ABC‘s “World News Tonight with David Muir” scored an across-the-board win in Total Viewers (8.416 million), Adults 25-54 (2.204 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.528 million), for the week of September 29, 2014, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. This marked the first time in more than 6 ½ years that “World news Tonight” won the week in all three key demos – since w/o 2/11/08. Additionally, “World News Tonight” snapped “NBC Nightly News’” 263-week Total Viewer winning streak (w/o 9/14/09 thru w/o 9/22/14). In fact, the ABC evening newscast turned in its largest overall viewer lead (+166,000) over “Nightly News” (8.250 million) in 6 years – since w/o 9/15/08.
In addition, “World News Tonight” outdelivered “Nightly News” (1.937 million and 1.416 million, respectively) in Adults 25-54 (+267,000) and Adults 18-49 (+112,000). The ABC evening newscast turned in its 9th consecutive victory in Adults 25-54, while turning in its largest Adults 18-49 lead in nearly 7 years – since w/o 10/1/07.
This comes after “World News Tonight” won among Adults 25-54 for the month of September – the first time in seven years. During the month, Muir reported from the Syrian border on child refugees, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz reported from a United States war ship in the Gulf during airstrikes over Syria and Chief Health and Medical Editor Richard Besser returned to Liberia getting a look at the Ebola isolation wards.
“World News Tonight” was up over the previous week (8.029 million, 2.002 million and 1.301 million for w/o 9/22/14) in Total Viewers (+5%), Adults 25-54 (+10%) and Adults 18-49 (+17%), setting a new 6-month high in all key measures – since w/o 3/24/14. In addition, grew the most week to week compared to “CBS Evening News” (+4%/+6%/+11%) and “NBC Nightly News” (+1%/+7%/+5%).
For the 2nd time in the 2 weeks of the new season, “World News Tonight” improved on the year-ago week (7.673 million, 1.907 million and 1.347 million, respectively, on w/o 9/30/13) in Total Viewers (+10%), Adults 25-54 (+16%) and Adults 18-49 (+13%). “World News Tonight” was also the only evening newscast to build year to year in any measure as “CBS Evening News” (flat/-2%/-1%) was mixed, while “NBC Nightly News” (-3%/-13%/-10%) saw across-the-board losses.
Season to date, “World” stands as the No. 1 evening newscast in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, leading NBC’s “Nightly News” by 4,000 Total Viewers, by 229,000 Adults 25-54 viewers and by 34,000 Adults 18-49. In fact, this marks the first time in 7 years that “World News Tonight” ranks as the top evening newscast during the season in any of the three measures – since the 2007-08 season.
Through the first two weeks of the season, “World News Tonight” is improving versus the first two week of last season in Total Viewers (+10%), Adults 25-54 (+12%) and Adults 18-49 (+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. “World News Tonight” is up the most in all three demos compared to “CBS Evening News” (+1%/+1%/+4%) and “NBC Nightly News” (flat/-10%/-7%).
For the week, “World News Tonight” led the “CBS Evening News” by 1.802 million Total Viewers, by 602,000 Adults 25-54 and by 381,000 Adults 18-49.
NOTE: “CBS Evening News” was retitled to “CBS Evening Nws” on Thursday (10/2/14) 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.
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 9/29/14, 9/22/14 and 9/30/13. Live+SD: 2014-2015 Season (9/22 – 10/5/14) and 2013-2014 Season (9/23 – 10/6/14). All averages based on regular telecasts.
David Muir's "World News Tonight" Beats NBC for First Time in 6 Years
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