For the seventh consecutive week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (7.824 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of May 25, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
- “World News Tonight” ranked as the No. 1 newscast across broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (7.824 million), Adults 25-54 (961,000) and Adults 18-49 (722,000).
- “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (5.955 million, 800,000 and 603,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+31%/+1.869 million), Adults 25-54 (+20%/+161,000) and Adults 18-49 (+20%/+119,000).
- “World News Tonight” (7.824 million, 961,000 and 722,000, respectively) towered over “CBS Evening News” (3.787 million, 493,000 and 303,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+107%/+4.037 million), Adults 25-54 (+95%/+468,000) and Adults 18-49 (+138%/+419,000).
- “World News Tonight” posted increases on the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+9%/+639,000 – 7.824 million vs. 7.185 million), Adults 25-54 (+7%/+61,000 – 961,000 vs. 900,000) and Adults 18-49 (+18%/+112,000 – 722,000 vs. 610,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” turned in year–to-year gains in overall viewers and in the key Adult news demo for the last 13 weeks.