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CBS EVENING NEWS Ends 2015-16 Broadcast Year with Highest Ratings in 10 Years

By: Sep. 20, 2016
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The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY finished the 2015-16 broadcast year with CBS's highest ratings in the time period in 10 years (since the 2005-06 broadcast year), according to Nielsen most current ratings. The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up in viewers (7.03m from 6.98m) compared to last year.

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This year marks the sixth consecutive broadcast year of viewer gains for the CBS EVENING NEWS, the first time any network evening news broadcast posted six consecutive broadcast years of viewer gains in the 28 years since the advent of Nielsen people meters in 1987.

Additionally, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY closed the viewership gap with NBC by 113,000 viewers compared to last year-the closest CBS has been to NBC in viewers for a broadcast year in 15 years (since 2000-2001). NBC finished the 2015-16 broadcast year with viewership declines (-1%, 8.61m from 8.66m).

Steve Capus is the executive producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and executive editor of CBS News.



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