Press release - Ratings
May 6, 2025
‘WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR’ IS THE #1 WEEKDAY PROGRAM ACROSS ALL BROADCAST AND CABLE TELEVISION AND AMERICA’S MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS THE BOARD
Season To Date ‘World News Tonight’ Is #1 for the 9th Year Straight, Outdelivering NBC by 1.6 Million Total Viewers — the Largest Lead in Three Decades — and CBS by 3.4 Million — the Biggest Margin in 4 Years — and Is #1 in Both Key Adult Demos for the 6th Year, Increasing Margins by Double Digits
“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as America’s most-watched weekday program in Total Viewers (7.013 million) on all of broadcast and cable and ranked as the No. 1 newscast across the board in Total Viewers (7.013 million), Adults 25-54 (973,000) and Adults 18-49 (679,000) during the week of April 28, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.
- “World News Tonight” ranked as the No. 1 telecast of the day on Monday (6.797 million), Tuesday (7.070 million), Wednesday (7.137 million), Thursday (7.263) and Friday (6.581 million).
- “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (5.880 million, 870,000 and 566,000, respectively) by 1.133 million Total Viewers, by 103,000 Adults 25-54 and by 113,000 Adults 18-49.
- “World News Tonight” (7.013 million, 973,000 and 679,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (3.637 million, 482,000 and 360,000, respectively) by 3.376 million Total Viewers, by 491,000 Adults 25-54 and by 319,000 Adults 18-49.
- For the 8th straight week, “World News Tonight” increased its year-to-year margins over “CBS Evening News” in Total Viewers (+13% – 3.376 million vs. 2.987 million), Adults 25-54 (+29% – 491,000 vs. 382,000) and Adults 18-49 (+35% – 319,000 vs. 237,000).
- Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.827 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” (6.273 million) by 1.554 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.429 million) by 3.398 million. In fact, “World News Tonight” is growing its Total Viewer lead over NBC compared to the same point last season (+23% – 1.554 million vs. 1.262 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 9% (3.398 million vs. 3.115 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” (1.109 million and 768,000, respectively) is leading NBC (923,000 and 612,000, respectively), substantially increasing its margins from the same point last season in Adults 25-54 (+58% – 186,000 vs. 116,000) and Adults 18-49 (+66% – 156,000 vs. 94,000).
- In addition, “World News Tonight” is widening margins with “CBS Evening News” (639,000 and 430,000, respectively) by double digits in Adults 25-54 (+13% – 470,000 vs. 415,000) and Adults 18-49 (+18% – 338,000 vs. 287,000).
NOTE: On Monday (4/28/25), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC.” The retitled telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s weekly averages are based on four days (Tuesday-Friday).
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 April 28, 2025)
| TOTAL VIEWERS | ADULTS 25-54 | ADULTS 18-49 | HOUSEHOLDS | |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 7,013,000 | 0.8/12; 973,000 | 0.5/11; 679,000 | 4.3/17 |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 5,880,000 | 0.7/10; 870,000 | 0.4/9; 566,000 | 3.4/13 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 3,637,000 | 0.4/6; 482,000 | 0.3 /6; 360,000 | 2.2/ 9 |
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 4/28/25), Previous Week (w/o 4/21/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 4/29/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 5/4/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 5/5/24). 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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