{"id":289083,"date":"2026-02-09T17:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/289083\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:35:07","slug":"cbs-news-tony-dokoupils-latest-ratings-compared-with-nbc-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/289083\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS News\u2019 Tony Dokoupil\u2019s Latest Ratings Compared With NBC &#038; ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/tony-dokoupil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tony Dokoupil;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tony Dokoupil<\/a> is only a month into his new role as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/cbs-evening-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CBS Evening News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CBS Evening News<\/a> anchor, but the show is already losing viewers while its rivals on ABC and NBC continue to grow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/tvnewser\/week-of-jan-26-2026-evening-news-ratings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:AdWeek;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">AdWeek<\/a>, citing national live+same-day big data plus program ratings from Nielsen, CBS Evening News drew 4.538 million total viewers and 623,000 viewers in the key Adults 25-54 demo for the week of January 26. This was down by 7 percent in total viewers and down 8 percent in the demo compared to the week prior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">CBS Evening News was also down year over year, with a 6 percent drop in total viewers and a 9 percent drop in the demo compared to the same week last year. It should be noted that the same week last year was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/john-dickerson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:John Dickerson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">John Dickerson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/maurice-dubois\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Maurice DuBois;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Maurice DuBois<\/a>\u2018 debut as anchors following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/norah-odonnell\/#:~:text=Norah%20O&#039;Donnell%20is%20an,Ass%202%22%20(2013).\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Norah O\u2019Donnell;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Norah O\u2019Donnell<\/a>\u2018s exit the week before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dokoupil, who previously co-anchored <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/cbs-mornings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CBS Mornings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CBS Mornings<\/a>, officially took over as the CBS Evening News anchor on January 5. However, his appointment has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/tony-dokoupil-cbs-evening-news-124010530.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:met with backlash;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">met with backlash<\/a> in some circles, with some accusing him and CBS News editor-in-chief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/bari-weiss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bari Weiss;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bari Weiss<\/a> of trying to appease <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:President Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">President Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In comparison, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/world-news-tonight-with-david-muir\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ABC World News Tonight with David Muir;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ABC World News Tonight with David Muir<\/a> drew 9.244 million total viewers and 1.182 million in the key demo for the week of January 26. This was up 3 percent in total viewers and 9 percent in the demo compared to the previous week. It was also up 11 percent in total viewers and 4 percent in the demo compared to the same week last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/nbc-nightly-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas<\/a> finished second behind ABC, averaging 7.150 million total viewers and 1.040 million in the demo. Compared to the week prior, the broadcast was up 4 percent in total viewers and in the demo. While the show was up 3 percent in total viewers from the same week last year, the demo dropped 5 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the latest entertainment news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TV Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Dokoupil is only a month into his new role as CBS Evening News anchor, but the show&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[114665,138647,93,61,60,22820,138648,65581,114666,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-289083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-cbs-evening-news","9":"tag-cbs-news-youtube","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-nbc-news","14":"tag-nbc-nightly-news","15":"tag-tom-llamas","16":"tag-tony-dokoupil","17":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}