The night information rankings for the week of August 24 are in, and it is excellent news for ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, which posted its finest efficiency in the Adults 25-54 demographic since January 2025.
According to AdWeek, citing nationwide dwell+same-day large information plus program rankings from Nielsen, World News Tonight averaged 8.731 million complete viewers and 1.219 million demo viewers for the week of August 24. This was up 3 % in complete viewers and up 15 % in the important thing demo in comparison with the week earlier than.
Compared to the identical interval in 2025, the present was up 24 % in complete viewers and up 40 % in the demo. In reality, the demo quantity was the perfect for the reason that week of January 13, 2025.
NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas additionally noticed beneficial properties for the week of August 24, averaging 7.052 million complete viewers and 1.07 million demo viewers. Compared with the prior week, the present was up 6 % in complete viewers and up 4 % in the demo.
Year over 12 months, Nightly News was up 33 % in complete viewers and up 57 % in the important thing demo.
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Meanwhile, CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil averaged 3.916 million complete viewers and 531,000 demo viewers for the week of August 24. This was down 1 % in complete viewers however up 16 % in the demo in comparison with the earlier week. It was the one newscast to see a drop in both measured class.
Compared to final 12 months, CBS Evening News was up 1 % in complete viewers however down 11 % in the demo. Again, it was the one newscast to publish a lower in one of many yearly comparability classes.
It needs to be famous that ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News‘ weekly averages are primarily based on 4 days (Monday to Thursday), whereas NBC Nightly News‘ common relies on three days (Monday to Wednesday).
CBS Evening News, Weekdays, 6:30/5:30c, CBS
World News Tonight, Weekdays, 6:30/5:30c, ABC
NBC Nightly News, Weekdays, 6:30/5:30c, NBC
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