ABC Tops Ratings as ABC, NBC and CBS Evening News Viewership Drops

The evening news ratings for the week of October 26 show a decline across all major networks. ABC World News Tonight with David Muir led the night in viewership despite posting a decrease compared to last week's numbers. It averaged approximately 8.45 million total viewers and over 1.15 million adults aged 25-54, representing a drop of four percent from the previous period while showing improvement year-over-year. NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas finished second but also saw its audience shrink by one percent week-to-week compared to prior weeks; however, it recorded an eight percent increase when comparing against last year's figures at that time. CBS Evening News experienced the most significant weekly decline among the three networks, averaging 4.187 million viewers and falling nine percent from the preceding week while dropping below six hundred thousand demo viewers.