"WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WINS SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK AMONG ADULTS 25-54 WITH DAVID MUIR AS ANCHOR, FINISHING AHEAD OF "NIGHTLY NEWS" BY +123,000 VIEWERS

The ABC Evening Newscast Scores Six Straight Victories in This Demo, Ranking #1 in 10 of the Past 11 Weeks

Compared to One Year Ago, "World News Tonight" Improves in the News Demo (+6%), While "Nightly News" is Down (-4%)

"World News Tonight" Gains the Most Viewers in the Adults 25-54 Demo (+5%) from Last Week

"World News Tonight" is Up the Most in Total Viewers (+5%) from the Same Week Last Year

ABC's " World News Tonight with David Muir" ranked No. 1 in Adults 25-54 (2.136 million) during the week of September 8, 2014, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. The ABC evening newscast has ranked No. 1 for the last 6 weeks, turning in its longest stretch at the top in nearly 7 years - since w/o 9/24/07 thru w/o 10/29/07. Further, ABC has finished as the top evening news program for the 10th time in the last 11 weeks and in 16 of the last 23. "World News Tonight" increased its news demo margin of victory over the "NBC Nightly News" (2.013 million) from the previous week by 68% (+123,000 vs. +73,000).

On Friday (9/12/14), "World News" beat "NBC Nightly News" by its largest-single-day leads in both Adults 25-54 (+589,000 - 2.107 million vs. 1.518 million) and Adults 18-49 (+426,000 - 1.459 million vs. 1.033 million) in nearly 7 years - since 10/1/07, based on regular telecasts.

"World News Tonight" turned in gains from its previous week's performance (8.265 million, 2.040 million and 1.338 million, respectively, for w/o 9/1/14) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+1%), Adults 25-54 (+5%) and Adults 18-49 (+4%). In fact, the ABC evening newscast saw its strongest numbers in overall all viewers and in the key adult news demo in 5 1/2 months and best Adults 18-49 performance in 3 months - since w/o 3/24/14 and w/o 6/2/14, respectively. In addition, "World News Tonight" grew the most week to week in Adults 25-54 compared to "CBS Evening News" (flat) and "NBC Nightly News" (+2%).

For the 5th consecutive week, "World News Tonight" improved on its year-ago performance in both Total Viewers (+5%) and Adults 25-54 (+6%) - 7.948 million and 2.019 million, respectively, on w/o 9/9/13. "World News Tonight" improved the most in overall viewers from the year-ago week versus "CBS Evening News" (+3%) and "NBC Nightly News" (+3%). In addition, the NBC evening news program was down year to year in Adults 25-54 (-4%).

Season to date, "World News" is up versus the same point last season in both Total Viewers (+4%) and Adults 25-54 (+5%), delivering its most-watched season in 6 years and best news demo number in 3 years - since the 2007-08 and the 2010-11 seasons, respectively. "World News" also stands as the only evening newscast to improve on its news demo performance from the previous season compared to "CBS Evening News" (-4%) and "NBC Nightly News" (-3%).

In addition, "World News" is narrowing its season margin with "NBC Nightly News" in Adults 25-54 by more than half (-61% - 106,000 vs. 275,000) compared to its season margin from the same point last year. In fact, cutting its Adults 25-54 gap by double digits for the 3rd consecutive season, "World News" is seeing its closest news demo performance with the NBC program in 6 years - since the 2007-08 season.

"World News" has significantly increased its Adults 25-54 season lead over "CBS Evening News" versus its year-ago season lead (+73% - 416,000 vs. 241,000).

For the week, "World News Tonight" out-delivered the "CBS Evening News" by 2.050 million Total Viewers, 539,000 Adults 25-54 and 243,000 Adults 18-49. "World News Tonight" beat the CBS program by its largest Total Viewer advantage in more than 3 years - since w/o 5/9/11.

NOTE: On Monday (9/8/14), "CBS Evening News" did not air due to the U.S. Open Men's Final. In addition, "CBS Evening News" was retitled to "CBS Evening Nws" on Thursday (9/11/14) for NFL. Each telecast was excluded from the averages. CBS' weekly averages are based on 3 days (Tue, Wed and Fri).

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.

EVENING NEWS (Week of September 8, 2014)

TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 ADULTS 18-49 HOUSEHOLDS
ABC WORLD NEWS 8,326,000 1.8/8; 2,136,000 1.1/5; 1,396,000 5.5/11
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 8,554,000 1.7/7; 2,013,000 1.2/6; 1,497,000 5.7/12
CBS EVENING NEWS 6,276,000 1.3/6; 1,607,000 0.9/5; 1,153,000 4.2/ 9

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 9/8/14, 9/1/14 and 9/9/13. Most Current: 2013-2014 Season (9/23/13 - 9/14/14) and 2012-2013 Season (9/24/12 - 9/15/13). Averages based on regular telecasts.

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