2024 Election Coverage Falls Short by News Outlets
In the competitive world of evening news broadcasts, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir experienced a slight dip in ratings during the week of July 21, 2025.
According to Nielsen Media Research, ABC World News Tonight averaged 7.272 million total viewers and 1 million Adults 25-54 demo viewers for the week. Compared to the same week in 2024, the show saw a decrease of -4% in total viewers and -10% in the Adults 25-54 demo.
Interestingly, all three evening newscasts (ABC, NBC, and CBS) did not gain viewers during the same week of 2025. NBC Nightly News, hosted by Tom Llamas, finished as the second-highest evening news broadcast in both total viewers and the A25-54 demo. The show averaged 5,487,000 total viewers and 775,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo for the week.
NBC Nightly News saw a -2% decrease in total viewers and an -8% decrease in the A25-54 demo compared to the previous week. In contrast, ABC World News Tonight was the only newscast not to see declines in total viewers during the week of July 21, 2025. However, the show did experience a -4% fall in the Adults 25-54 demo compared to the previous week.
CBS Evening News, hosted by a rotating team of anchors, had 3,615,000 total viewers and 495,000 viewers in the A25-54 demo for the week. The show saw a -4% decrease in total viewers and a -1% decrease in the A25-54 demo compared to the previous week. Compared to the same week a year ago, both CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News had double-digit falls in both total viewers and the A25-54 demo.
The week of July 21, 2025, marked a significant period in U.S. politics as the focus of the presidential race shifted to Vice President Kamala Harris following President Joe Biden's announcement in 2024 that he would not seek re-election. The 2024 Summer Olympic Games also took place in Paris during the same week.
During August 2025, Harris’s choice for the successor candidate and related election topics remained under public discussion in news coverage. However, there is no specific information on a person directly succeeding Biden or their role in evening news for the week of July 21, 2025, in the given sources.
These ratings reflect a dynamic and competitive landscape in the evening news broadcast market, with viewers continually seeking engaging and informative content.
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