{"id":491954,"date":"2026-02-26T16:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/491954\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:44:08","slug":"tony-dokoupil-shows-huge-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/491954\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Dokoupil Shows Huge Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another week of evening news ratings are in, revealing where Tony Dokoupil<\/a> stood against David Muir<\/a> and Tom Llamas<\/a> as he nears the end of his second month<\/a> as host of\u00a0CBS Evening News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was a big week for Llamas\u2019\u00a0NBC Nightly News<\/a> thanks to the Olympics. Llamas was broadcasting his show from Italy, and Nightly News had its biggest week in the key 25-54 demo since August 2024, averaging 1.24 million viewers in that category, the highest of the week. However, with a 7.797 million total average,\u00a0Nightly News fell short to\u00a0ABC World News Tonight With David Muir<\/a>, which averaged 8.657 million viewers (ABC brought in 1.105 million in the Adults 25-54 demo).<\/p>\n

For\u00a0Nightly News, this was an upswing from its previous week, with the broadcast up +8% in total viewers and +13% in the key demo. It was the only network that saw increases across-the-board. In comparison,\u00a0World NEws Tonight was down -4% in both total viewers and the 25-54 demo compared to the week prior.<\/p>\n

It was a tough week for Dokoupil over at\u00a0CBS Evening News, which raked in an average 4.163 million total viewers, down -9% from the previous week, and 458,000 in the key demo, down -21% from the previous week. It should be noted, though, that CBS News\u2019 averages were drawn from just four days of broadcasts (Monday through Thursday), as the Friday, February 13, show was retitled to\u00a0CBS Evening Nws and did not get included in the viewer averages, according to Adweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CBS Evening News has been struggling in the ratings this year. Dokoupil began his tenure as the program\u2019s anchor in early January, replacing John Dickerson<\/a> and Maurice DuBois<\/a>, a decision made under the network\u2019s new leadership<\/a> with Bari Weiss<\/a> as editor-in-chief.<\/p>\n

Compared to this week of ratings last year,\u00a0CBS Evening News was down -7% in total viewers and -28% in the key demo. Comparatively, World News Tonight was up +4% in total viewers and down -28% in the demo, while\u00a0Nightly News improved +16% in total viewers and +22% in the demo due to its Olympic coverage.<\/p>\n

CBS Evening News, Weeknights, 6:30\/5:30c, CBS<\/p>\n

ABC World News Tonight, Weeknights, 6:30\/5:30c, ABC<\/p>\n

NBC Nightly News, Weeknights, 6:30\/5:30c, NBC<\/p>\n

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