ABC WORLD NEWS Continues to Close Ratings Gap with NBC NIGHTLY NEWS

For the week of January 14, 2013, "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" averaged 8.54 million Total Viewers and a 1.9 rating/7 share/2.24 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. Building on the previous week (8.49 million and 2.22 million for w/o 1/7/13) for the 2nd week in a row, "World News" once again saw its most-watched week in nearly 2 years - since w/o 2/7/11 (regular telecasts). "World News" also delivered its 2nd-highest news demo number of the season (regular telecasts).

"World News" delivered the No. 1 telecast on Wednesday (1/16/13) in Adults 25-54, beating the NBC newscast by +51,000 demo viewers (2.478 million vs. 2.427 million).

For the 4th week in a row and the 7th time in the last 8 weeks, "World News" was up year to year in Total Viewers (+1% - 8.45 million on w/o 1/16/12). In addition, "World News" was the only evening newscast to grow its overall audience over the year-ago week, as both "CBS Evening News" (-2%) and "NBC Nightly News" (-11%) lost viewers.

"World News" cut its week-to-week margins with "NBC Nightly News" by double digits in both Total Viewers (-24% - 625,000 vs. 822,000) and Adults 25-54 (-33% - 249,000 vs. 370,000). In fact, "World News" posted its smallest news demo gap with the NBC program in 6 weeks - since w/o 12/3/12.

"World News" slashed its year-to-year margins with "NBC Nightly News" by more than half among both Total Viewers (-65% - 625,000 vs. 1.80 million) and Adults 25-54 (-59% - 249,000 vs. 600,000).

Season to date, "World News" has increased its Total Viewing audience (+2%, 7.98 million vs. 7.83 million) compared to the same point last season, drawing its most-watched season in 3 years - since the 2009-10 season. In addition, "World News" has narrowed its Total Viewer gap (-17%) with "NBC Nightly News" by double digits for the second year in a row to post its smallest gap (777,000) with the NBC program in 4 years- since the 2008-09 season.

For the week "ABC World News" outdrew "CBS Evening News" by 1.33 million Total Viewers and by 175,000 Adults 25-54.

"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.

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