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ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the evening's No. 1 newscast in Total Viewers (9.027 million) for the week of Dec. 2, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (8.244 million) by 783,000, nearly quadrupling its lead week to week (+297%; vs 197,000) and more than doubling its advantage year to year (+165%; vs. 295,000). Further, “World News Tonight” has won all 11 weeks of the season and the last 54 weeks overall.

ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” finished as the No. 1 evening newscast in Total Viewers (9.259 million) for the week of Nov. 25, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” beat “NBC Nightly News” (9.062 million) by 197,000, winning all 10 weeks of the season and the last 53 weeks overall.

ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” won the November 2019 sweep in both Total Viewers (8.945 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.754 million) for the first time in 23 years (since November 1996), based on Most Current Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (8.161 million and 1.748 million, respectively) by 784,000 Total Viewers and 6,000 Adults 25-54. In fact, “World News Tonight” saw its largest overall viewer lead over ”Nightly News” during the month in 24 years – since November 1995. “World News Tonight” won the month in overall viewers for the 4th year in a row and posted its 13th consecutive sweeps victory overall – both since November 2016. 

ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast across the board Total Viewers (8.797 million), Adults 25-54 (1.708 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.157 million) for the week of Nov. 18, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (7.915 million, 1.662 million and 1.132 million, respectively) by 882,000 Total Viewers, 46,000 Adults 25-54 and by 25,000 Adults 18-49.

“20/20” reports on the controversial 2012 murder of Jaime Melgar who was stabbed inside his bedroom during what initially appeared to be a home invasion. His wife, Sandra, claims she blacked out during the incident, possibly due to a seizure, and did not see or hear her husband being brutally attacked.

ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” finished as the evening's No. 1 newscast in Total Viewers (9.120 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.817 million) for the week of Nov. 11, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. Taking the top spot in both measures for the 6th time in the last 7 weeks, “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (8.384 million and 1.786 million, respectively) by 736,000 Total Viewers and 31,000 Adults 25-54. In addition, “World News Tonight” more than doubled its Total Viewer lead year to year (+165%; vs. 278,000).

ABC News' “20/20” co-anchorAmy Robachsits down for an interview with Mark Gerardot, whose wife, Jennair Gerardot, killed his girlfriend and former boss, Meredith Chapman, and then died by suicide. “20/20” reports on Jennair's obsession with Mark and Meredith's relationship, including details on how she meticulously sewed listening devices into his clothes to record his conversations. In his interview, Mark discusses his 24-year marriage to Jennair and their lives together; his whirlwind relationship with Meredith; his wife's murder plot; and his life now, including his quest to figure out how Jennair turned into a killer. “20/20” airs only on the West Coast, Saturday, Nov. 16(10:00 – 11:00 p.m. PST), on ABC.

ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in Total Viewers (8.979 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.779 million) for the week of Nov. 4, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. Taking the top spot in both measures for the 5th   time in the last 6 weeks, “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (8.192 million and 1.771 million, respectively) by 787,000 Total Viewers and 8,000 Adults 25-54.   

“20/20” reports on the controversial 2012 murder of Jaime Melgar who was stabbed inside his bedroom during what initially appeared to be a home invasion. His wife, Sandra, claims she blacked out during the incident, possibly due to a seizure, and did not see or hear her husband being brutally attacked. But in 2017, Sandra was convicted of killing Jaime, shocking her and her family. ABC News chief national correspondent Matt Gutman reports the details and sits down with Lizz Rose, daughter of Sandra and Jaime, who firmly believes her mother is innocent. “20/20” airs only on the West Coast, Saturday, Nov. 9 (10:00 – 11:00 p.m. PST), on ABC.

ABC's “20/20” outperformed NBC's “Dateline” by double digits in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+23% - 3.7 million vs. 3.1 million), Adults 18-49 (+50% - 0.6/3 vs. 0.4/2) and Adults 25-54 (+43% - 1.0/4 vs. 0.7/3). In fact, “20/20” beat “Dateline” in all three measures for the first time this season. Further, “20/20” beat the NBC newsmagazine by its largest margins in both key adult demos in over 6 months – since 4/5/19.

ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the evening's No. 1 newscast in Total Viewers (8.244 million) and Adults 25-54 (1.627 million) for the week of Oct. 21, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (7.703 million and 1.620 million, respectively) by 541,000 Total Viewers and 7,000 Adults 25-54. In fact, “World News Tonight” has won all 5 weeks of the season in Total Viewers and 4 of the 5 weeks in Adults 25-54.