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

For the week of October 22, 2012, "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" averaged 7.59 million Total Viewers and a 1.6 rating/7 share/1.89 million in Adults 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Research. Growing week to week by 8% in Total Viewers and by 11% in Adults 25-54 (7.05 million and 1.71 million, respectively, on w/o 10/15/12) to hit season highs in both measures, "World News" drew its most-watched week in 6 weeks and best news demo performance in 8 weeks – since w/o 9/10/12 and w/o 8/27/12, respectively.

On Tuesday (10/23/12), "World News" delivered its strongest telecast of the season in both Total Viewers (8.16 million) and Adults 25-54 (2.09 million).

"World News" narrowed its margins with "NBC Nightly News" week to week in both Total Viewers (-45% - 439,000 vs. 805,000) and Adults 25-54 (-30% - 321,000 vs. 459,000) to turn in its smallest overall viewer gap since premiere week – since w/o 9/24/12.

"World News" cut its year-to-year gaps with "NBC Nightly News" in Total Viewers (-58% - 439,000 vs. 1.04 million) and Adults 25-54 (-17% - 321,000 vs. 387,000). In fact, "World News" has cut its year-to-year Total Viewer gap with the NBC newscast for the 8th week in a row and in 9 of the last 10 weeks.

Season-to-date, "World News" has narrowed its Total Viewer gap (-30%) with "NBC Nightly News" by double digits for the second year in a row to post its smallest (439,000) with the NBC program in 4 years– since the 2008-09 season.

"World News" outdrew the "CBS Evening News" by 1.22 million Total Viewers and 186,000 Adults 25-54, delivering its largest news demo advantage of the season.

"ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" airs at 6:30 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network.

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