{"id":204518,"date":"2026-03-18T08:03:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/with-8-6-million-viewers-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-is-1-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adults-18-49-beating-nbc-by-largest-margin-in-4-weeks-with-1-9-mil\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:03:06","slug":"with-8-6-million-viewers-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-is-1-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adults-18-49-beating-nbc-by-largest-margin-in-4-weeks-with-1-9-mil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/with-8-6-million-viewers-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-is-1-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adults-18-49-beating-nbc-by-largest-margin-in-4-weeks-with-1-9-mil\/","title":{"rendered":"WITH 8.6 MILLION VIEWERS, \u2018ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR\u2019 IS #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, BEATING NBC BY LARGEST MARGIN IN 4 WEEKS WITH 1.9 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY – detpress.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\tPress release\t\t\t – Ratings<\/span>\t\t
March 4, 2026<\/span>
\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Delivers 9.4 Million on Monday, 8.6 Million on Wednesday, 8.5 Million on Thursday and 8.0 Million on Friday
<\/strong>For 6th Week in a Row, \u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Grows Total Viewers Year to Year
<\/strong>With the Largest Season Audience in 2 Years, \u2018World News Tonight\u2019 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<\/strong>
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\u201cWorld News Tonight with David Muir\u201d ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers <\/strong>(8.642 million), Adults 25-54 <\/strong>(1.028 million) and Adults 18-49 <\/strong>(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), \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d was retitled to \u201cWNT-ABC\u201d and \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d was retitled to \u201cNBC Nitely News.\u201d The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. The weekly averages for \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d and \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d are based on four days (Monday and Wednesday-Friday).
ABC\u2019s \u201cWorld News Tonight with David Muir\u201d 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)<\/strong>
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 \u2013 3\/1\/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9\/23\/24 \u2013 3\/2\/25). Beginning 12\/26\/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings.\u00a0 Season averages based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings start with the 2023-2024 season.\u00a0 Beginning 9\/29\/25, \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d averages include airings on ABCNL. Nielsen ratings for ABC, NBC and CBS include additionalairings in select markets.\u00a0 Beginning 8\/31\/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing.
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