ABC News* “World News Tonight with David Muir” finished as America’s No. 1 evening newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.003 million), Adults 25-54 (1.300 million) and Adults 18-49 (940,000) for the week of Oct. 24, 2022, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.657 million, 1.122 million and 759,000, respectively) by 1.346 million Total Viewers, by 178,000 Adults 25-54 and by 181,000 Adults 18-49. “World News Tonight” widened its Total Viewer lead over the NBC program both week to week (+18% - 1.346 million vs. 1.141 million) and year to year (+19% - 1.346 million vs. 1.131 million). “World News Tonight” has won the last 204 of 205 weeks in Total Viewers and 133 of the last 135 in Adults 25-54. “World News Tonight” saw gains on the previous week in Total Viewers (+4%/+319,000 - 8.003 million vs. 7.684 million), Adults 25-54 (+2%/25,000 - 1.300 million vs. 1.275 million) and Adults 18-49 (+6%/55,000 – 940,000 vs. 885,000), hitting 4-week highs across the board — since w/o 9/26/22. “World News Tonight” was the No. 2 program of the week in Total Viewers (8.013 million) on all of broadcast and cable television (excluding sports). Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.909 million) is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 7th straight year, based on Most Current Data. “World News Tonight” is leading “NBC Nightly News” (6.708 million) by 1.201 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.737 million) by 3.172 million. “World News Tonight” is ranking No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 4th season in a row. “World News Tonight” is leading NBC in Adults 25-54 (+184,000 - 1.324 million vs. 1.140 million) in Adults 18-49 (+128,000 – 914,000 vs. 786,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (784,000 and 518,000, respectively) by 540,000 Adults 25-54 and by 518,000 Adults 18-49. For the week, “World News Tonight” (8.003 million, 1.300 million and 940,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.822 million, 794,000 and 537,000, respectively) by 3.181 Total Viewers, by 506,000 Adults 25-54 and by 403,000 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. Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 10/24/22), Previous Week (w/o 10/17/22) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 10/25/21). Most Current Data Stream: Season 2022-2023 (9/19 – 10/30/22), Season 2021-2022 (9/20 – 10/31/21). 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. *COPYRIGHT ©2022 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All photography is copyrighted material and is for editorial use only. Images are not to be archived, altered, duplicated, resold, retransmitted or used for any other purposes without written permission of ABC. Images are distributed to the press in order to publicize current programming. Any other usage must be licensed. Photos posted for Web use must be at the low resolution of 72dpi, no larger than 2x3 in size. ABC News Media Relations Anna Negrón Pons Rongavilla -- ABC -- ‘World News Tonight’ Widens Lead Over NBC in Total Viewers Week to Week and Year to Year
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