Week of March 24
All three newscasts experienced week-to-week losses in total viewers and Adults 25-54 demo for the final week of March.
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir remained the most-watched evening newscast in both measured categories.
Political news continues not to be a news driver for the evening newscasts as the Signalgate news story, which dominated the headlines for most of the week, failed to attract viewers.
Note: The weekly averages of CBS Evening News are based on three days (Monday – Wednesday), while NBC News’ averages are based on four days (Monday – Wednesday and Friday). CBS News Thursday (03/27/25) and Friday (03/28/25) broadcasts were retitled due to CBS Evening News. NBC News’ Thursday broadcast was retitled to NBC Nitely News. These broadcasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages.
ABC World News Tonight averaged 7.412 million total viewers for the week of March 24. It saw a drop of -2% in total viewers and -1% in the A25-54 demo, which had 1.023 million viewers compared to the previous week. Looking at its performance to the same week in 2024 (the week beginning March 25), WNT was down in total viewers by -5% and -3% in the demo.
NBC Nightly News occupied second place in total viewers and the demo, averaging 5.862 million total viewers and 820,000 demo viewers. When comparing its performance to the previous week, Nightly News decreased in total viewers by -4% and -5% in the A25-54 demo. When looking at how it fared vs. the same week a year ago, Nightly News was down by -11% in total viewers and the demo.
CBS Evening News had 4.005 million total viewers and 546,000 viewers in the demo for the week of March 24. The broadcast saw a slight dip of -1% in total viewers but experienced a double-digit fall of -10% in the demo compared to the previous week. Its year-ago week numbers were down by -18% in total viewers and -24% in the demo.
| ABC | NBC | CBS | |
| • Total Viewers: | 7,412,000 | 5,862,000 | 4,005,000 |
| • A25-54: | 1,023,000 | 820,000 | 546,000 |
First Quarter 2025
Looking at the quarterly ratings, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt were the two evening newscasts that recorded quarter-to-quarter gains in total viewers and Adults 25-54.
For WNT, this was its largest quarter of viewership in two years. This happened to be a very newsy period that included the Los Angeles wildfires, the presidential transition between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and the unfortunate airplane tragedies and near mishaps.
ABC News’ evening broadcast also saw its biggest total viewer margins over NBC News and CBS News in four years.