Ratings: “ABC World News” Slashes Demo Gap with NBC by Double-Digits for 4th Straight Week

For the week of June 25, 2012, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 6.98 million Total Viewers and a 1.5 rating/6 share/1.78 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. Growing its Total Viewing audience for the 3rd week in a row (6.92 million on w/o 6/18/12), “World News” attracted its largest overall audience in 5 weeks - since w/o 5/21/12.
 
For the 4th straight week, “ABC World News” reduced its Adults 25-54 margin with “NBC Nightly News” by double-digits (-28% – 453,000 vs. 631,000) compared to the year-earlier week.  Further, “World News” has cut the demo gap with “Nightly News” by double-digits in 16 of the last 17 weeks. 

Season-to-date, “World News” is narrowing its gaps with “NBC Nightly News” in both Total Viewers (-6%) and Adults 25-54 (-28%), delivering its smallest Total Viewer (1.01 million) and news demo margins (350,000) with the NBC program in 3 years - since the 2008-09 season.

“World News” outperformed the “CBS Evening News” by 1.28 million Total Viewers and by 129,000 Adults 25-54.  

“ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” airs at 6:30 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network.  Michael Corn is the executive producer of the broadcast. Follow Diane Sawyer and the “World News” team online: @DianeSawyer; @ABCWorldNews;facebook.com/WorldNews.
EVENING NEWS (Week of June 25, 2012)

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 Live + SD weeks of 6/25/12, 6/18/12 & 6/27/11.  Most Current – 2011-2012 Season (9/19/11 – 7/1/12) and 2010-2011 Season (9/20/11 – 7/3/11).