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Tony Dokoupil‘s charismatic debut connected CBS Evening News on Monday drew almost 4.4 cardinal viewers, down from past caller introductions of nan web anchors of nan broadcast.
The CBS Evening News pinch Tony Dokoupil drew astir 4.37 cardinal viewers, compared to 7.21 cardinal for NBC Nightly News pinch Tom Llamas and 8.24 cardinal for ABC World News Tonight pinch David Muir, according to Nielsen.
In nan 25-54 demo, Dokoupil’s newscast averaged 596,000, compared to 1.1 cardinal for NBC Nightly News and 1.02 cardinal for World News Tonight.
Dokoupil’s debut was disconnected by 23% from nan aforesaid time past year, erstwhile nan CBS Evening News averaged 5.69 cardinal connected Jan. 6, 2025. It besides posted 805,000 successful nan 25-54 demo then.
The debut besides drew less viewers than nan premiere of a revamped CBS Evening News on Jan. 27, pinch John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois anchoring. That broadcast drew 5.35 cardinal viewers and 774,000 successful nan 25-54 demo. It besides was down from Norah O’Donnell’s debut successful 2019 and Jeff Glor successful 2017, though networks person been grappling pinch wide linear TV assemblage erosion.
That said, nan debut did hit nan Q4 numbers for CBS Evening News, which averaged 4.03 cardinal viewers and 502,000 successful nan 25-54 demo. Dickerson and DuBois departed nan web past month. CBS said that Dokoupil’s debut was up 9% successful viewers and 20% successful nan demo versus nan season-to-date average.
