Evening News Ratings

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

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media


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 11.24.2009 | Media


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 07.31.2009 | Media


"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 07.24.2009 | Media


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 03.21.2009 | Media


"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 03.07.2009 | Media


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 01.24.2009 | Media


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 12.21.2008 | Media


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 10.25.2008 | Media


"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 09.20.2008 | Media


"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 06.05.2008 | Media


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 05.07.2008 | Media


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 03.28.2008 | Media


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 03.28.2008 | Media


"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 03.28.2008 | Media


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...