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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir has been on top of the network news world for quite a while. But NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt is gaining ground.
During the week of November 11th, the show anchored by Lester Holt featured 6.1 million viewers. While the program anchored by David Muir averaged 7.3 million viewers, it was down slightly compared to previous weeks.
Meanwhile, in the Persons 25-54 demographic, the race remains tight, as the ABC News show featured 957,000 viewers from the demo, compared to 856,000 for NBC News. That gap closed by 7% during the week. It is even closer in the Persons 18-49 demo, with 643,000 watching ABC World News Tonight while 559,000 watched NBC Nightly News.
ABC World News Tonight is in its ninth consecutive year of leading the overall nightly news ratings. Before the week of November 11th, it had held its largest lead over NBC News in the past 30 years.
CBS Evening News featured a slight uptick in audience for the week, as well. It averaged 4.6 million viewers, with 671,000 coming the Persons 25-54 demo and 443,000 from the Persons 18-49 sector.
