NBC, ABC & CBS Evening News Ratings Shocker for David Muir
TV Insider • • entertainment
Key Points:
- NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas led the Adults 25-54 demographic for the week of August 3, averaging 1.065 million demo viewers and surpassing ABC's World News Tonight by 26,000 viewers.
- NBC Nightly News saw week-to-week growth with a 1% increase in total viewers and a 12% rise in the key demo, also showing significant year-over-year gains of 25% in total viewers and 49% in the demo.
- ABC's World News Tonight remained the leader in total viewers with 8.339 million, despite a 4% drop in the demo; it experienced a 2% increase in total viewers from the prior week and solid year-over-year growth.
- CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil averaged 3.913 million total viewers, experiencing declines of 5% in total viewers and 10% in the demo week-over-week, though it showed a 5% increase in total viewers year-over-year.
- NBC Nightly News' ratings were based on three days (Monday-Wednesday), while ABC and CBS ratings covered four days (Monday-Thursday), which may affect direct comparisons.
