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Press release – Ratings
July 15, 2026
‘World News Tonight’ Grows Week to Week and Year to Year in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49
‘World News Tonight’ Delivers Largest Viewership in 10 Weeks and Biggest Demo in 13 Weeks
‘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 Largest Season Viewership in 5 Years
NOTE: On Friday (7/10/26), “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 for all three shows 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 6, 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 7/6/26), Previous Week (w/o 6/29/26) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 7/7/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 – 7/12/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 7/13/25). 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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