{"id":221607,"date":"2026-08-22T17:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/with-8-5-million-viewers-the-1-program-on-all-of-television-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-for-14-straight-weeks-and-1-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:24:21","slug":"with-8-5-million-viewers-the-1-program-on-all-of-television-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-for-14-straight-weeks-and-1-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/with-8-5-million-viewers-the-1-program-on-all-of-television-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-for-14-straight-weeks-and-1-newscast-in-total-viewers-adults-25-54\/","title":{"rendered":"WITH 8.5 MILLION VIEWERS, THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION IS \u2018ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR\u2019 FOR 14 STRAIGHT WEEKS \u2014 AND #1 NEWSCAST IN TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49 BEATING NBC – detpress.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\tPress release\t\t\t – Ratings<\/span>\t\t
July 21, 2026<\/span>
With Largest Viewership in 4 Months, \u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Grows Year to Year by Double Digits and Week to Week Across the Board
\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Is #1 for 10th Year in a Row, With Largest Margin Over NBC in 31 Years and CBS in 34 Years and Highest Season Viewership in 5 Years
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NOTE: On Thursday (7\/16\/26) and Friday (7\/17\/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 of \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d and \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d 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 July 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 7\/13\/26), Previous Week (w\/o 7\/6\/26) and Year-Ago Week (w\/o 7\/7\/25). Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9\/22\/25 \u2013 7\/19\/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9\/23\/24 \u2013 7\/20\/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. Beginning 8\/31\/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing.
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