David Muir News

ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 evening newscast in Total Viewers (8.029 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.032 million), for the week of Aug. 5, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (7.183 million and 1.031, respectively) by 846,000 Total Viewers and by 1,000 Adults 18-49. “World News Tonight” increased its Total Viewer lead year to year by 40% (vs. 606,000 for w/o 8/6/18) and won for the 45th time in the 46 weeks of the season.

ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the evening's No. 1 newscast in Total Viewers (8.066 million), Adults 25-54 (1.497 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.011 million) for the 3 rd straight week for the week of July 29, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.

ABC News' “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the evening's No. 1 newscast in Total Viewers (7.974 million), Adults 25-54 (1.470 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.029 million) for the 2ndweek in a row for the week of July 22, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.  “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (6.967 million, 1.468 million and 997,000, respectively) by 1.007 million Total Viewers, by 2,000 Adults 25-54 and by 32,000 Adults 18-49, winning in Total Viewers for the 43rd time in the 44 weeks of the season.  Further, “World News Tonight” has beaten “NBC Nightly News” by more than 1.0 million viewers for the 3rd straight week and in 4 of the last 5.   

On July 16, 1999, the world stood still when John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette were killed in a plane crash. Now 20 years after that tragic day, ABC News presents a two-hour prime-time special about John, featuring his closest friends and rare, candid video footage of John and Carolyn. “The Last Days of JFK Jr.” airs on “2020,” Friday, July 12 (9:00 – 11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC.

During the week of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir documents the journey for a half dozen World War II veterans from all over the country who are traveling back to Normandy making the trip with them. The reports include interviews with veterans from Tennessee, California, Alabama, Florida and Nevada, among others.