The latest evening news ratings are in, and it’s not looking good for CBS Evening News, which has now finished below 4 million viewers for the third week in a row.
According to AdWeek, citing national live+same-day big data plus program ratings from Nielsen, the Tony Dokoupil fronted broadcast averaged 3.771 million total viewers and 467,000 viewers in the Adults 25-54 demographic for the week of April 20. This was down 1 percent in total viewers and down 3 percent in the demo compared to the week prior.
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