This makes it 12 straight weeks at the top for "World News." ABC says "season to date, 'World News' is the only evening newscast to increase its Total Viewing audience, increasing 3%; NBC and CBS are both down 6%." All three broadcasts saw viewer growth from the previous, holiday week.

Total viewers: ABC: 7,670,000 / NBC: 7,340,000 / CBS: 5,850,000

25-54 demo: ABC: 2,310,000 / NBC: 2,220,000 / CBS: 1,860,000

25-54 rating: ABC: 1.9/8 / NBC: 1.8/8 / CBS: 1.5/6