NBC, ABC & CBS Evening News Ratings Shocker for David Muir
What To Know
- NBC Nightly News overtook ABC World News Tonight in the key demo by 26,000 viewers.
- ABC retained the overall lead in total viewers despite a drop in the demo.
- CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil remained below 4 million viewers.
The latest evening news ratings are in, and it’s good news for NBC Nighty News with Tom Llamas, which knocked ABC World News Tonight with David Muir off the top spot in the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic.
According to AdWeek, citing national live+same-day big data plus program ratings from Nielsen, NBC Nightly News averaged 6.557 million total viewers and 1.065 million demo viewers for the week of August 3. This put it ahead of World News Tonight in the demo by 26,000 viewers.
Nightly News was also the only evening news broadcast to see week-to-week growth in both total viewers and the demo. Compared to the week before, the show was up 1 percent in total viewers and up 12 percent in the key demo. It was also up on the same period last year, with an increase of 25 percent in total viewers and 49 percent in the demo.
Despite the demo drop, World News Tonight still held the top spot in total viewers. The show averaged 8.339 million total viewers and 1.039 million demo viewers for the week of August 3. This was up 2 percent in total viewers from the prior week but down 4 percent in the demo.
Compared to the same period in 2025, World News Tonight was up 21 percent in total viewers and up 14 percent in the demo.
Elsewhere, CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil was once again below 4 million viewers. The show averaged 3.913 million total viewers and 514,000 demo viewers for the week of August 4. This was down 5 percent in total viewers and down 10 percent in the demo compared to the previous week.
The year-over-year numbers were better, with a 5 percent increase in total viewers while the demo remained flat.
It should be noted that Nightly News‘ average for the week of August 3 was only based on three days (Monday-Wednesday), while World News Tonight and CBS Evening News are based on four days (Monday-Thursday).
CBS Evening News, Weekdays, 6:30/5:30c, CBS
World News Tonight, Weekdays, 6:30/5:30c, ABC
NBC Nightly News, Weekdays, 6:30/5:30c, NBC
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Who watches the network news anymore? Anyone under the age of 70? I doubt it.
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American news has become us pravada
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I watch the BBC news so I get the full picture
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maybe people are fed up with Disney news instead on the world news
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CBS rating will continue to fall, they are FOX undercover. I can't wait until my Paramount + expires, so I can cancel it for good.
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Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! both went into reruns. I'm sure that plays a factor in ABC News ratings dropping a bit.
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Too much sensational YouTube stuff devalues network news.
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How does Fox compare?
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Fox isn't a strictly "news" broadcast, they are more of a conservative opinion based entertainment broadcaster
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After COVID and the Biden laptop, all news is entertainment. Just look at this article, it's all about the hosts as stars. They've disappeared up their own areas. They've made themselves the story
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I was halfway through the news, then I realized I was on the wrong station. They all look alike.
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Nobody cares what the mainstream media has to say, all they do is push their own narrative!
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Whatever??? Both are so bias!!! Nothing about the WI Fair incident??? Guess it didn’t meet their narrative 😡
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I'm 77, and watch every evening, as if to prove your point.
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Why watch the news in television? Must be the over 75 crowd lol
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Good to know
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David Muir has too many long commercial breaks. One story 7 commercials. Last 20 minutes of the broadcast is grueling to watch.
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Apparently millions.
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