Rethink it, “ According to live-plus-same-day data from Nielsen, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir averaged 7.179 million total viewers and 969,000 A25-54 viewers. ABC News’ flagship newscast rose by +3% in the former category and +9% in the latter compared to the previous week. Looking at its performance alongside the same week in 2024 (the week beginning May 20), WNT was down -1% in total viewers and -3% in the demo.

NBC Nightly News was the No. 2 newscast in total viewers and the demo, averaging 5.744 million and 872,000 viewers, respectively. Holt’s penultimate week in the anchor’s chair saw week-to-week gains of +5% in total viewers and +12% in the A25-54 demo. Year-to-year, Nightly News was flat in total viewers and up +8% in the demo.

CBS Evening News saw 3.930 million total viewers and 555,000 A25-54 viewers for respective gains of +4% and +10% in those measured categories relative to the week prior. Year-to-year, the newscast was down -7% in total viewers and -12% in the demo. “