Tony Dokoupil’s First Week As ‘CBS Evening News’ Anchor Down Year Over Year; ‘World News Tonight’ Tops Viewers, ‘Nightly News’ Wins 25-54 Demo

Tony Dokoupil’s debut week as anchor of CBS Evening News averaged 4.17 million viewers, down from 23% from the same period in 2025. In the 25-54 demo, CBS Evening News averaged 533,000, compared to 690,000 in the same week of January a year ago. The broadcast averaged 5.4 million viewers in the first full week […]

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