US Edition‘CBS Evening News’ Viewership Drops Below 4 Million After Tony Dokoupil’s Colorful Start - Editor and Publisher
CBS Evening News viewership dips to 3.83 million, marking a 15% drop in the key 25-54 demographic, coinciding with recent leadership and programming adjustments.
- For the week ending March 13, CBS Evening News drew 3.83 million viewers and 468,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25-to-54 demo, Nielsen data show.
- Executives attribute the decline to programming shifts including Daylight Savings Time and scrapping the Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson edition, following Tony Dokoupil’s January start and his Middle East reporting.
- Quarter to date as of March 12, CBS Evening News shed 15% of its 25-to-54 demo viewership, while ABC's World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News averaged 8.48 million and 6.51 million viewers.
- CBS has made immediate programming changes, scrapping a Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson edition, retitling the Friday broadcast, and taking Tony Dokoupil out last week.
- Critics argue the show’s turn to the right and bad publicity have undermined CBS Evening News, returning it to a precarious position executives hoped to avoid.
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