"World News Tonight" is Up in Adults 25-54 (+2%) from the Year Ago Week

Season to Date, "World News Tonight" Grows the Most Across All Key Metrics - Total Viewers (+7%), Adults 25-54 (+6%) and Adults 18-49 (+4%)

"World News Tonight" is Delivering its Largest Overall Season Audience in 7 Years and Best Adults 25-54 Performance in 5 Years

" World News Tonight with David Muir" averaged 9.312 million Total Viewers, 2.223 million Adults 25-54 and 1.456 million Adults 18-49 during the week of January 12, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

"World News Tonight" was up on the same week last year (8.468 million and 2.175 million, respectively, on w/o 1/13/14) in Total Viewers (+10%) and Adults 25-54 (+2%). In fact, "World News Tonight" turned in the most Total Viewer growth year to year compared to "CBS Evening News" (+5%) and "NBC Nightly News" (+3%).

"World News Tonight" cut its gaps from the previous week with "NBC Nightly News" across the board by double-digits: Total Viewers (-55% - 350,000 vs. 786,000), Adults 25-54 (-61% - 98,000 vs. 252,000) and Adults 18-49 (-16% - 224,000 vs. 267,000).

In addition, "World News Tonight" narrowed its year-to-year margins with the NBC newscast in Total Viewers (-63% - 350,000 vs. 936,000), Adults 25-54 (-36% - 98,000 vs. 154,000) and Adults 18-49 (-2% - 224,000 vs. 228,000).

Season to date, "World News Tonight" has slashed nearly all of its season margin with "NBC Nightly News" in Adults 25-54 (-96% - 11,000 vs. 274,000), delivering its closest news demo performance with the NBC program in 7 years - since the 2007-08 season. In addition, "World News Tonight" cut its season gaps with "NBC Nightly News" by 40% in Total Viewers (620,000 vs. 1.040 million) and by 54% in Adults 18-49 (133,000 vs. 291,000) to its closest performances in 6 years and 7 years, respectively - since the 2008-09 and the 2007-08 seasons, respectively.

"World News Tonight" is improving versus the same point last season in Total Viewers (+7%), Adults 25-54 (+6%) and Adults 18-49 (+4%). "World News Tonight" is averaging its largest overall viewer audience in 7 years and strongest in the key adult news demo in 5 years - since the 2007-08 and the 2009-10 seasons, respectively. In addition, "World News Tonight" is improving the most in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 compared to "CBS Evening News" (+2%/+2%/+2%) and "NBC Nightly News" (+1%/-6%/-6%).

For the week, "World News Tonight" beat the "CBS Evening News" by 1.487 million Total Viewers, by 408,000 Adults 25-54 and by 319,000 Adults 18-49, leading the CBS program by its largest overall viewer advantage in 7 weeks - since w/o 11/24/14.

ABC "World News Tonight with David Muir" airs at 6:30 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network. Almin Karamehmedovic is the executive producer of the broadcast. Follow David Muir and the "World News Tonight" team online: @DavidMuir; @WNTonight; facebook.com/DavidMuirABC; facebook.com/WorldNewsTonight.

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 1/12/15, 1/5/15 and 1/13/14. Most Current: 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 - 1/18/15) and 2013-2014 Season (9/23/13 - 1/19/14). Averages based on regular telecasts.

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