Wednesday Night Primetime ‘20/20’ Special Anchored by Muir Was ABC’s Best Prime News Special Since May Across the Board
Season to Date, ‘World News Tonight’ Stands as the Most-Watched Newscast for the 8th Straight Year and Is the #1 Newscast in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 5th Consecutive Season
“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (7.512 million) on all of broadcast and cable during the week of Oct. 9, 2023, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.
“World News Tonight” ranked as the No. 1 newscast on all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.512 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.125 million). “World News Tonight” beat “NBC Nightly News” (6.688 million and 1.124 million, respectively) by 824,000 Total Viewers and by 1,000 Adults 25-54. Muir anchored special editions of “World News Tonight” Monday through Thursday from Israel, as well as a one-hour primetime special on Wednesday.
The one-hour primetime special edition of “20/20” anchored by Muir — “Israel at War: Living in Terror” — was ABC’s best primetime news special since May across the board, since 5/14/23.
For the second week in a row, “World News Tonight” was up week to week in Adults 25-54 (+1%/+15,000 – 1.125 million vs. 1.110 million).
“World News Tonight” grew year to year in Total Viewers (+1%/+105,000 – 7.512 million vs. 7.407 million).
“World News Tonight” has won the last 254 of 255 weeks in Total Viewers and 183 of the last 185 in Adults 25-54.
Season to date, “World News Tonight” (7.583 million) is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 8th straight year, based on Most Current Data. “World News Tonight” is leading “NBC Nightly News” (6.537 million) by 1.046 million and “CBS Evening News” (4.652 million) by 2.931 million.
“World News Tonight” is ranking No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 5th consecutive season. “World News Tonight” is leading NBC in Adults 25-54 (+56,000 – 1.110 million vs. 1.054 million) and in Adults 18-49 (+52,000 – 764,000 vs. 712,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” is leading “CBS Evening News” (666,000 and 427,000, respectively) by 444,000 Adults 25-54 and by 337,000 Adults 18-49.
For the week, “World News Tonight” (7.512 million, 1.125 million and 758,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (4.805 million, 703,000 and 465,000, respectively) by 2.707 Total Viewers, by 422,000 Adults 25-54, and by 293,000 Adults 18-49.
NOTE: On Monday (10/9/23), “World News Tonight” was retitled to “WNT-ABC” due to “Monday Night Football.” On Friday (10/13/23). “World News Tonight” was also retitled to “WNT-ABC.” The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly averages. ABC’s weekly averages are based on three days (Tuesday-Thursday).
ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir” airs 6:30-7:00 p.m. EDT on ABC. Almin Karamehmedovic is the senior executive producer of the broadcast.
EVENING NEWS (Week of Oct. 9, 2023):
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 10/9/23), Previous Week (w/o 10/2/23) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 10/3/22). Most Current Data Stream: 2022-2023 Season (9/25 – 10/16/22) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19 – 10/9/22). 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. Averages based on regular telecasts.
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