The #1 Program on All of Television – 4 Weeks Straight – Is ‘World News Tonight With David Muir’

Winning in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54 and Adults 18–49 / **Ratings Report for ABC News’ “World News Tonight with David Muir” / For the week of May 2, 2022 / The #1 Program on All of Television – 4 Weeks Straight – Is ‘World News Tonight With David Muir,’ Winning in Total Viewers, Adults 25–54 and Adults 18–49

‘World News Tonight’ Leads NBC by 1.4 Million and CBS by 3.2 Million Viewers / ‘World News Tonight’ Increases Its Lead Over NBC Week to Week in Total Viewers

‘World News Tonight’ Is Ranking #1 in Total Viewers for the 6th Consecutive Season and in Both Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 3rd Season in a Row

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“World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program of the week for the 4th straight week in Total Viewers (7.846 million) on all of television (excluding sports and syndication), during the week of May 2, 2022, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

“World News Tonight” is the evening’s No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.846 million), Adults 25-54 (1.345 million) and Adults 18-49 (916,000), leading “NBC Nightly News” (6.461 million, 1.075 million and 747,000, respectively) by 1.385 million Total Viewers, by 270,000 Adults 25-54 and by 169,000 Adults 18-49.

“World News Tonight” increased its lead over NBC from the previous week in Total Viewers (+2% – 1.385 million vs. 1.359 million).

“World News Tonight” has won the last 179 of 180 weeks in Total Viewers and 108 of the last 110 weeks in Adults 25-54.

Season to date, “World News Tonight” (8.484 million) is ranking No. 1 in Total Viewers for the 6th consecutive year, based on Most Current Data. “World News Tonight” is leading “NBC Nightly News” (7.205 million) by 1.279 million and “CBS Evening News” (5.165 million) by 3.319 million.

“World News Tonight” is ranking No. 1 in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 for the 3rd season in a row. “World News Tonight” is surpassing NBC in both Adults 25-54 (+263,000 – 1.557 million vs. 1.294 million) and Adults 18-49 (+151,000 – 1.063 million vs. 912,000).

For the week, “World News Tonight” (7.846 million, 1.345 million and 916,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Evening News” (4.621 million, 759,000 and 526,000, respectively) by 3.225 Total Viewers, by 586,000 Adults 25-54 and by 390,000 Adults 18-49.

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 May 2, 2022):

                                                 TOTAL VIEWERS    ADULTS 25-54     ADULTS 18-49     HOUSEHOLDS

ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT 7,846,000 1.1/10; 1,345,000 0.7/9; 916,000 4.9/15

NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 6,461,000 0.9/ 8; 1,075,000 0.6/7; 747,000 4.0/12

CBS EVENING NEWS 4,621,000 0.6/ 5; 759,000 0.4/5; 526,000 2.9/ 8

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 5/2/22), Previous Week (w/o 4/25/22) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 5/3/21). Most Current: 2021-2022 Season (9/20/21 – 5/8/22) and 2020-2021 Season (9/21/20 – 5/9/21). 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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May 11, 2022 12:00am ET by Pressparty  

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