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Press release – Ratings
March 4, 2026
‘World News Tonight’ Delivers 9.4 Million on Monday, 8.6 Million on Wednesday, 8.5 Million on Thursday and 8.0 Million on Friday
For 6th Week in a Row, ‘World News Tonight’ Grows Total Viewers Year to Year
With the Largest Season Audience in 2 Years, ‘World News Tonight’ Is the Most-Watched Newscast for the 10th Straight Season in Total Viewers and 7th Consecutive Year in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49
“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.642 million), Adults 25-54 (1.028 million) and Adults 18-49 (759,000) during the week of Feb. 23, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
NOTE: On Tuesday (2/24/26), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC” 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 “World News Tonight” and “NBC Nightly News” are based on four days (Monday and Wednesday-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 Feb. 23, 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 2/23/26), Previous Week (w/o 2/16/26) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 2/24/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 – 3/1/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 3/2/25). 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 additionalairings in select markets. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing.
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