{"id":208498,"date":"2026-04-22T03:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/with-nearly-9-million-viewers-the-1-program-on-all-television-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-the-most-watched-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adult\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:19:29","slug":"with-nearly-9-million-viewers-the-1-program-on-all-television-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-the-most-watched-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/with-nearly-9-million-viewers-the-1-program-on-all-television-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-the-most-watched-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adult\/","title":{"rendered":"WITH NEARLY 9 MILLION VIEWERS, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TELEVISION IS \u2018ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR\u2019 \u2014 THE MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, BEATING NBC BY OVE – detpress.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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March 10, 2026<\/span>
With Largest Margin Over NBC in 31 Years and CBS in 34 Years, \u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Is #1 in Total Viewers for the 10th Consecutive Year and in Adults 25-54 for the 7th Season in a Row
<\/strong>\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Grows Week to Week and Year to Year Across the Board Delivering Largest Weekly Lead Over NBC in 5 Weeks
<\/strong>\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Is Scoring Its Largest Season Viewership in 2 Years<\/strong>
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\u201cWorld News Tonight with David Muir\u201d stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers <\/strong>(8.901 million) on all of broadcast and cable <\/strong>during the week of March 2, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
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 March 2, 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 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 \u2013 3\/8\/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9\/23\/24 \u2013 3\/9\/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 additional airings in select markets.\u00a0 Beginning 8\/31\/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing.
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