The latest evening news ratings are in, and it was bad news across the board for the three major networks, with CBS Evening News hit particularly hard in its week-over-week numbers.
According to AdWeek, citing national live+same-day big data plus program ratings from Nielsen, CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil averaged 3.787 million total viewers and 493,000 viewers in the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic for the week of May 25.
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