For the 15th consecutive week, “World News Tonight with David Muir” stood as the No. 1 program in Total Viewers (8.143 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of July 20, 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 (8.143 million), Adults 25-54 (1.050 million) and Adults 18-49 (820,000).
- “World News Tonight” outdelivered “NBC Nightly News” (6.606 million, 960,000 and 735,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+23%/+1.537 million), Adults 25-54 (+9%/+90,000) and Adults 18-49 (+12%/+85,000).
- “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “NBC Nightly News” week to week in Adults 25-54 (+27% – 90,000 vs. 71,000) and Adults 18-49 (+21% – 85,000 vs. 70,000).
- For the third straight week, “World News Tonight” improved year to year in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+8%/+629,000 – 8.143 million vs. 7.514 million), Adults 25-54 (+6%/+61,000 –1.050 million vs. 989,000) and Adults 18-49 (+16%/+115,000 –820,000 vs. 705,000).
- “World News Tonight” (8.143 million, 1.050 million and 820,000, respectively) beat “CBS Evening News” (3.954 million, 516,000 and 380,000, respectively) by triple digits in Total Viewers (+106%/+4.189 million), Adults 25-54 (+103%/+534,000) and Adults 18-49 (+116%/+440,000).
- “World News Tonight” increased its lead over “CBS Evening News” versus the year-ago week in Total Viewers (+6% – 4.189 million vs. 3.942 million) and Adults 18-49 (+11% – 440,000 vs. 397,000).