For the week of October 24, 2011, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” averaged 7.50 million Total Viewers and a 1.7 rating/6 share/2.01 million among Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. For the 6th consecutive week, “World News” built on the year-earlier week in Total Viewers (7.40 million on w/o 10/25/11).
“ABC World News” outperformed “CBS Evening News” by 1.52 million Total Viewers and by 230,000 Adults 25-54.
Season to date, “World News” is up in both Total Viewers (+5%) and Adults 25-54 (+5%) compared to the same point last season. Additionally, “World News” has cut its season-to-date gaps with “NBC Nightly News” in both Total Viewer (-1%) and Adults 25-54 (-3%), posting its smallest news demo margin (282,000) with the NBC program in 3 years – since the 2008-09 season.
Note: Diane Sawyer was off Thursday (10/27/11).
“ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” airs at 6:30 p.m., (ET) on the ABC Television Network. Michael Corn is the executive producer of the broadcast.
EVENING NEWS (Week of October 24, 2011)
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Total Viewers |
Adults 25-54 |
Households |
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ABC |
7,497,000 |
1.7/6; 2,013,000 |
5.1/10 |
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NBC |
8,536,000 |
2.0/7; 2,400,000 |
5.7/11 |
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CBS |
5,979,000 |
1.5/5; 1,783,000 |
4.1/ 8 |
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 Live + SD weeks of 10/24/11, 10/17/11 & 10/25/10. 2011-2012 Season (9/19 – 10/30/11) and 2010-2011 Season (9/20 – 10/31/10).
(Source: ABC)
