For 14th Consecutive Week, ‘World News Tonight With David Muir’ Is #1 Program on All of Television — Winning in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54 and Adults 18–49 — Only Newscast To See Week-to-Week Gains in All Key Demos

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.166 million) on all of television during the week of July 11, 2022, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” has ranked as the week’s No. 1 program for 14 straight weeks (excluding sports).

“World News Tonight” was the No. 1 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.166 million), Adults 25-54 (1.262 million) and Adults 18-49 (879,000), outperforming “NBC Nightly News” (6.148 million, 962,000 and 678,000, respectively) by 1.018 million Total Viewers, by 300,000 Adults 25-54 and by 201,000 Adults 18-49.

“World News Tonight” increased its lead over NBC from the previous week across the board: Total Viewers (+28% – 1.018 million vs. 795,000), Adults 25-54 (+78% – 300,000 vs. 169,000) and Adults 18-49 (+51% – 201,000 vs. 133,000).

“World News Tonight” widened its year-to-year margins over NBC in Adults 25-54 (+8% – 300,000 vs. 277,000) and Adults 18-49 (+11% – 201,000 vs. 181,000).

“World News Tonight” has won the last 189 of 190 weeks in Total Viewers and 118 of the last 120 in Adults 25-54.

“World News Tonight” improved on the previous week in Total Viewers (+2%/+125,000 – 7.166 million vs. 7.041 million), Adults 25-54 (+12%/+133,000 – 1.262 million vs. 1.129 million) and Adults 18-49 (+10%/+78,000 – 879,000 vs. 801,000), standing as the only evening news broadcast to post gains in all key target demos.

Season to date, “World News Tonight” (8.296 million) is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 6th consecutive year, based on Most Current Data. “World News Tonight” is leading “NBC Nightly News” (7.002 million) by 1.294 million and “CBS Evening News” (5.024 million) by 3.272 million.

“World News Tonight” is ranking No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 3rd season in a row. “World News Tonight” is surpassing NBC in both Adults 25-54 (+278,000 – 1.512 million vs. 1.234 million) and Adults 18-49 (+165,000 – 1.034 million vs. 869,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (853,000 and 597,000, respectively) by 659,000 Adults 25-54 and by 437,000 Adults 18-49.

For the week, “World News Tonight” (7.166 million, 1.262 million and 879,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.411 million, 762,000 and 509,000, respectively) by 2.755 Total Viewers, by 500,000 Adults 25-54 and by 370,000 Adults 18-49.

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

EVENING NEWS (Week of July 11, 2022):

                                                             TOTAL VIEWERS    ADULTS 25-54     ADULTS 18-49     HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT     7,166,000                     1.0/10; 1,262,000     0.7/9; 879,000           4.5/14
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS                        6,148,000                     0.8/ 8;   962,000       0.5/7; 678,000           3.8/12
CBS EVENING NEWS                         4,411,000                     0.6/ 6;   762,000       0.4/5; 509,000           2.7/ 9

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 7/11/22), Previous Week (w/o 7/4/22) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 7/12/21). Most Current: 2021-2022 Season (9/20/21 – 7/17/22) and 2020-2021 Season (9/21/20 – 7/18/21). 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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