The primary quarter rankings are in for the night information applications throughout ABC, NBC, and CBS, and ABC’s World Information Tonight is the massive winner, posting beneficial properties in each complete viewers and the important thing demographic.
Based on Nielsen rankings, World Information Tonight, hosted by David Muir, averaged 8.13 million complete viewers within the first quarter of 2025. That is up barely from the 8.12 million in the identical interval final yr. The present additionally averaged 1.16 million viewers within the coveted 25-54 demo, up 3% on the identical quarter the earlier yr.
In the meantime, each CBS and NBC noticed drops in complete viewers and the important thing demo in comparison with the primary quarter of 2024. NBC Nightly Information, hosted by Lester Holt, averaged 6.6 million complete viewers, down 3% on final yr’s quarter common and 983,000 in the important thing demo, down by 1%.
CBS Night Information averaged 4.59 million complete viewers, dropping 8% on its 2024 common, and 657,000 in the important thing demo, down 9%. This comes after the present’s long-time anchor, Norah O’Donnell, exited the community on January 23. Night Information debuted a brand new format on January 27, with John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois helming the present.
Whereas CBS and NBC had been down on the identical quarter final yr, each networks posted beneficial properties on the final quarter of 2024. NBC Nightly Information was up 9% in complete viewers and 10% in the important thing demo in comparison with the prior quarter. CBS Night Information was up 1% in complete viewers versus the final quarter, although dipped -2% in the important thing demo.
In February, NBC Nightly Information host Holt introduced he could be stepping away from the present this summer season. Holt will stay with NBC Information, taking over a full-time position at Dateline NBC.
It was later revealed that High Story host Tom Llamas will succeed Holt because the Nightly Information anchor and managing editor starting this summer season.
“Anchoring NBC Nightly Information is a profound honor and one which carries great accountability. I stay up for working with the world-class journalists at Nightly Information and High Story to deliver viewers an important tales each night time,” Llamas stated in a press release.