Evening News Ratings

Evening Newscasts On The Rise Again

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 12.17.2011

NEW YORK — There's new life in broadcast television's evening news shows, in part because of forces such as 24-hour cable news that were once th...

SHOCKER: Evening News Ratings GROW

Posted 11.20.2011

The 2010-2011 season just wrapped up and the results for evening newscasts are good. For the first time in nine years, all three major networks sa...

CBS News Chief Takes Swipe At Katie Couric

Posted 10.03.2011

CBS News chairman Jeff Fager had some rather unkind words for Katie Couric on Wednesday. Fager was at the Television Critics Association summer pre...

'CBS Evening News' Sinks To Record Lows, 'World News' Only Show To Grow

Posted 05.29.2011

With the drumbeat of rumors that she is heading for the door, Katie Couric was likely looking for better ratings news than what she got Tuesday. Inste...

ALL-TIME LOW: Evening News Ratings Hit Collective Rock Bottom

Posted 05.25.2011

By David Bauder, The Associated Press The NBC, ABC and CBS evening newscasts combined for a dubious record last week: the average of 18.7 million peo...

Evening News Ratings DOWN Across The Board

Posted 05.25.2011

All three network evening news broadcasts saw their ratings decline in the second quarter, the New York Times' Bill Carter notes. Both ABC and CBS sa...

Evening News Ratings: ABC, CBS See Worst Quarters Ever While NBC Thrives

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

The "CBS Evening News" and ABC's "World News" have just closed their worst quarter on record. The New York Times' Bill Carter takes a look at the fir...

We Need a Jon Stewart in Every Town

Ed Madison | Posted 05.25.2011

Ed Madison

The Project for Excellence in Journalism reports that Jon Stewart is America's fourth most admired "journalist". Local broadcasters need to take note.

Fox News, "NBC Nightly News" Win Big News Week

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

In one of the bigger news weeks this fall, with the the health care debate, the 2009 elections and the breaking news out of Fort Hood, Fox News and "N...

"NBC Nightly News" Easily Wins 2008-2009 Season, Up Year-Over-Year

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

While the conventional wisdom says the evening news is dying, "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" actually grew year-over-year, easily winning the ...

"NBC Nightly News" Sees Best Ratings In Months

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" delivered its best week since April, averaging 8.379 million total viewers last week. Thursday night's broadca...

"CBS Evening News," "ABC World News" Hit All Time Ratings Lows

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Both the "CBS Evening News" and ABC's "World News" suffered all-time ratings lows last week, the week of June 15, 2009. Both broadcast's anchors &mda...

"NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" On A Ratings Roll

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" handily won the evening news ratings race last week, beating ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson" by over 1.2...

Evening News Ratings Up On Bad Economic News

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — Tough economic news and the arrival of the Obama administration have helped bring more viewers to the broadcast evening news shows, a...

Katie Couric Ratings Rise: Best Week Since February 2007

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — After two years of relentlessly bad ratings news, Katie Couric finally has something she can smile about. The "CBS Evening News" anc...

Network Evening Newscasts' Ratings Stall During Election 2008

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 05.25.2011

If anything could slow the inexorable decline of evening news viewership, it should have been this year's riveting presidential campaign, which produc...

NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams Wins Its 12th Season In A Row

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 05.25.2011

"NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" ended the 2007-08 television season as the most-watched network evening newscast for the 12th year in a row, ex...

Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News, Get Beijing Bounce

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 05.25.2011

"NBC Nightly News," with the anchor Brian Williams in Beijing, received an Olympics bounce of two million viewers last week. Bolstered by above-avera...

New Record Low For CBS Evening News

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Last week, the week of May 19, CBS News set a new record low in ratings, taking in a mere 5.33 million viewers. Its previous record low came the week...

CBS Evening News Ratings Hit New Low

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Last week, the CBS Evening News marked a new low in the ratings, recording just 5.39 million total viewers for the previous week. This week, the Kati...

Couric Newscast Lost 1.1 Million Viewers In '07

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

AS Katie Couric puts a wrap on her first calendar year as anchor of the last-place "CBS Evening News," she's staring at some sobering stats: more than...

NBC Nightly News Squeaks By ABC To Win November Sweeps

New York Times | Jacques Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

"NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" narrowly overtook "World News With Charles Gibson" on ABC to become the most-watched of the three network eveni...

Double-Victory For NBC As Nightly News Wins Ratings, Demo

TV Newser | Chris Ariens | Posted 05.25.2011

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams wins the week in total viewers and the A25-54 demo. Some holiday week notes: Thanksgiving Day is taken out of the...