"World News Tonight with David Muir" Ranks #1 Among Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49
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“World News Tonight” Wins Adults 25-54 for 7 of Last 8 Weeks and Adults 18-49 for 6 Weeks Straight
“World News Tonight” Slashes Nearly All of its Total Viewer Gap (-97%) with NBC Compared to the Same Week One Year Ago
“World News Tonight” is the Only Evening Broadcast Up in Both Total Viewers (+6%) and Adults 25-54 (+2%) Season to Date; While NBC is Down (-3%/-8%)
“World News Tonight” is Averaging its Largest Overall Viewer Audience in 8 Years
ABC News’ “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the week’s No. 1 evening newscast in Adults 25-54 (1.856 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.293 million) during the week of April 27, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” beat “NBC Nightly News” (1.726 million and 1.244 million, respectively) by 130,000 Adults 25-54 and by 49,000 Adults 18-49.
“World News Tonight” has taken the top spot in the key adult news demo in 7 of the last 8 weeks and for the 6th straight week in Adults 18-49. In addition, “World News Tonight” won its 7th week of the season, its most number of wins at this point of a season in 8 years – since the 2006-07 season.
In total viewers, “World News Tonight” slashed nearly all of its year-to-year gap with “NBC Nightly News” (-97% - 39,000 vs. 1.135 million).
“World News Tonight” is averaging 494,000 more viewers, season to date, compared to the same time frame last season (8.675 million vs. 8.181 million), while “NBC Nightly News” is posting a 273,000 average loss (9.096 million vs. 9.369 million). For the 2nd year in a row, “World News Tonight” is improving versus the same point last season in both Total Viewers (+6%) and Adults 25-54 (+2%). “World News Tonight” is averaging its largest overall viewer audience in 8 years and strongest in the key adult news demo in 4 years – since the 2006-07 and the 2010-11 seasons, respectively. In addition, “World News Tonight” is improving the most in Total Viewers and standing as the only evening newscast to grow in Adults 25-54 compared to “CBS Evening News” (+2%/-3%) and “NBC Nightly News” (-3%/-8%).
Season to date, “World News Tonight” has slashed nearly all of its season margin with “NBC Nightly News” in Adults 25-54 (-98% - 5,000 vs. 230,000), 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 more than half in Total Viewers (-65% - 421,000 vs. 1.188 million) and Adults 18-49 (-64% - 98,000 vs. 276,000) to its closest performances in 7 years in both measures – since the 2007-08 season.
For the week, “World News Tonight” led the “CBS Evening News” by 1.111 million Total Viewers, by 426,000 Adults 25-54 and by 282,000 Adults 18-49.
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 April 27, 2015)
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 4/27/15, 4/20/15 and 4/28/14. Most Current: 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 – 5/3/15) and 2013-2014 Season (9/23/13 – 5/4/14). Averages based on regular telecasts.
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