World News Tonight with David Muir

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THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, LEADING NBC BY 1.7 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.0 MILLION

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.219 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Oct. 5, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.219 million), Adults 25-54 (1.139 million) and Adults 18-49 (836,000). “World News Tonight” defeated “NBC Nightly News” (6.482 million, 1.008 million and 705,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+27%/+1.737 million), Adults 25-54 (+13%/+131,000) and Adults 18-49 (+19%/+131,000). “World News Tonight” widened its advantage over “NBC Nightly News” compared to the previous week in Total Viewers (+20% – 1.737 million vs. 1.452 million) and Adults 25-54 (+1% – 131,000 vs. 130,000). “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” year to year in Total Viewers (+11% – 1.737 million vs. 1.562 million

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October 7, 2026

WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, LEADING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.1 MILLION VIEWERS

“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.346 million), Adults 25-54 (1.136 million) and Adults 18-49 (836,000) during the week of Sept. 28, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (6.894 million, 1.006 million and 689,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+21%/+1.452 million), Adults 25-54 (+13%/+130,000) and Adults 18-49 (+21%/+147,000). “World News Tonight” widened its margins over “NBC Nightly News” year to year in Adults 25-54 (+88% – 130,000 vs. 69,000) and Adults 18-49 (+465% – 147,000 vs. 26,000). “World News Tonight” improved on the same week last year by double digits across the board: Total Viewers (+14%/+1.012 million – 8.346 million vs. 7.337 million), Adults 25-54 (+35%/+292,000 – 1.136 million vs. 844,000) and Adults 18-49 (+51%/+284,000 – 836,000 vs. 552,000). “World News Tonight” (8.346 mill

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September 30, 2026

WITH BIGGEST PREMIERE WEEK IN 6 YEARS, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — WITH LARGEST OPENING WEEK LEAD OVER NBC IN 34 YEARS AND CBS IN 35 YEARS, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY NEARLY 2 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.4 MILLION

“World News Tonight with David Muir” opened the 2026-2027 season ranked as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.388 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) for the week of Sept. 21, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” posted its most-watched premiere week in 6 years — since the 2020-2021 season — and has ranked as the No. 1 program for the last 24 weeks. “World News Tonight” stood as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.388 million), Adults 25-54 (1.153 million) and Adults 18-49 (687,000) during premiere week for the seventh year in a row — since the 2020-2021 season. Further, “World News Tonight” was the most-watched evening newscast during the opening week of the season for the 11th year in a row — since the 2016-2017 season. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.495 million, 970,000 and 721,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+29%/+1

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September 21, 2026

MARKING A DECADE AS #1 NEWSCAST IN AMERICA, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ WINS THE SEASON AND GROWS IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 OVER LAST SEASON

2025-2026 Season “World News Tonight” stands as the most-watched evening newscast for the 10th consecutive season — since the 2016-17 season — spending 33 of 52 weeks as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers on all of broadcast and cable (with and without sports), the most number of weeks at No. 1 for any program during the 2025-2026 season. “World News Tonight” ranked as America’s No. 1 evening newscast for the 2025-2026 season in all key target demos, Total Viewers (8.345 million), Adults 25-54 (1.050 million) and Adults 18-49 (772,000), for the 7th straight year, based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” was the No. 1 newscast for all 52 out of 52 weeks of the 2025-2026 season in Total Viewers. “World News Tonight” delivered across the board increases compared to the previous season: Total Viewers (+6%/+481,000 – 8.345 million vs. 7.864 million), Adults 25-54 (+2%/+20,000 – 1.050 million vs. 1.030 million) and Adults 18-49 (+6%/+44,000

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September 17, 2026

22 WEEKS AS #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION - ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 - LEADING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.1 MILLION

For the 22nd week in a row, “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.020 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Sept. 7, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.020 million), Adults 25-54 (1.106 million) and Adults 18-49 (778,000). “World News Tonight” beat “NBC Nightly News” (6.472 million, 1.006 million and 730,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+24%/+1.548 million), Adults 25-54 (+10%/+100,000) and Adults 18-49 (+7%/+48,000). “World News Tonight” grew from the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+9%/+678,000 – 8.020 million vs. 7.342 million), Adults 25-54 (+13%/+128,000 – 1.106 million vs. 978,000) and Adults 18-49 (+15%/+101,000 – 778,000 vs. 677,000), posting year-to-year increases for the 10th week in a row. “World News Tonight” (8.0

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September 10, 2026

FOR 21ST CONSECUTIVE WEEK, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — LEADING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.5 MILLION AND OUTDELIVERING NBC BY LARGEST SEASON MARGIN IN 31 YEARS AND CBS IN 34 YEARS

For the 21st week in a row, “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.508 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Aug 31, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.508 million) and Adults 18-49 (833,000). “World News Tonight” beat “NBC Nightly News” (6.988 million and 800,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+22%/+1.520 million) and Adults 18-49 (+4%/+33,000). “World News Tonight” improved by double digits on the same week last year in Total Viewers (+16%/+1.190 million – 8.508 million vs. 7.318 million), Adults 25-54 (+31%/+258,000 – 1.102 million vs. 844,000) and Adults 18-49 (+40%/+238,000 – 833,000 vs. 595,000), posting year-to-year gains for the ninth consecutive week. “World News Tonight” (8.508 million, 1.102 million and 833,000, respe

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September 1, 2026

WITH 9.2 MILLION VIEWERS ON TUESDAY, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV FOR 20TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, LEADING NBC BY 1.7 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.8 MILLION

For the 20th consecutive week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.731 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Aug 24, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.731 million), Adults 25-54 (1.219 million) and Adults 18-49 (876,000). “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (7.052 million, 1.070 million and 800,000, respectively) by double digits in Total Viewers (+24%/+1.679 million), Adults 25-54 (+14%/+149,000) and Adults 18-49 (+10%/+76,000). “World News Tonight” improved week to week in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+3%/+269,000 – 8.731 million vs. 8.462 million), Adults 25-54 (+15%/+160,000 – 1.219 million vs. 1.059 million) and Adults 18-49 (+7%/+60,000 –876,000 vs. 816,000). “World News Tonight” drew its largest

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August 26, 2026

WITH 9.1 MILLION VIEWERS MONDAY, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV FOR THE 19TH WEEK IN A ROW AND MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.8 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.5 MILLION

For the 19th week running, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.462 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Aug 17, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.462 million), Adults 25-54 (1.059 million) and Adults 18-49 (816,000). “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.634 million, 1.025 million and 730,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+28%/+1.828 million), Adults 25-54 (+3%/+34,000) and Adults 18-49 (+12%/+86,000), seeing its largest overall viewer lead in 6 weeks — since w/o 7/6/26. “World News Tonight” widened its margins by double digits over “NBC Nightly News” on the same week last year in Total Viewers (+44% – 1.828 million vs. 1.266 million) and Adults 18-49 (+87% – 86,000 vs. 46,000). “World News Tonight” was u

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August 17, 2026

WITH 8.4 MILLION VIEWERS, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TV FOR 18 WEEKS STRAIGHT IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — LEADING NBC BY 1.8 MILLION VIEWERS AND LARGEST DEMO LEAD IN 4 MONTHS AND LEADING CBS BY 4.7 MILLION

For the 18th straight week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.436 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Aug 10, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.436 million), Adults 25-54 (1.162 million) and Adults 18-49 (829,000). “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” by double digits (6.611 million, 999,000 and 703,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+28%/+1.825 million), Adults 25-54 (+16%/+163,000) and Adults 18-49 (+18%/+126,000), turning in its largest Adults 25-54 lead in nearly 4 months — since w/o 4/20/26. “World News Tonight” widened its margins over “NBC Nightly News” year to year in Total Viewers (+17% – 1.825 million vs. 1.560 million), Adults 25-54 (+3% – 163,000 vs. 159,000) and Adults 18-49 (+27% – 126,000

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August 10, 2026

FOR 17th CONSECUTIVE WEEK, ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS — GROWING WEEK TO WEEK AND DELIVERING LARGEST SEASON MARGIN OVER NBC IN 31 YEARS

For the 17th consecutive week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.339 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Aug 3, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.339 million) and Adults 18-49 (819,000). “World News Tonight” increased its Total Viewer lead over “NBC Nightly News,” both week to week (+9% – 1.682 million vs. 1.548 million), and year to year (+11% – 1.682 million vs. 1.519 million). For the second week in a row, “World News Tonight” was up over the previous week in Total Viewers (+2%/+171,000 – 8.339 million vs. 8.168 million). For the fifth week in a row, “World News Tonight” improved year to year by double digits in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+17%/+1.224 million – 8.339 million vs. 7.115 million), Adults 25-54 (

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World News Tonight with David Muir

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THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, LEADING NBC BY 1.7 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.0 MILLION

WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, LEADING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.1 MILLION VIEWERS

WITH BIGGEST PREMIERE WEEK IN 6 YEARS, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — WITH LARGEST OPENING WEEK LEAD OVER NBC IN 34 YEARS AND CBS IN 35 YEARS, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY NEARLY 2 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.4 MILLION

MARKING A DECADE AS #1 NEWSCAST IN AMERICA, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ WINS THE SEASON AND GROWS IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 OVER LAST SEASON

22 WEEKS AS #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION - ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 - LEADING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.1 MILLION

FOR 21ST CONSECUTIVE WEEK, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — LEADING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.5 MILLION AND OUTDELIVERING NBC BY LARGEST SEASON MARGIN IN 31 YEARS AND CBS IN 34 YEARS

WITH 9.2 MILLION VIEWERS ON TUESDAY, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV FOR 20TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, LEADING NBC BY 1.7 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.8 MILLION

WITH 9.1 MILLION VIEWERS MONDAY, ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV FOR THE 19TH WEEK IN A ROW AND MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 1.8 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.5 MILLION

WITH 8.4 MILLION VIEWERS, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TV FOR 18 WEEKS STRAIGHT IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — LEADING NBC BY 1.8 MILLION VIEWERS AND LARGEST DEMO LEAD IN 4 MONTHS AND LEADING CBS BY 4.7 MILLION

FOR 17th CONSECUTIVE WEEK, ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS — GROWING WEEK TO WEEK AND DELIVERING LARGEST SEASON MARGIN OVER NBC IN 31 YEARS

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