Earning a News & Documentary Emmy® Award nomination for Outstanding Live News Program for the fifth year in a row, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.598 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of March 30, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
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- “World News Tonight” ranked as the No. 1 newscast across broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.598 million), Adults 25-54 (1.071 million) and Adults 18-49 (823,000).
- “World News Tonight” outperformed “NBC Nightly News” (6.703 million, 1.046 million and 693,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+28%/+1.895 million), Adults 25-54 (+2%/+25,000) and Adults 18-49 (+19%/+130,000).
- For the sixth consecutive week, “World News Tonight” increased its Total Viewer margin over “NBC Nightly News” compared to the year-ago week (+30% – 1.895 million vs. 1.461 million) by double digits.
- For the fifth consecutive week, “World News Tonight” saw gains on the same week last year in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+11%/+824,000 – 8.598 million vs. 7.774 million), Adults 25-54 (+6%/+58,000 – 1.071 million vs. 1.013 million) and Adults 18-49 (+14%/+102,000 – 823,000 vs. 721,000).
- “World News Tonight” (8.598 million, 1.071 million and 823,000, respectively) more than doubled the performance of “CBS Evening News” (4.131 million, 571,000 and 410,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+107%/+4.449 million), Adults 25-54 (+88%/+500,000) and Adults 18-49 (+87%/382,000).
- “World News Tonight” increased its gap over “CBS Evening News” versus the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+16% – 4.449 million vs. 3.835 million) and Adults 25-54 (+2% – 500,000 vs. 490,000).