{"id":228987,"date":"2026-10-28T08:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/the-1-program-on-all-of-television-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-the-1-newscast-across-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adults-18-49-leading-nbc-by-1-7-millio\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T08:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:39:09","slug":"the-1-program-on-all-of-television-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-the-1-newscast-across-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adults-18-49-leading-nbc-by-1-7-millio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/the-1-program-on-all-of-television-is-abc-world-news-tonight-with-david-muir-the-1-newscast-across-total-viewers-adults-25-54-and-adults-18-49-leading-nbc-by-1-7-millio\/","title":{"rendered":"THE #1 PROGRAM ON ALL OF TELEVISION IS \u2018ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR\u2019 \u2014 THE #1 NEWSCAST ACROSS TOTAL VIEWERS, ADULTS 25-54 AND ADULTS 18-49, LEADING NBC BY 1.7 MILLION AND CBS BY 4.0 MILLION – Detpress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\tPress release\t\t\t – Ratings<\/span>\t\t
October 14, 2026<\/span>
\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Grows Year to Year Across All Demos for Third Week in a Row: +14% in Total Viewers, +42% in Adults 25-54 and +43% in Adults 18-49
<\/strong>\u2018World News Tonight\u2019 Is Delivering Biggest Season Lead Over NBC in 32 Years and CBS in 35 Years, Largest Viewership in 6 Years, and Double-Digit Season-to-Date Growth Across the Board<\/strong>
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\u201cWorld News Tonight with David Muir\u201d stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers <\/strong>(8.219 million) on all of broadcast and cable <\/strong>(excluding sports) during the week of Oct. 5, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
NOTE: On Friday (10\/9\/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.\u00a0 The weekly averages for all three programs 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 Oct. 5, 2026)<\/strong>
Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 10\/5\/2026. Season to date: Most Current Data Stream: 2026-2027 Season (9\/21 \u2013 10\/11\/26) and 2025-2026 Season (9\/22 \u2013 10\/12\/26). Average audience based on regularly titled telecasts only.
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