{"id":212924,"date":"2026-06-06T21:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/with-8-2-million-viewers-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-is-americas-1-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adults-18-49-leading-nbc-by-1-7-million\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T21:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T21:19:04","slug":"with-8-2-million-viewers-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-is-americas-1-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adults-18-49-leading-nbc-by-1-7-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/with-8-2-million-viewers-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-is-americas-1-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adults-18-49-leading-nbc-by-1-7-million\/","title":{"rendered":"WITH 8.2 MILLION VIEWERS, \u2018ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR\u2019 IS AMERICA\u2019S #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 \u2014 LEADING NBC BY 1.7 MILLION VIEWERS AND CBS BY 4.4 MILLION – detpress.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\tPress release\t\t\t – Ratings<\/span>\t\t
April 22, 2026<\/span>
\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Grows Year to Year Across the Board for the 7th Week in a Row
<\/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>
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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>(8.175 million), Adults 25-54 <\/strong>(1.010 million) and Adults 18-49 <\/strong>(744,000) during the week of April 13, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
NOTE: On Friday (4\/17\/26), \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d was retitled to \u201cNBC Nitely News.\u201d The retitled telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d\u2019s weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Thursday).
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 April 13, 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 4\/6\/26), Previous Week (w\/o 3\/30\/26) and Year-Ago Week (w\/o 4\/7\/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9\/22\/25 \u2013 4\/12\/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9\/23\/24 \u2013 4\/13\/25). Beginning 12\/26\/22, averages are based on Big Data Plus Panel ratings. \u00a0Season 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. \u00a0Beginning 8\/31\/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing.
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