“World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.629 million), Adults 25-54 (1.078 million) and Adults 18-49 (766,000) during the week of March 23, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
- “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” by double digits (6.329 million, 927,000 and 616,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+36%/+2.300 million), Adults 25-54 (+16%/+151,000) and Adults 18-49 (+34%/+150,000).
- “World News Tonight” widened its advantage over “NBC Nightly News” versus the previous week in Adults 25-54 (+22% – 151,000 vs. 124,000) and Adults 18-49 (+19% – 150,000 vs. 126,000), posting its largest key Adult news demo lead in over 3 months — since w/o 12/15/25.
- For the fifth week in a row, “World News Tonight” increased its Total Viewer margin over “NBC Nightly News” compared to the year-ago week (+47% – 2.300 million vs. 1.566 million) by double digits.
- For the fourth week running, “World News Tonight” improved year to year across the board: Total Viewers (+13%/+983,000 – 8.629 million vs. 7.646 million), Adults 25-54 (+11%/+109,000 – 1.078 million vs. 969,000) and Adults 18-49 (+12%/+85,000 – 766,000 vs. 681,000).
- “World News Tonight” (8.629 million, 1.078 million and 766,000, respectively) more than doubled the performance of “CBS Evening News” (3.911 million, 446,000 and 312,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+121%/+4.718 million), Adults 25-54 (+142%/+632,000) and Adults 18-49 (+146%/454,000), beating the CBS program by triple digits for the seventh week in a row.
- “World News Tonight” increased its gap over “CBS Evening News” versus the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+33% – 4.718 million vs. 3.537 million), Adults 25-54 (+30% – 632,000 vs. 487,000) and Adults 18-49 (+27% – 454,000 vs. 357,000).
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| Ratings Graphics Courtesy of RoadMN |
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