For the 18th straight week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.436 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of Aug 10, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
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- “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.436 million), Adults 25-54 (1.162 million) and Adults 18-49 (829,000).
- “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” by double digits (6.611 million, 999,000 and 703,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+28%/+1.825 million), Adults 25-54 (+16%/+163,000) and Adults 18-49 (+18%/+126,000), turning in its largest Adults 25-54 lead in nearly 4 months — since w/o 4/20/26.
- “World News Tonight” widened its margins over “NBC Nightly News” year to year in Total Viewers (+17% – 1.825 million vs. 1.560 million), Adults 25-54 (+3% – 163,000 vs. 159,000) and Adults 18-49 (+27% – 126,000 vs. 99,000).
- “World News Tonight” built on the previous week in Total Viewers (+1%/+95,000 – 8.436 million vs. 8.341 million), Adults 25-54 (+12%/+123,000 –1.162 million vs. 1.039 million) and Adults 18-49 (+1%/+10,000 – 829,000 vs. 819,000), standing as the only evening newscast to grow week to week across the board. In addition, “World News Tonight” scored its strongest news demo performance in over 6 months — since w/o 1/26/26.
- For the sixth consecutive week, “World News Tonight” posted increases on the same week last year across-the-board: Total Viewers (+14%/+1.045 million – 8.436 million vs. 7.391 million), Adults 25-54 (+30%/+267,000 –1.162 million vs. 895,000) and Adults 18-49 (+33%/+206,000 –829,000 vs. 623,000).
- “World News Tonight” delivered its most-watched telecast on Monday (8.883 million on 8/10/26) and top Adults 25-54 airing on Tuesday (1.210 million on 8/11/26) in 5 months — since 3/18/26 and 3/16/26, respectively.
- “World News Tonight” (8.436 million, 1.162 million and 829,000, respectively) outdelivered “CBS Evening News” (3.785 million, 521,000 and 392,000, respectively) by triple digits in Total Viewers (+123%/+4.651 million), Adults 25-54(+123%/+641,000) and Adults 18-49 (+111%/+437,000).