{"id":226497,"date":"2026-10-04T08:53:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T08:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/for-17th-consecutive-week-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-is-1-program-on-all-tv-with-8-3-million-viewers-growing-week-to-week-and-delivering-largest-season-margin-ove\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T08:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T08:53:38","slug":"for-17th-consecutive-week-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-is-1-program-on-all-tv-with-8-3-million-viewers-growing-week-to-week-and-delivering-largest-season-margin-ove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/for-17th-consecutive-week-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-is-1-program-on-all-tv-with-8-3-million-viewers-growing-week-to-week-and-delivering-largest-season-margin-ove\/","title":{"rendered":"FOR 17th CONSECUTIVE WEEK, \u2018WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR\u2019 IS #1 PROGRAM ON ALL TV WITH 8.3 MILLION VIEWERS \u2014 GROWING WEEK TO WEEK AND DELIVERING LARGEST SEASON MARGIN OVER NBC IN 31 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\">August 10, 2026<\/span><br \/><strong>\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Improves Year to Year in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for 5th Week in a Row<br \/><\/strong><strong>\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Is #1 for 10th Year in a Row, With Highest Season Viewership in 5 Years<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>For the 17th consecutive week, \u201cWorld News Tonight with David Muir\u201d stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers<\/strong> (8.339 million) <strong>on all of broadcast and cable <\/strong>(excluding sports) during the week of Aug 3, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.<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 Aug 3, 2026)<\/strong><br \/>Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 8\/3\/2026. Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2025-2026 Season (9\/22\/25 \u2013 8\/9\/26) and 2024-2025 Season (9\/23\/24 \u2013 8\/10\/25). Average audience based on regularly titled telecasts only.<br \/>*COPYRIGHT \u00a92026 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All photography is copyrighted material and is for editorial use only. Images are not to be archived, altered, duplicated, resold, retransmitted or used for any other purposes without written permission of ABC News. Images are distributed to the press to publicize current programming. Any other usage must be licensed.<br \/><strong>Media Contacts<\/strong><br \/>You must be logged in to view this content. 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