ABC WORLD NEWS WITH DIANE SAWYER Narrows Viewer Gap

For the week of October 15, 2012, ABC WORLD NEWS WITH Diane Sawyer averaged 7.05 million Total Viewers and a 1.4 rating/6 share/1.70 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. 
 
For the 4th time this season and in the last 7 weeks overall, “World News” narrowed its Total Viewer margin with “NBC Nightly News” (-6% - 805,000 vs. 860,000).  In fact, “World News” has cut its year-to-year gap with the NBC newscast in 8 of the last 9 weeks.
 
Four weeks into the 2012-13 season, “World News” has narrowed its Total Viewer gap (-22%) with “NBC Nightly News” to post its smallest (438,000) with the NBC program in 4 years– since the 2008-09 season.
 
“World News” outperformed the “CBS Evening News” by 989,000 Total Viewers and 38,000 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. Follow Diane Sawyer and the “World News” team online: https://twitter.com/#!/dianesawyer @DianeSawyer; facebook.com/DianeSawyer; facebook.com/WorldNews. 
 
EVENING NEWS (Week of October 15, 2012)
 
Total Viewers
Adults 25-54
Households
ABC
7,047,000
1.4/6; 1,710,000
4.9/10
NBC
7,852,000
1.8/7; 2,169,000
5.3/10
CBS
6,058,000
1.4/5; 1,672,000
4.2/ 8
 
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 Live + SD weeks of 10/15/12, 10/8/12 & 10/17/11.  Most Current - 2011-2012 Season (9/24 – 10/21/12) and 2011-2012 Season (9/19 – 10/16/11).

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