World News Tonight with David Muir widened its lead in the nightly newscast ratings, topping NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas and CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil.
The ABC newscast topped NBC in Total Viewers by 31%, drawing 8.417 million to NBC’s 6.434 million for the week. It also led in Adults 25-54 by 17% and Adults 18-49 by 22%.
Those margins widened versus the prior week. In Adults 25-54, World News Tonight extended its edge over NBC Nightly News by 532% — 158,000 viewers vs. 25,000. That gap marks the largest key adult news demo lead for the ABC program in nearly four months, since the week of December 15, 2025.
Season to date, World News Tonight ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 10th consecutive year, averaging 8.400 million. It leads NBC Nightly News by 1.812 million — the largest Total Viewer gap between the two programs in 31 years, since the 1994-1995 season.
Additionally, the program holds its largest Total Viewer season lead over CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil in at least 34 years, dating to the 1991-1992 season.
CBS Evening News drew 3.807 million Total Viewers for the week, putting it more than 4.6 million behind World News Tonight. The ABC program also more than doubled CBS in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49.
Year over year, World News Tonight has grown for six straight weeks across all three measures. This week, it added 646,000 Total Viewers compared to the same frame a year ago.
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