"World News Tonight" is Up the Most in Adults 25-54 (+14%) Compared to Last Year

"World News Tonight" is the Only Evening Broadcast to Improve Across All Key Measures from Last Year

Season to Date, "World News Tonight" is the #1 Evening Newscast Among Adults 25-54 for the First Time in 7 Years

ABC's " World News Tonight with David Muir" ranked No. 1 in Adults 25-54 (2.072 million) for the week of October 6, 2014, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research, winning the first three weeks of the 2014-15 season.

For the 2nd week in a row, "World News Tonight" posted gains on the year-earlier week (7.251 million, 1.812 million and 1.245 million, respectively, on w/o 10/7/13) in Total Viewers (+13%), Adults 25-54 (+14%) and Adults 18-49 (+10%). "World News Tonight" grew the most in each demo and stood as the only evening newscast to build year to year in all three measures as "CBS Evening News" (-2%/+1%/+8%) and "NBC Nightly News" (+5%/-11%/-5%) were both mixed.

"World News Tonight" slashed its year-to-year margins with "NBC Nightly News" by more than half in Total Viewers (-62% - 348,000 vs. 927,000) and Adults 18-49 (-60% - 134,000 vs. 336,000).

"World News Tonight" was up over the previous week (w/o 9/29/14) in both Total Viewers (8.213 million vs. 8.113 million) and Adults 25-54 (2.072 million vs. 2.065 million) to hit season highs in both measures.

Season to date, "World News Tonight" stands as the No. 1 evening newscast in Adults 25-54, leading "NBC Nightly News" by 89,000 news demo viewers. This marks the first time in 7 years that "World News Tonight" ranks as the top evening newscast in Adults 25-54 during the season - since the 2007-08 season. "World News Tonight" slashed its Total Viewer season gap with "NBC Nightly News" by more than half (-62% - 322,000 vs. 841,000).

Through the first three weeks of the season, "World News Tonight" is improving versus the first three weeks of last season in Total Viewers (+9%) and Adults 25-54 (+9%). Delivering increases for the 2nd season in a row, "World News Tonight" is posting its best overall viewer start to a season in 9 years and strongest in the key adult news demo in 5 years - since the 2005-06 and the 2009-10 seasons, respectively.

For the week, "World News Tonight" led the "CBS Evening News" by 1.993 million Total Viewers, by 602,000 Adults 25-54 and by 330,000 Adults 18-49.

NOTE: "CBS Evening News" was retitled to "CBS Evening Nws" on Thursday (10/9/14) for NFL and was excluded from the averages. CBS' weekly averages are based on 4 days (Mon-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 October 6, 2014)

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 10/6/14, 9/29/14 and 10/07/13. Most Current: 2014-2015 Season (9/22 - 10/12/14) and 2013-2014 Season (9/23 - 10/13/14). All averages based on regular telecasts.

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