CBS Evening News Ratings Slide Under Dokoupil

0:00On April 29, Tony Doku Peele has been anchoring CBS evening news for 16 weeks, but the ratings keep sliding lower. Last month in April, the show averaged less than 3.9 million total viewers, its worst since he took over. In the key 25-54 demo, it pulled just 497,000 viewers, the lowest April this century. Earlier this week, reports show more than 3 weeks in April, dipping under 4 million viewers with the final week hitting a low of 3.78 million total and 467,000 in the demo. The first quarter under Doku Peele averaged 4.279 million viewers down 7% from last year and the demo dropped nearly 20% to 535,000. CBS folks are standing by him, calling Doku Peele an exceptional talent building a fresh show for all platforms. This came after Barry Weiss shook things up as editor-in-chief, pulling him from CBS mornings.

1:00He's faced heat for Trump coverage and interviews with officials like Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth. Network execs blame bigger trends like folks ditching cable for streaming and YouTube. They say no one expected a quick rating fix in 16 weeks and the focus stays on his revamp, which is up slightly from last year's lows. Editors are crushing it though, ABC world news tonight averaged 8.54 million viewers last week, more than double CBS, while NBC. Nightly news hit 6.17 million. Weiss told staff back in January that ratings aren't her top goal anyway, so the ship's still sailing steady for now. I'm Corey with the story, and you've been listening to entertainment and celebrity news today. AI powered pop culture coverage.