ABC Grabs Lead in Week's Evening News Ratings as All Networks Rise

ABC World News Tonight led the week of Aug. 17 with 8.462 million total viewers and 1.059 million Adults 25-54 (demo down slightly from the prior week), up year over year; NBC Nightly News posted 6.634 million viewers and 1.025 million demo, rising versus last week and the prior year; CBS Evening News had 3.965 million viewers and 458,000 demo, also up from the previous week. Note that World News Tonight and Nightly News averages are based on Mon-Wed data, while CBS Evening News is calculated over Mon-Thu.