David Muir has reason to celebrate thanks to his impressive broadcast ratings on World News Tonight.

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The ABC star's nightly news program, according to Nielsen Media Research, spent 31 of 52 weeks in the 2021-22 season as the number one program of the week in total viewers on a broadcast and cable (excluding sports), which is a historic first for a newscast.