For the 13th week in a row, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.291 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of July 6, 2026, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen Media Research.
- “World News Tonight with David Muir” ranked as the No. 1 newscast in all of broadcast and cable in Total Viewers (8.291 million), Adults 25-54 (1.058 million) and Adults 18-49 (778,000).
- “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.380 million, 935,000 and 699,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+30%/+1.911 million), Adults 25-54 (+13%/+123,000) and Adults 18-49 (+11%/+79,000).
- “World News Tonight” widened its Adults 25-54 lead over “NBC Nightly News” compared to the previous week by 14% (123,000 vs. 108,000) to its largest in 6 weeks — since w/o 5/25/26.
- “World News Tonight” widened its Total Viewers margin over “NBC Nightly News” year to year by 7% (1.919 million vs. 1.780 million).
- For the second week in a row, “World News Tonight” turned in gains versus the previous week in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+2%/+163,000 – 8.291 million vs. 8.128 million), Adults 25-54 (+10%/+94,000 –1.058 million vs. 964,000) and Adults 18-49 (+5%/+37,000 –777,000 vs. 741,000). “World News Tonight” hit a 10-week high in overall viewers and a 13-week best in the key Adult news demo — since weeks of 4/27/26 and 4/6/26, respectively.
- “World News Tonight” also improved the year-ago week across the board: Total Viewers (+9%/+694,000 – 8.291 million vs. 7.595 million), Adults 25-54 (+6%/+59,000 –1.058 million vs. 999,000) and Adults 18-49 (+13%/+90,000 –778,000 vs. 688,000).
- “World News Tonight” (8.291 million, 1.058 million and 788,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (3.788 million, 497,000 and 396,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+119%/+4.503 million), Adults 25-54 (+113%/+561,000) and Adults 18-49(+96%/+382,000). In addition, “World News Tonight” scored its largest lead in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 in 10 weeks — since w/o 4/20/26.
- “World News Tonight” widened its lead over “CBS Evening News” versus the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+19% – 4.503 million vs. 3.787 million).