Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Debut Ratings Are Just OK
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Tony Dokoupil’s debut as anchor of CBS Evening News on Jan. 5 drew 4.37 million viewers, a 9% increase over the season average, and 596,000 viewers in the key 25-54 demographic, up 20% from the season average.
- Despite the gains, CBS Evening News remains a distant third in the 6:30 p.m. newscast ratings, trailing ABC’s World News Tonight (8.24 million viewers) and NBC Nightly News (7.21 million viewers).
- NBC led the key 25-54 demographic with just under 1.1 million viewers, followed by ABC with 1.02 million, both significantly ahead of CBS’s
