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March 10, 2026
With Largest Margin Over NBC in 31 Years and CBS in 34 Years, ‘World News Tonight’ Is #1 in Total Viewers for the 10th Consecutive Year and in Adults 25-54 for the 7th Season in a Row
‘World News Tonight’ Grows Week to Week and Year to Year Across the Board Delivering Largest Weekly Lead Over NBC in 5 Weeks
‘World News Tonight’ Is Scoring Its Largest Season Viewership in 2 Years
“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.901 million) on all of broadcast and cable during the week of March 2, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
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 March 2, 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 3/2/26), Previous Week (w/o 2/23/26) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 3/3/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9/22/25 – 3/8/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 3/9/25). 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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