2024-2025 Season

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir was America’s most-watched newscast in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo for the just concluded 2024-2025 TV broadcast season.

However, it joined NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas and CBS Evening News in recording season-to-season declines across the board.

There should be a caveat associated with NBC News’ and CBS News’ numbers, as the two networks experienced anchor transitions during this period. NBC News saw Lester Holt step down from the newscast , with Llamas taking over , while Norah O’Donnell was replaced at CBS News with a dual anchor-led program featuring John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois .

According to Nielsen Media Research, when comparing its 2025 performance to the 2023-2024 season , ABC Ne

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