dailyloe.com – ABC News led the evening news ratings for the week of April 6, 2026, according to data reported by TV Insider. The network remained on top in both total viewers and the key Adults 25 to 54 demographic. CBS and NBC saw major declines in their key demo viewership throughout the same week. The ratings revealed troubling stats for the latter two networks.
ABC World News Tonight, hosted by David Muir, averaged 8.417 million total viewers. It also averaged 1.067 million viewers in the key demo. Compared to the previous week, this was down 2% in total viewers. It was flat in the key demographic.
Compared to the same week in 2025, the show was up 12% in total viewers. It was also up 5% in the key demo. NBC Nightly News, hosted by Tom Llamas, brought in an average of 6.434 million total viewers. It averaged 909,000 viewers in the key demo.
This was down 4% for total viewers compared to the prior week. It was down 13% in the key demo. Compared to the same week last year, NBC was up 6% in total viewers. It was up 7% in the Adults demo.
CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil continued to trail its competitors. It brought in 3.807 million average total viewers. It also averaged 477,000 viewers in the key demo for that week. Compared to the week before, this was down 8% in total viewers.
It was down 16% in the 25-54 demo. There was a slight 2% improvement in average total viewers compared to the same week last year. The show was down 3% in the key demo compared to this week in 2025.
ABC specifically had a big night on April 10. It aired live coverage of Artemis II’s return to Earth. Muir hosted the hour-long event at 7:30/6:30c. It brought in 9.77 million total viewers and 2.362 million in the 25 to 54 demo.
This led the night against all other networks. Fox News followed with 4.999 million total viewers and 543,000 in the key demo. CBS News followed with 4.585 million total viewers and 843,000 in the key demo. NBC News’ coverage of the space event brought in 3.912 million total viewers and 946,000 in the Adults demo.
CBS Evening News airs weeknights at 6:30/5:30c on CBS. NBC Nightly News airs weeknights at 6:30/5:30c on NBC. ABC World News Tonight airs weeknights at 6:30/5:30c on ABC. The ratings for the week of April 6 have been finalized.
