CBS news show hits 10-year low in ratings
“CBS Evening News” marked a low point in a storied history last week: its smallest average audience in at least 10 years, perhaps ever.
The evening newscast with Dan Rather, for several years third in the ratings behind NBC and ABC, has lately been losing even more ground to its rivals. It was watched last week by an average of 6.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8.9 million viewers and ABC’s “World News Tonight” had 8.2 million.
“Clearly, we want to reverse that trend,” CBS News President Andrew Heyward said. “I don’t think it’s something to be overly concerned about.... It’s an issue but not something I want to overreact to. I think the program itself journalistically is as good as it has ever been.”
From Associated Press
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