THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION IS ‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ INCREASING MARGINS OVER NBC WEEK TO WEEK IN TOTAL VIEWERS (+2%), ADULTS 25-54 (+15%) AND ADULTS 18-49 (+73%) – OUTDELIVERING NBC BY NEARLY 1.6 MILLION VIEWERS – THE LARGEST LEAD IN 5 WEEKS

“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.248 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of June 9, 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 5th consecutive week (with and without sports).

• “World News Tonight” ranked as the No. 1 newscast across broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.248 million), Adults 25-54 (1.000 million) and Adults 18-49 (692,000).
• “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (5.663 million, 844,000 and 566,000, respectively) by 1.585 million Total Viewers, by 156,000 Adults 25-54 and by 126,000 Adults 18-49.
• For the 2nd week in a row, “World News Tonight” widened its lead over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week across the board: Total Viewers (+2% – 1.585 million vs. 1.548 million), Adults 25-54 (+15% – 156,000 vs. 136,000) and Adults 18-49 (+73% – 126,000 vs. 73,000). “World News Tonight” posted its largest Total Viewer and Adults 25-54 lead over NBC in 5 weeks – since w/o 5/5/25.
• “World News Tonight” turned in gains on the previous week in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+4%/+251,000 – 7.248 million vs. 6.997 million), Adults 25-54 (+10%/+93,000 – 1.000 million vs. 907,000) and Adults 18-49 (+16%/+95,000 – 692,000 vs. 597,000). “World News Tonight” delivered its largest overall audience in 5 weeks and best key news demo performance in 7 weeks – since weeks of 5/5/25 and 4/21/25, respectively.
• “World News Tonight” (7.248 million, 1.000 million and 692,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.159 million, 547,000 and 379,000, respectively) by 3.089 million Total Viewers, by 453,000 Adults 25-54 and by 313,000 Adults 18-49.
• For the 14th straight week, “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “CBS Evening News” year to year in Total Viewers (+9% – 3.089 million vs. 2.826 million), Adults 25-54 (+3% – 453,000 vs. 438,000) and Adults 18-49 (+8% – 313,000 vs. 291,000).
• Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.725 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” (6.172 million) by 1.553 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.321 million) by 3.404 million. In fact, “World News Tonight” is growing its Total Viewer lead over NBC compared to the same point last season (+19% – 1.553 million vs. 1.306 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% (3.404 million vs. 3.099 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 (905,000 and 600,000, respectively), increasing its margins from the same point last season in Adults 25-54 (+36% – 179,000 vs. 132,000) and Adults 18-49 (+48% – 151,000 vs. 102,000).
• In addition, “World News Tonight” is widening margins with “CBS Evening News” (617,000 and 418,000, respectively) by double digits in Adults 25-54 (+13% – 467,000 vs. 414,000) and Adults 18-49 (+18% – 333,000 vs. 283,000).

NOTE: On Wednesday (6/11/25) and Friday (6/13/25), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC” due to ABC’s coverage of Game 3 and Game 4, respectively, of the NBA Finals. In addition, on Friday, “NBC Nightly News” was coded as a breakout and was retitled to “NBC Nitely News” due to coverage of U.S. Open Golf. The retitled and breakout telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s weekly averages are based on three days (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday), while NBC’s weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Thursday).

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 9, 2025)

     

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	7,248,000	0.8/12; 1,000,000	0.5/11; 692,000	4.4/17
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	5,663,000	0.7/ 10; 884,000	0.4/ 9; 566,000	3.2/13
CBS EVENING NEWS	4,159,000	0.4/ 7 ; 547,000	0.3/ 6; 379,000	2.5/ 10

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 6/2/25), Previous Week (w/o 5/26/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 6/3/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 6/8/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 6/9/24). 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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