The revamped "CBS Evening News" is tanking in the ratings, with the show down last week a staggering 24% year over year in the key 25-54 demo.
One veteran TV news exec assessed the situation to me: "I would say it's a five-alarm fire."
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One veteran TV news exec assessed the situation to me: "I would say it's a five-alarm fire."
More in @status.news: https://www.status.news/p/cbs-evening-news-ratings
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such a news addict's quandary
Imagine that.
I turned it off and knew I would never return.
“It’s mind-boggling,” a former CBS News producer told me. “They took the news out of the Evening News!”
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@maddow.msnbc.com @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Maybe a little PBS.
Assuming the Trump administration doesn’t make any new threats.
If you bend the knee to an authoritarian, you’re just state news then and not to be trusted.
It's only propaganda now (and actually always was).
Ri Chun-hee will be the permanent replacement. 👇
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/4/2301223/-How-CNN-helped-re-elect-Trump
That’s why local news barely covers that stuff either.
Most people just want “feel good human interest stories” (and sports and weather.)
It’s just turned off some of their existing viewers, not broadened their reach.
https://nypost.com/2025/02/20/media/cbs-backtracks-on-evening-news-revamp-just-weeks-after-launch-with-network-boss-in-the-hot-seat-sources/
collapsed, down last week 18% in total viewers and 34% in the demo from a year ago
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/contact-us/