{"id":209894,"date":"2026-05-06T07:30:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/the-1-program-on-all-of-broadcast-and-cable-tv-with-8-8-million-viewers-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-beating-nbc-by-the-largest-margin-in-6-years-detpress-c\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T07:30:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T07:30:23","slug":"the-1-program-on-all-of-broadcast-and-cable-tv-with-8-8-million-viewers-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-beating-nbc-by-the-largest-margin-in-6-years-detpress-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/the-1-program-on-all-of-broadcast-and-cable-tv-with-8-8-million-viewers-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-beating-nbc-by-the-largest-margin-in-6-years-detpress-c\/","title":{"rendered":"THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF BROADCAST AND CABLE TV WITH 8.8 MILLION VIEWERS IS \u2018ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR\u2019 \u2014 BEATING NBC BY THE LARGEST MARGIN IN 6 YEARS – detpress.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\tPress release\t\t\t – Ratings<\/span>\t\t
March 25, 2026<\/span>
\u2018ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT\u2019 LEADS NBC BY 2 MILLION VIEWERS EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK AND BEATS CBS BY 4.7 MILLION <\/strong>
\u00a0<\/strong>\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Grows Week to Week and Year to Year in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49<\/strong>
\u00a0<\/strong>\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Is Scoring Largest Season Viewership in 3 Years<\/strong>
\u00a0<\/strong>With Biggest 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>
\u201cWorld News Tonight with David Muir\u201d stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers <\/strong>(8.821 million) on all of broadcast and cable <\/strong>(excluding sports) during the week of March 16, 2026, <\/strong>based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
NOTE: On Thursday (3\/19\/26) and Friday (3\/20\/26), \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d was retitled to \u201cCBS Evening Nws.\u201d The retitled telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d\u2019s weekly averages are based on three days (Monday-Wednesday).
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 16, 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\/16\/26), Previous Week (w\/o 3\/9\/26) and Year-Ago Week (w\/o 3\/17\/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9\/22\/25 \u2013 3\/22\/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9\/23\/24 \u2013 3\/23\/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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