{"id":224104,"date":"2026-09-14T01:51:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T01:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/the-1-program-on-all-tv-for-13th-consecutive-week-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-with-8-3-million-viewers-and-is-the-most-watched-newscast-across-the-board-bea\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T01:51:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T01:51:34","slug":"the-1-program-on-all-tv-for-13th-consecutive-week-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-with-8-3-million-viewers-and-is-the-most-watched-newscast-across-the-board-bea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/the-1-program-on-all-tv-for-13th-consecutive-week-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-with-8-3-million-viewers-and-is-the-most-watched-newscast-across-the-board-bea\/","title":{"rendered":"THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV FOR 13TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK IS \u2018ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR\u2019 WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS \u2014 AND IS THE MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS THE BOARD, BEATING NBC BY NEARLY 2 MIL – detpress.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\tPress release\t\t\t – Ratings<\/span>\t\t
July 15, 2026<\/span>
\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Grows Week to Week and Year to Year in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49
<\/strong>\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Delivers Largest Viewership in 10 Weeks and Biggest Demo in 13 Weeks
<\/strong>\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 Largest Season Viewership in 5 Years<\/strong>
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NOTE: On Friday (7\/10\/26), \u201cWorld News Tonight\u201d was retitled to \u201cWNT-ABC,\u201d \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d was retitled to \u201cCBS Evening Nws,\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 for all three shows 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 July 6, 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\/6\/26), Previous Week (w\/o 6\/29\/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\/12\/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9\/23\/24 \u2013 7\/13\/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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