ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News recorded week-to-week gains in both total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo.

For the week of October 13, WNT experienced double-digit increases in the advertiser-coveted demo and had the most-watched newscast in 11 weeks.

After NBC Nightly News made some demo inroads the prior week, WNT made gains in the demo, stretching its lead over NBC News’ evening news program to a difference of 181,000 demo viewers.

Meanwhile, Nightly News was the only newscast not to see viewership growth across both measured categories.

Note: The weekly average of ABC News is based on three days (Tuesday to Thursday). Monday’s (10/13/25) broadcast was retitled to WNT-ABC due to the NFL, while Friday’s (10/10/25) broadcast was also retitled to WNT-ABC. These broadcasts

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