CBS Evening News Struggles in Ratings Under Dokoupil

0:00It's April 30th, this is Entertainment in Celebrity News, today your AI-powered source for all things entertainment. CBS Evening News is struggling in the ratings even with Tony Doku Pill as the new anchor. For the week of April 20th, it pulled in just 3,771,000 total viewers, marking the third straight week, under 4,000,000. That's way behind ABC World News tonight at 8,537,000 in NBC Nightly News at 6,000,000 million, 100, 68,000. In the key 25 to 54 demo, Doku Pill's show hit 467,000 viewers, staying below 500,000 for, 3 weeks running. He took over on January 3, stepping in after Nora O'Donnell's exit last year from her role on CBS Mornings. CBS folks are pushing back, saying the show's up 2% overall, under Doku Pill and the only one growing month to month from March to April. They noted was in rough shape at the end of last year, and building back an audience

1:02takes real grind. Doku Pill brings solid creds, having covered big events like the October 7th attack in Israel and the January 6th events. CBS News leaders praised his straight shooting style when he got the gig. Still, early broadcasts had some mix-ups, like name-flubs, but the network stays encouraged by year-over-year gains as they keep tweaking the formula.