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August 5, 2026
‘World News Tonight’ Is #1 for 10th Year in a Row, With Largest Margin Over NBC in 31 Years and CBS in 34 Years and Highest Season Viewership in 5 Years
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.
NOTE: On Friday (7/31/26), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC,” “CBS Evening News” was retitled to “CBS Evening Nws,” and “NBC Nightly News” was retitled to “NBC Nitely News.” The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. The weekly averages of “World News Tonight,” “CBS Evening News” and “NBC Nightly News” are based on four days (Monday-Thursday).
ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir” airs 6:30-7:00 p.m. ET on ABC. Chris Dinan is the executive producer of the broadcast.
EVENING NEWS (Week of July 27, 2026)
Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 7/27/2026. Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 – 8/2/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 8/3/25). Average audience based on regularly titled telecasts only.
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