‘World News Tonight’ Again Tops Season Ratings, But All Networks See Year-Over-Year Audience Erosion
deadline.comNetwork news divisions still count the end of the third week of September as the end of their season, and while that may be a bit of linear TV throwback, it’s a chance to get a snapshot of where things stand audience wise.
ABC News’ World News Tonight continued its winning streak as the most-watched evening newscast for the eighth straight season, and even as the number one show in all of broadcast and cable, with and without sports, for 24 of the 52 weeks, per ABC.
But year-over-year numbers are down across the board for all the networks, likely reflecting the audience declines overall in linear TV.
For the 2023-24 season, World News Tonight averaged 7.72 million viewers, down 5% from a season earlier, while NBC Nightly News averaged 6.44 million, down 4%; and CBS Evening News averaged 4.65 million, down 4%.
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