‘World News Tonight’ posts best week in nine years
June 19, 2016
ABC’s “World News Tonight with David Muir” had its biggest win in nearly a decade last week.
“World News” averaged 8.23 million total viewers during the week ended June 12, according to Nielsen, good for first place and comfortably ahead of the 7.34 million averaged by “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.”
ABC’s 886,000-viewer advantage was its largest lead in more than nine years, since mid-May 2007.
“World News” also finished first among viewers 25-54 (1.79 million) and 18-49 (1.29 million), the first time since last June it won a week by all three measures.
NBC finished second across the board, averaging 1.72 million 25-54s and 1.26 million 18-49s. “CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley” was third for the week with 6.37 million total viewers, 1.40 million 25-54s and 922,000 18-49s.
For ABC, the week was a continuation of its best season in almost a decade. “World News” is having its best season in total viewers in nine years, and it’s also in the midst of its tightest race with NBC in nine years.
For the season ABC trails NBC by 211,000 total viewers, a 40 percent improvement compared to a gap of 350,000 at this time last year.
EVENING NETWORK NEWS RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
25-54s |
People 2+ |
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Rtg% |
Total viewers (millions) |
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World News Tonight with David Muir |
ABC |
1.5 |
8.227 |
|
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt |
NBC |
1.4 |
7.341 |
|
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley |
CBS |
1.2 |
6.367 |
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Source: Nielsen |
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SUNDAY MORNING SHOW RATINGS
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|
Program |
Network |
Viewers 25-54 (millions) |
Total viewers (millions) |
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This Week
|
ABC
|
0.960
|
3.204
|
|
Face the Nation
|
CBS
|
0.934
|
3.913
|
|
Meet the Press
|
NBC
|
0.748
|
2.485
|
|
News Sunday |
Fox |
0.441 |
1.592 |
|
* Due to the French Open, “Meet the Press” was retitled to “Meet the Press-MTP” and the telecast is excluded from the season averages. Source: Nielsen |
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LATE-NIGHT RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
People 2+ |
Adults 18-49 |
|
Total viewers (millions) |
Rtg% |
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|
Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
|
NBC
|
3.321 |
0.83
|
|
Late Show with Stephen Colbert
|
CBS
|
2.054
|
0.38
|
|
Jimmy Kimmel Live |
ABC |
2.575
|
0.78 |
|
Late Night with Seth Meyers
|
NBC
|
1.440 |
0.40 |
|
Nightline
|
ABC
|
1.723
|
0.51
|
|
The Late Late Show with James Corden
|
CBS
|
1.059
|
0.25
|
|
Last Call with Carson Daly |
NBC |
0.785 |
0.23 |
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* ABC’s Wednesday and Friday shows were delayed by NBA Finals overruns and the Monday, Tuesday and Thursday “Kimmel” episodes were rebroadcasts. Also, “Last Call,” Friday’s “Late Night” and the Thursday and Friday “Late Late Shows” were reruns. Source: Nielsen |
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MORNING SHOW RATINGS
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Program |
Network |
Households |
People 2+ |
|
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Rtg% |
Shr |
Total viewers (millions) |
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Good Morning America |
ABC |
3.4 |
14 |
4.560 |
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Today |
NBC |
3.0 |
12 |
4.172 |
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This Morning |
CBS |
2.6 |
10 |
3.532 |
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Source: Nielsen |
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SYNDICATION
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# |
PROGRAMS |
Syndicator |
HH Rating |
Total Viewers (000) |
|
1
|
FAMILY FEUD (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
7.2
|
10977
|
|
2
|
JUDGE JUDY (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
6.6
|
9318
|
|
3
|
WHEEL OF FORTUNE
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
5.9
|
9254
|
|
4
|
JEOPARDY (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
5.5
|
8361
|
|
5
|
BIG BANG-SYN (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
5.1
|
8007
|
|
6
|
LAW & ORDER:SVU-WKL (AT)
|
NBC UNIVERSAL
|
4.5
|
6174
|
|
7
|
FAMILY FEUD-WK (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
3.8
|
5977
|
|
8
|
BIG BANG WKND (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
3.7
|
5799
|
|
9
|
MODERN FAMILY-MF-SYN (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
3.0
|
4610
|
|
10
|
LIVE WITH KELLY
|
DISNEY ABC DOMEST TV
|
2.8
|
3751
|
|
10
|
CLOSER (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
2.8
|
3946
|
|
10
|
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.8
|
4101
|
|
13
|
INSIDE EDITION (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.7
|
3835
|
|
13
|
WHEEL OF FORTUNE WKND
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.7
|
4172
|
|
15
|
DR. PHIL SHOW (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.6
|
3586
|
|
15
|
FAMILY GUY-WK-SYN (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
2.6
|
3937
|
|
15
|
BOBS BURGERS-SYN (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
2.6
|
3762
|
|
15
|
TWO-HALF MEN-SYN (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
2.6
|
3847
|
|
19
|
MODERN FAMILY-WK-SYN (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
2.4
|
3456
|
|
20
|
HOT BENCH (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
2.3
|
3166
|
|
21
|
FAMILY GUY-MF-SYN (AT)
|
20TH TELEVISION
|
2.1
|
3309
|
|
22
|
ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
2.0
|
2786
|
|
22
|
2 BROKE GIRLS-SYN (AT)
|
WARNER BROS. TV
|
2.0
|
2988
|
|
24
|
JEOPARDY WEEKEND
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
1.9
|
2831
|
|
24
|
BLUE BLOODS (AT)
|
CBS TV DISTRIBUTION
|
1.9
|
2722
|
|
Source: Nielsen |
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