CBS EVENING NEWS Up Year-to-Year

The CBS Evening News WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +4% year-to-year in viewers (5.95m from 5.73m) for the week ending August 8, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. The CBS Evening News WITH SCOTT PELLEY added +220,000 viewers compared to the same week last year.

The CBS Evening News WITH SCOTT PELLEY closed the gap with NBC in adults 25-54 - the demographic most important to those who advertise in News - by 0.3 ratings point (-0.2 from -0.5) for the week ending August 8. The CBS Evening News WITH SCOTT PELLEY is even in adults 25- 54 (1.2/05) compared to the same week last year.

Television year-to-date, the CBS Evening News WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +5% in viewers (6.80m from 6.48m) compared to last year.

Steve Capus is the Executive Producer of the CBS Evening News WITH SCOTT PELLEY and Executive Editor of CBS News.