The first week of December saw all three evening broadcasts not record any declines in total viewers. With the Thanksgiving holiday weekend over, CBS Evening News, which announced Tony Dokoupil as its latest anchor beginning in January , was the only evening program to grow in both total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo.

Meanwhile, NBC Nightly News was the only newscast to decline in the coveted Adults 25-54 demo.

Note: The weekly averages of ABC World News are based on four days (Monday-Thursday). Friday’s (12/05/25) broadcast was retitled to WNT-ABC due to college football. This broadcast is excluded from the weekly and season averages.

According to national live+same-day big data plus program ratings from Nielsen, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir averaged 8.278 million t

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