The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY posted the largest year-to-year percentage gain in viewers (+10%, 6.58m from 5.99m) among the network evening news broadcasts, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending August 7.
The
CBS broadcast added +590,000 viewers and maintained its rating in adults 25-54 (1.2/06) - the demographic most important to those who advertise in news - compared to the same week last year.
Television year-to-date, the
CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +3% in viewers (7.05m from 6.82m) and even in adults 25-54 (1.4/06) compared to last year.
On last week's broadcasts, Elizabeth Palmer reported how ISIS is recruiting children to fight in Syria; Michelle Miller interviewed the new interim police chief of Ferguson, Mo.; Ben Tracy covered California's Rocky Fire; David Begnaud and Anna Werner had the latest on the Tennessee movie theater shooting; and John Dickerson and Major Garrett covered the GOP presidential debate.
Steve Capus is the Executive Producer of the
CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and Executive Editor of
CBS News.
Follow the
CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram and on cbsnews.com.
Comments
To post a comment, you must
register and
login.
