All three night information broadcasts skilled viewership declines within the Adults 25-54 demo for the week of September 29.
Nevertheless, ABC World Information Tonight and NBC Nightly Information noticed week-to-week progress in whole viewers, whereas CBS Night Information fell in each measured classes.
ABC World Information Tonight’s demo lead over NBC Nightly Information grew to a distinction of 69,000 extra viewers, up from the 48,000 viewer distinction from the earlier week.
Notice: The weekly common of ABC Information relies on someday (Tuesday). Monday’s (09/29/25) broadcast was retitled to WNT-ABC because of the NFL. In the meantime, the broadcasts from Wednesday (10/01/2025) to Friday (10/02/2025) have been additionally retitled to WNT-ABC because of the MLB Playoffs. These broadcasts have been excluded from the weekly and season averages.
In response to nationwide stay + similar day huge information plus program rankings from Nielsen, ABC World Information Tonight with David Muir averaged 7.334 million whole viewers and 844,000 Adults 25-54 demo viewers for the week of Sept. 29. The night newscast had positive factors of +2% in whole viewers however fell by -1% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week. Taking a look at its efficiency to the identical week in 2024 (the week starting Sept. 30), WNT was up by +4% in whole viewers however down by -10% within the demo.
The No. 2 broadcast in whole viewers and the demo was NBC Nightly Information with Tom Llamas, averaging 5.8 million and 775,000 viewers, respectively. The printed was up by +2% in whole viewers however noticed a viewership drop of -4% within the A25-54 demo. When evaluating its efficiency to the identical week a 12 months in the past, Nightly Information grew by +2% in whole viewers however declined by -5% within the demo.
CBS Night Information had 3.593 million whole viewers and 399,000 viewers within the demo for the week. The printed skilled losses of -4% in whole viewers and -5% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week. Its year-ago week numbers noticed the newscast decline by -17% in whole viewers and -34% within the demo.
ABC NBC CBS • Whole Viewers: 7,334,000 5,800,000 3,593,000 • A25-54: 844,000 775,000 399,000
