ABC News' "World News Tonight with David Muir" ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in Adults 25-54 (2.033 million) during the week of March 9, 2015, based on Live +Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "World News Tonight" led "NBC Nightly News" (1.960 million) by 73,000 news demo viewers to claim its 11th Adults 25-54 victory of the season. In Total Viewers, "World News Tonight" trailed the NBC program by 11,000 (8.120 million vs. 8.131 million) to deliver its closest overall viewer performance in more than 5 1/2 years - since w/o 9/7/09.
"World News Tonight" outdelivered "NBC Nightly News" in Adults 25-54 in 3 of the 5 head-to-head airings: Wednesday (+195,000 - 2.119 million vs. 1.924 million), Thursday (+258,000 - 2.055 million vs. 1.797 million) and Friday (+25,000 - 1.862 million vs. 1.837 million). In Total Viewers, "World News Tonight" defeated "NBC Nightly News" in 2 of the 5 head-to-head airings: Wednesday (+280,000 - 8.227 million vs. 7.947 million) and Thursday (+401,000 - 8.117 million vs. 7.716 million). Further, "World News Tonight's" Thursday win stands as its largest single-day Total Viewers advantage over a "Nightly News" telecast in more than 2 1/2 years - since 9/28/12, based on regular telecasts. "World News Tonight" improved on its Total Viewer audience year to year on (w/o 3/9/14) for the 5th straight week (+3% - 8.120 million vs. 7.872 million), while "NBC Nightly News" posted a double-digit loss (-10% - 8.131 million vs. 9.049 million). "World News Tonight" is averaging 537,000 more viewers, season to date, compared to the same time frame last season (8.851 million vs. 8.314 million). "World News Tonight" is improving versus the same point last season in Total Viewers (+6%) and Adults 25-54 (+3%). "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%/-1%) and "NBC Nightly News" (-1%/-7%).Videos