Week of Dec. 29 & Q4 2025 Evening News Ratings

Evening News Ratings: ⁣Week ‍of December 29, 2025

ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir led⁣ the evening news broadcasts in total viewers for the week of⁤ December 29, 2025, averaging 7.730 ‍million viewers, according to Nielsen⁣ national⁣ live+same-day big data plus ⁣program ⁢ratings.

world News⁣ Tonight experienced a 2% decrease in total viewership and a 5% decline in the A25-54 demographic, which recorded 883,000 viewers. However, compared to the week beginning December 30, 2024, the broadcast saw an⁢ 11% increase in total viewers and remained flat in the A25-54 demo.

CBS evening News garnered 4.046 million total viewers and‍ 486,000 viewers ⁤in the A25-54 demographic ⁢for the same week. The broadcast was down 1% in total viewers but up 6% in the demo compared to the previous week.Year-over-year comparisons to the week of December 30, 2024, showed ⁣a 9% ⁤decrease ‍in total⁣ viewers and a 24% decrease in the A25-54 ⁣demographic.

NBC News did not report weekly averages for the period between December 29, 2025, and January 1, 2026. Its broadcasts were categorized as specials ⁣rather than ‍regular telecasts. Specifically, NBC Nightly News was retitled NBC Nitely News ⁢on December 29, 2025, December 30, ⁣2025, and January 2, 2026, and coded as specials on⁤ December 31, 2025, and January 1, 2026.

Note: ABC News’ weekly average covers December 30-31, 2025, with its December 31 broadcast preempted and recoded as a special on January 1, 2026, then ⁤retitled to WNT-ABC on January 2,⁣ 2026. CBS News’ averages ⁢are based⁤ on December 29, 2025, ⁢December 30, 2025, and January 2, 2026.