” marked its 10th straight Olympic week victory, including both weeks of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. On Monday (2/16/26), “World News Tonight” ranked as the No. 1 telecast of the day, leading NBC’s primetime coverage on the night of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Total Viewers (+214,000

Press Release - Ratings

February 18, 2026

WITH 8.7 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS AMERICA’S #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, DELIVERING ITS NINTH CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC WEEK WIN OVER NBC

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.657 million) during the week of Feb. 9, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” beat “NBC Nightly News” (7.797 million) by 860,000 post-Super Bowl LX Week and during the first week of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. “World News Tonight” victory represented its 9th consecutive Olympic week win, including both weeks of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. “World News Tonight” increased in Total Viewers versus the first week of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics (+2%/+184,000 – 8.657 million vs. 8.473 million) and the first week of the 2024 Paris Olympics (+9%/+741,000 – 8.657 million vs. 7.916 million). In fact, “World News Tonight” scored its most-watched week during an Olympics in 8 years — since w/o 2/19

Press Release - Ratings

February 11, 2026

WITH NEARLY 9 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ BEATS NBC BY 1.8 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.4 MILLION AND IS #1 ACROSS TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND 18-49 — WITH LARGEST SEASON LEAD OVER NBC IN 31 YEARS

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.987 million), Adults 25-54 (1.150 million) and Adults 18-49 (856,000) during the week of Feb. 2, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (7.233 million, 1.100 million and 789,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+24%/+1.754 million), Adults 25-54 (+5%/+50,000) and Adults 18-49 (+8%/+67,000). “World News Tonight” scored its 2nd-best numbers of the season in both Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, behind only its performance the previous week in both key Adult measures. In fact, “World News Tonight” turned in its 2nd-strongest numbers in 1 year — since weeks of 2/10/25 and 1/13/25, respectively. For the second week in a row, “World News Tonight” posted year-to-year gains across the board: Total Viewers (+7%/+550,000 – 8.987 million vs. 8.437 million), Adults 25-54 (+2%/

Press Release - Ratings

February 3, 2026

WITH 9.2 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ BEATS NBC BY 2.1 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.7 MILLION AND IS #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 — ABC SCORES HIGHEST WEEK IN 3 YEARS

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (9.244 million), Adults 25-54 (1.182 million) and Adults 18-49 (877,000) during the week of Jan. 26, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” scored its most-watched week in over 3 years and delivered its strongest key Adult performances in over 1 year — since weeks of 1/2/23, 1/13/25 and 1/6/25, respectively. “World News Tonight” posted week-to-week gains in Total Viewers (+3%/+244,000 – 9.244 million vs. 9.000 million), Adults 25-54 (+9%/+93,000 – 1.182 million vs. 1.089 million) and Adults 18-49 (+16%/+122,000 – 877,000 vs. 755,000). “World News Tonight” improved on the same week last year in Total Viewers (+8%/+709,000 – 9.244 million vs. 8.535 million), Adults 25-54 (+6%/+66,000 – 1.182 million vs. 1.116 million) and Adults 18-49 (+15%/+113,000 – 877,000 vs. 764,000), standing as the only eveni

Press Release - Ratings

January 27, 2026

REACHING 11 MILLION VIEWERS MONDAY NIGHT, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ SEES BIGGEST NIGHT IN NEARLY 6 YEARS AND BEATS NBC AND CBS BY OVER 2.1 MILLION AND 4.1 MILLION VIEWERS FOR THE WEEK — ABC AVERAGING 9 MILLION VIEWERS FOR THE WEEK AND IS #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (9.000 million), Adults 25-54 (1.089 million) and Adults 18-49 (755,000) during the week of Jan. 19, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. On Monday (1/19/26), “World News Tonight” scored the most-watched network news telecast (10.885 million) in nearly 6 years — since 4/29/20. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (6.856 million, 998,000 and 673,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+31%/+2.144 million), Adults 25-54 (+9%/+91,000) and Adults 18-49 (+12%/+82,000). “World News Tonight” increased its Total Viewers advantage over “NBC Nightly News” week to week (+44% – 2.144 million vs. 1.484 million) to its largest in nearly 6 years — since w/o 4/13/20. “World News Tonight” nearly doubled its Total Viewer margin over “NBC Nightly News” year to year (+85% – 2.144 million vs. 1.160 million). “World News Ton

Press Release - Ratings

January 22, 2026

REACHING 8.6 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ BEATS NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.0 MILLION FOR WEEK — ABC WINS TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.163 million), Adults 25-54 (1.039 million) and Adults 18-49 (762,000) during the week of Jan. 12, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (6.679 million, 964,000 and 666,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+22%/+1.484 million), Adults 25-54 (+8%/+75,000) and Adults 18-49 (+14%/+96,000). “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week in Total Viewers (+10% – 1.484 million vs. 1.353 million) and Adults 18-49 (+134% – 96,000 vs. 41,000), turning in its largest margins in both measures in 4 weeks — since w/o 12/15/25. “World News Tonight” widened its Total Viewer margin over “NBC Nightly News” year to year by 11% (1.484 million vs. 1.337 million). For the second week in a row, “World News Tonight” posted week-to-week gains in T

Press Release - Ratings

January 13, 2026

WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION VIEWERS, ABC’S ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ BEATS NBC BY MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 3.9 MILLION — ABC WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS ON MONDAY, 8.1 MILLION ON TUESDAY, 8.2 MILLION ON WEDNESDAY AND 8.2 MILLION ON THURSDAY — ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST ON ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.078 million) and Adults 18-49 (748,000) during the week of Jan. 5, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (6.725 million and 707,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+20%/+1.353 million) and Adults 18-49 (+6%/+41,000). “World News Tonight” improved on the previous week in Total Viewers (+5%/+348,000 – 8.078 million vs. 7.730 million), Adults 25-54 (+12%/+106,000 – 989,000 vs. 883,000) and Adults 18-49 (+21%/+132,000 – 748,000 vs. 616,000), drawing its largest overall audience in 5 weeks — since w/o 12/1/25. “World News Tonight” (8.078 million, 989,000 and 748,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (4.166 million, 533,000 and 423,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+94%/+3.912 million), Adults 25-54 (+86%/+456,000) and Adults 18-49 (+77%/+325,000). Season to

Press Release - Ratings

January 7, 2026

WITH LARGEST SEASON LEAD OVER CBS IN 34 YEARS, ABC’S ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS AMERICA’S #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.730 million), Adults 25-54 (833,000) and Adults 18-49 (616,000) during the week of Dec. 29, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” posted Total Viewer increases both week to week (+3%/+193,000 – 7.730 million vs. 7.537 million) and year to year (+7%/+520,000 – 7.730 million vs. 7.210 million). “World News Tonight” (7.730 million, 883,000 and 616,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (4.046 million, 486,000 and 404,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+91%/+3.684 million), Adults 25-54 (+82%/+397,000) and Adults 18-49 (+52%/+212,000). Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.859 million) is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 10th straight year based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings. “World News Tonight” is leading “NBC Nightly News” (6.224 million) by 1.635 million and “CBS Evening N

Press Release - Ratings

January 2, 2026

FOR 35TH CONSECUTIVE QUARTER, ABC’S ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA — BEATING NBC IN 4TH QUARTER BY MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION VIEWERS — AND IS #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49

4th Quarter 2025 ABC News’ “World News Tonight with David Muir” was the most-watched newscast across broadcast and cable in the 4th Quarter 2025 in Total Viewers (7.862 million), Adults 25-54 (974,000) and Adults 18-49 (696,000), based on Most Current Big Data+Panel Ratings. In fact, “World News Tonight” won the 4th quarter across the board for the sixth year in a row — since 4Q20.“World News Tonight” led for the 24th straight quarter in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 — since 1Q20. Further, the ABC evening newscast has won in Total Viewers for the last 35 quarters — since 2Q17. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.224 million, 848,000 and 580,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+26%/+1.638 million), Adults 25-54 (+15%/+126,000) and Adults 18-49 (+20%/+116,000). “World News Tonight” was up compared to the previous quarter (3Q25) in Total Viewers (+5%/+389,000 – 7.862 million vs. 7.473 million), Adults 25-54 (+4%/38,000 – 974,000 vs. 936,000) and Adults 18-49 (+6%/

Press Release - Ratings

World News Tonight with David Muir

Releases

‘SHOCKWAVES: THE ATTACK ON IRAN’ AIRS SUNDAY, MARCH 1, ON ABC AND STREAMS ON DISNEY+ AND HULU

WITH 8.9 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS BROADCAST AND CABLE, WINNING 10TH CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC WEEK OVER NBC AND DELIVERING MOST-WATCHED OLYMPIC WEEK IN 8 YEARS

WITH 8.7 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS AMERICA’S #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, DELIVERING ITS NINTH CONSECUTIVE OLYMPIC WEEK WIN OVER NBC

WITH NEARLY 9 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ BEATS NBC BY 1.8 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.4 MILLION AND IS #1 ACROSS TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND 18-49 — WITH LARGEST SEASON LEAD OVER NBC IN 31 YEARS

WITH 9.2 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ BEATS NBC BY 2.1 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.7 MILLION AND IS #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 — ABC SCORES HIGHEST WEEK IN 3 YEARS

REACHING 8.6 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ BEATS NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.0 MILLION FOR WEEK — ABC WINS TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49

WITH LARGEST SEASON LEAD OVER CBS IN 34 YEARS, ABC’S ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS AMERICA’S #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49

FOR 35TH CONSECUTIVE QUARTER, ABC’S ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA — BEATING NBC IN 4TH QUARTER BY MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION VIEWERS — AND IS #1 IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49

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