World News Tonight with David Muir

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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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August 5, 2026

FOR 16th STRAIGHT WEEK, ‘ABC NEWS WORLD TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV WITH 8.2 MILLION VIEWERS AND THE #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, LEADING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4 MILLION

ABC News* For the 16th week in a row, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.168 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of July 27, 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 (8.168 million), Adults 25-54 (1.078 million) and Adults 18-49 (822,000). “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (6.620 million, 948,000 and 708,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+23%/+1.548 million), Adults 25-54 (+14%/+130,000) and Adults 18-49 (+16%/+114,000). “World News Tonight” (8.168 million, 1.078 million and 822,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (4.127 million, 570,000 and 401,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+98%/+4.041 million), Adults 25-54 (+89%/+508,000) and Adults 18-49 (+105%/+421,000). Season to date, “World News Tonight” (8.32

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July 29, 2026

THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TELEVISION FOR THE 15TH WEEK IN A ROW IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — AND #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, BEATING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.2 MILLION

For the 15th consecutive week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.143 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of July 20, 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 (8.143 million), Adults 25-54 (1.050 million) and Adults 18-49 (820,000). “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.606 million, 960,000 and 735,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+23%/+1.537 million), Adults 25-54 (+9%/+90,000) and Adults 18-49 (+12%/+85,000). “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” week to week in Adults 25-54 (+27% – 90,000 vs. 71,000) and Adults 18-49 (+21% – 85,000 vs. 70,000). For the third straight week, “World News Tonight” improved year to year in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+8%/+629,000 – 8.143 million vs.

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July 21, 2026

WITH 8.5 MILLION VIEWERS, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ FOR 14 STRAIGHT WEEKS — AND #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 BEATING NBC BY 1.8 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.7 MILLION

For the 14th consecutive week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.476 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of July 13, 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 (8.476 million), Adults 25-54 (1.073 million) and Adults 18-49 (842,000). “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.684 million, 1.002 million and 772,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+27%/+1.792 million), Adults 25-54 (+7%/+71,000) and Adults 18-49 (+9%/+70,000). For the third straight week, “World News Tonight” improved week to week across the board: Total Viewers (+2%/+185,000 – 8.476 million vs. 8.291 million), Adults 25-54 (+1%/+15,000 –1.073 million vs. 1.058 million) and Adults 18-49 (+8%/+64,000 –842,000 vs. 778,000). “World News Tonight” hit a 3-month hi

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July 15, 2026

THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV FOR 13TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS — AND IS THE MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS THE BOARD, BEATING NBC BY NEARLY 2 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.5 MILLION

For the 13th week in a row, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.291 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of July 6, 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 (8.291 million), Adults 25-54 (1.058 million) and Adults 18-49 (778,000). “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.380 million, 935,000 and 699,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+30%/+1.911 million), Adults 25-54 (+13%/+123,000) and Adults 18-49 (+11%/+79,000). “World News Tonight” widened its Adults 25-54 lead over “NBC Nightly News” compared to the previous week by 14% (123,000 vs. 108,000) to its largest in 6 weeks — since w/o 5/25/26. “World News Tonight” widened its Total Viewers margin over “NBC Nightly News” year to year by 7% (1.919 million vs. 1.780 millio

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July 9, 2026

WITH 8.1 MILLION VIEWERS, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TELEVISION IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ FOR THE 12th CONSECUTIVE WEEK — AND THE MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 2 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.4 MILLION

For the 12th straight week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.128 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of June 29, 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 (8.128 million), Adults 25-54 (964,000) and Adults 18-49 (741,000). “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.160 million, 856,000 and 612,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+32%/+1.968 million), Adults 25-54 (+13%/+108,000) and Adults 18-49 (+21%/+129,000). “World News Tonight” widened its margins over “NBC Nightly News” week to week in Total Viewers (+30% – 1.968 million vs. 1.517 million), Adults 25-54 (+66% – 108,000 vs. 65,000) and Adults 18-49 (+231% – 129,000 vs. 39,000). “World News Tonight” delivered its largest Total Viewer lead in 6 weeks and its biggest ma

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June 30, 2026

THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION FOR 11TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — WINNING ALL KEY DEMOS IN SECOND QUARTER WITH 8.2 MILLION VIEWERS, BEATING NBC BY NEARLY 2 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.3 MILLION

2nd Quarter of 2026 ABC News’ “World News Tonight with David Muir” won the 2nd quarter of 2026, standing as the No. 1 newscast across broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.200 million), Adults 25-54 (1.010 million) and Adults 18-49 (753,000), based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” took the top spot in all key target demos for the 7th straight year during the 2nd quarter. Overall, “World News Tonight” has won the last 37 quarters in Total Viewers and the last 26 quarters in Adults 25-54 — since 2Q17 and 1Q20, respectively. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.347 million, 923,000 and 655,000, respectively) during 2Q26 in Total Viewers (+29%/+1.853 million), Adults 25-54 (+9%/+87,000) and Adults 18-49 (+15%/+98,000). “World News Tonight” increased its lead over the NBC program versus the previous quarter (1Q26) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+6% -1.853 million vs. 1.745 million), Adults 25-54 (+74% – 87,000 vs. 50,000

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June 24, 2026

THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV FOR THE 10TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — AND THE MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS BROADCAST AND CABLE IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, BEATING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.0 MILLION

For the tenth consecutive week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (7.887 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of June 15, 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 (7.887 million), Adults 25-54 (930,000) and Adults 18-49 (745,000). “World News Tonight” posted Total Viewer increases both week to week (+3%/+249,000 – 7.887 million vs. 7.638 million) and year to year (+3%/+243,000 – 7.887 million vs. 7.644 million). “World News Tonight” beat “NBC Nightly News” by 1.517 million Total Viewers, widening its lead compared to the previous week by +57%. “World News Tonight” (7.887 million, 930,000 and 745,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (3.923 million, 564,000 and 391,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+101%/+3.964 million), Adults 25-5

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World News Tonight with David Muir

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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

FOR 16th STRAIGHT WEEK, ‘ABC NEWS WORLD TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV WITH 8.2 MILLION VIEWERS AND THE #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, LEADING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4 MILLION

THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TELEVISION FOR THE 15TH WEEK IN A ROW IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — AND #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, BEATING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.2 MILLION

WITH 8.5 MILLION VIEWERS, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ FOR 14 STRAIGHT WEEKS — AND #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 BEATING NBC BY 1.8 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.7 MILLION

THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV FOR 13TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS — AND IS THE MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS THE BOARD, BEATING NBC BY NEARLY 2 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.5 MILLION

WITH 8.1 MILLION VIEWERS, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TELEVISION IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ FOR THE 12th CONSECUTIVE WEEK — AND THE MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, OUTDELIVERING NBC BY 2 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.4 MILLION

THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION FOR 11TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — WINNING ALL KEY DEMOS IN SECOND QUARTER WITH 8.2 MILLION VIEWERS, BEATING NBC BY NEARLY 2 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.3 MILLION

THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV FOR THE 10TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK IS ‘ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ — AND THE MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS BROADCAST AND CABLE IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, BEATING NBC BY 1.5 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.0 MILLION

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