The primary week of the 2025-2026 broadcast season delivered excellent news for ABC Information and NBC Information, as they skilled features in whole viewers for the week of September 22.

ABC World Information Tonight and NBC Nightly Information also needs to be happy with their respective efficiency within the advertiser-coveted Adults 25-54 demo, as additionally they noticed week-to-week enhancements inside this measured class.

Nevertheless, for the second week in a row, WNT’s demo lead over Nightly Information was courtesy of an extra 48,000 viewers. This demo viewer distinction remained regular regardless of Jimmy Kimmel resuming his late-night hosting duties on ABC after a short suspension.

This was additionally the primary week that the networks began using Nielsen’s huge knowledge and panel nationwide TV as measurement foreign money. It combines the agency’s panel measurement with knowledge from cable, satellite tv for pc set-top packing containers, and good TVs throughout 45 million households and 75 million gadgets.

Notice: The weekly common of ABC Information relies on 4 days (Tuesday by way of Friday). Monday’s (09/22/25) broadcast was retitled to WNT-ABC because of the NFL. This broadcast was excluded from the weekly and season averages.

In response to nationwide dwell + similar day huge knowledge plus program scores from Nielsen, ABC World Information Tonight with David Muir averaged 7.181 million whole viewers and 856,000 Adults 25-54 demo viewers for the week of Sept. 22. It produced features of +3% in whole viewers and +2% within the demo compared to the previous week. its efficiency to the identical week in 2024 (the week beginning Sept. 23), WNT was down by -4% in whole viewers and -18% within the demo.

In second place in whole viewers and the demo was NBC Nightly Information with Tom Llamas, averaging 5.701 million and 808,000 viewers, respectively. The printed was up by +3% in whole viewers and +2% within the A25-54 demo. Moreover, it was the No. 1 broadcast within the demo on Friday (09/26/2025) with 786,000 viewers. When evaluating its efficiency to the identical week a yr in the past, Nightly Information fell by -5% in whole viewers and -13% within the demo. 

CBS Night Information had 3.731 million whole viewers and 419,000 viewers within the demo. The printed declined by -1% in whole viewers and -21% within the demo in comparison with the earlier week—the one morning present to expertise regression in each measured classes. Its year-ago week numbers noticed the newscast decline by -20% in whole viewers and -38% within the demo.  

ABC NBC CBS
• Whole Viewers: 7,181,000 5,701,000   3,731,000
• A25-54: 856,000 808,000   419,000