Nielsen Ratings Show All Evening Newscasts Grow in Week of Oct 19

The week of October 19 saw growth across all three major evening newscasts, with total viewership increasing for ABC World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News. David Muir's program maintained its position as the most-watched news broadcast on television, averaging 8.837 million viewers—a figure that marked its largest performance in seven months—and held a lead over competitors of three years or more depending on the network comparison metric used.

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas finished second in total viewers but secured first place among adults aged 25 to 54 and 18 to 49 during Wednesday's broadcast when anchored from Iowa. CBS Evening News recorded double-digit growth, becoming the only telecast to achieve such an increase.

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir averaged 1.198 million viewers in its key demographic while NBC Nightly News posted 1.107 million adults aged 25-54 for that same week.