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October 7, 2025
‘World News Tonight’ Is America’s Most-Watched Newscast Across Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49
‘World News Tonight’ Grows Week to Week in Total Viewers
Season to Date ‘World News Tonight’ Is #1 for 10th Year in a Row in Total Viewers and in Both Key Adults Demos for the 7th Year Straight
“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (7.334 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Sept. 29, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
NOTE: On Monday (9/29/25), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC” due to the NFL, and from Wednesday through Thursday (10/1–2/25), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC” due to the MLB Playoffs. On Friday (10/3/25), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC.” The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. ABC’s weekly averages are based on one day (Tuesday).
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 Sept. 29, 2025)
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 9/29/25), Previous Week (w/o 9/22/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 9/30/24). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22 – 10/5/25) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23 – 10/6/24). Beginning 12/26/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. Nielsen ratings for ABC, NBC and CBS include additional airings in select markets. Beginning 9/29/25, “World News Tonight” averages include airings on ABCNL.. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing.
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