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ABC Dominates TV News Ratings for 10th Year

10/30/2025

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ABC's World News Tonight led the week of October 20, 2025 with 7.864 million viewers and 925,000 in Adults 25-54, widening its lead over NBC and CBS versus the same week last year.
It marked ABC's 10th consecutive year atop total viewers and seventh in key demos.
CBS Evening News rose 12% to 4.090 million viewers.
NBC Nightly News averaged 5.843 million viewers.
ABC's viewership was flat from prior week.

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ABC's World News Tonight led the week of October 20, 2025 with 7.864 million viewers and 925,000 in Adults 25-54, widening its lead over NBC and CBS versus the same week last year.
It marked ABC's 10th consecutive year atop total viewers and seventh in key demos.
CBS Evening News rose 12% to 4.090 million viewers.
NBC Nightly News averaged 5.843 million viewers.
ABC's viewership was flat from prior week.