{"id":212878,"date":"2026-06-06T12:13:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/the-1-program-on-all-television-with-8-5-million-viewers-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-beating-nbc-by-2-4-million-viewers-and-cbs-by-4-8-million-the-largest-l\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:13:49","slug":"the-1-program-on-all-television-with-8-5-million-viewers-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-beating-nbc-by-2-4-million-viewers-and-cbs-by-4-8-million-the-largest-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/the-1-program-on-all-television-with-8-5-million-viewers-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-beating-nbc-by-2-4-million-viewers-and-cbs-by-4-8-million-the-largest-l\/","title":{"rendered":"THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TELEVISION WITH 8.5 MILLION VIEWERS IS \u2018ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR,\u2019 BEATING NBC BY 2.4 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 4.8 MILLION \u2014 THE LARGEST LEAD OVER NBC IN 6 YEARS &#8211; detpress.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \t\t\t\tPress Sites\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\tPress release\t\t\t &#8211; <span class=\"post-type-title\">Ratings<\/span>\t\t<br \/><span class=\"posted-on\">April 29, 2026<\/span><br \/><strong>\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Is America\u2019s #1 Newscast in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the Week<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Is the Only Evening Newscast To Grow Week to Week and Year to Year Across the Board<\/strong><br \/><strong>With Largest Viewership in 3 Years, \u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Is Winning the Season for the 10th Consecutive Year and by the Largest Margin Over NBC in 31 Years and CBS in at Least 34 Years<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u201cWorld News Tonight with David Muir\u201d stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers <\/strong>(8.537 million) <strong>on all of broadcast and cable for the second straight week <\/strong>during the week of April 20, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.<br \/>NOTE: On Monday (4\/20\/26) and Tuesday (4\/21\/26), \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d was retitled to \u201cNBC Nitely News.\u201d On Thursday (4\/23\/26) and Friday (4\/24\/26), \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d was retitled to \u201cWNT-ABC.\u201d On Friday, \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d was retitled to \u201cCBS Evening News.\u201d The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d\u2019s (Monday-Wednesday) and \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d\u2019s (Wednesday-Friday) weekly averages are based on three days, while \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Thursday).<br \/>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.<br \/><strong>EVENING NEWS (Week of April 20, 2026)<\/strong><br \/>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 4\/20\/26), Previous Week (w\/o 4\/13\/26) and Year-Ago Week (w\/o 4\/21\/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9\/22\/25 \u2013 4\/26\/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9\/23\/24 \u2013 4\/27\/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. 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.<br \/>*COPYRIGHT \u00a92026 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. 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