With one day remaining in the November ratings period, WISN 12 draws the top weekday news audiences at 5, 5:30, 6 and 10 p.m. among southeastern Wisconsin households. "WISN 12 News" at 6 p.m. draws the number one audience among all weekday evening local newscasts.

"WISN 12 News" at 5 p.m. leads all newscasts in its weekday half hour with a 6.4 household rating, followed by WTMJ (4.3), WITI (4.0), and WDJT (3.5). 

"ABC World News Tonight with David Muir" is the number one network news choice among southeastern Wisconsin households for the second consecutive November. ABC leads weekdays at 5:30 p.m., with a 7.8 rating, followed by "NBC Nightly News" on WTMJ (5.9), "CBS Evening News" on WDJT (4.1) and "Fox 6 News" on WITI (3.8).

"WISN 12 News" at 6 p.m. leads with a 6.6 rating, followed in the half hour by WDJT with "Jeopardy" (6.4), WTMJ (4.5) and WITI (3.9). It is the only 6 p.m. newscast to grow audience year-to-year (+8%).

WISN 12 also leads weekdays at 10 p.m. with a 5.9 rating, followed by WITI (4.9), WDJT (4.6) and WTMJ (4.3). Local newscasts in Milwaukee frequently receive a rating boost from a Packers game lead-in, as did WISN 12 on Monday, Nov. 6. Without the news rating from that night in its sweeps average, "WISN 12 News" would still lead the 10 p.m. news race with a 5.5 rating.

Milwaukee’s Top 10 Weekday Evening Newscasts Ranked by Household Viewership

"We are very pleased to continue to earn the trust of southeastern Wisconsin viewers," says Jan Wade, president and general manager of WISN 12. "Our mission is to bring important local coverage to the community we serve. We are humbled to have earned our viewers’ loyalty."

Weekday mornings, WISN 12 ranks second to WITI, which leads the local morning news race from 4:30 to 7 a.m.; WTMJ ranks third and WDJT ranks fourth. "Good Morning America" on WISN 12 leads the network morning news race with a 3.0 rating from 7 to 9 a.m., followed by "CBS This Morning" on WDJT (2.5) and "Today Show" on WTMJ (2.3).

"WISN 12 News This Morning" 7 to 9 a.m. is Sunday morning’s top local news audience with a 4.0 rating and 11 percent audience growth year-to-year. Sunday at 9 a.m. "UPFRONT with Mike Gousha" (3.6) is number one in the half hour with 44 percent year-to-year audience growth. "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" (3.2) grew 28 percent in its 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. hour, and "Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien" (2.9) grew 71 percent in its 10:30 a.m. half hour.

WISN 12 also grew audience year-to-year throughout its Sunday evening newscasts. At 5 p.m., "ABC World News" (6.0) grew 46 percent. "WISN 12 News" grew 77 percent at 5:30 p.m. (6.2), 23 percent at 10 p.m. (6.5) and 42 percent at 10:30 p.m. (4.4).

In primetime, three of the top ten non-sports series are on WISN 12: "Dancing With The Stars" (7.5), "The Good Doctor" (7.1), and "Grey’s Anatomy" (6.9).