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Press release – Ratings
June 3, 2026
‘World News Tonight’ Grows Year to Year Across the Board and Improves in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 for the 13th Week in a Row
‘World News Tonight’ Is Delivering Largest Season Viewership in 4 Years and Is #1 for 10th Year in a Row, With Biggest Margin Over NBC in 31 Years and CBS in at Least 34 Years
For the seventh consecutive week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (7.824 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of May 25, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
NOTE: On Monday (5/25/26), all three evening newscasts were coded as specials because of Memorial Day. On Tuesday (5/26/26) and Thursday (5/28/26), “NBC Nightly News” was retitled to “NBC Nitely News.” On Friday (5/29/26), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC,” and “CBS Evening News” was retitled to “CBS Evening Nws.” The specialed and retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. The weekly averages for “World News Tonight” and “CBS Evening News” are based on three days (Tuesday-Thursday), and the weekly average for “NBC Nightly News” is based on two days (Wednesday and Friday).
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 May 25, 2026)
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 National Live + Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings. Current Week (w/o 5/25/26), Previous Week (w/o 5/18/26) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 5/26/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 – 5/31/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 6/1/25). Beginning 12/26/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. Season averages based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings start with the 2023-2024 season. Beginning 9/29/25, “World News Tonight” averages include airings on ABCNL. 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.
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