CBS Evening News Ratings Rise During Tony Dokoupil’s Two-Week Absence
Matt Gutman averaged 4.1 million viewers in his first week filling in, giving the CBS Evening News its top weekly audience in 17 weeks.
- During his first week filling in for anchor Tony Dokoupil, CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman drew 4.1 million viewers for CBS Evening News, marking the program's best performance in 17 weeks.
- The program had struggled to consistently reach 4 million viewers since Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss took over, prompting criticism of Dokoupil's decision to take a two-week summer vacation.
- Nielsen data cited by Status News revealed the broadcast topped the 4 million-viewer mark for the first time since late March, which Oliver Darcy called an "unexpected and somewhat awkward result for CBS News."
- Industry insiders labeled the anchor's absence a "baffling move," with one veteran television executive describing the performance gap as "another dagger in Tony's neck," according to Status.
- As Dokoupil returns to the desk on Monday, a CBS spokesperson insisted the ratings surge resulted from a heavy news cycle rather than a preference for Gutman over the anchor.
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A MAGA CBS anchor's short vacation led to his show getting the best ratings in months, according to a report.CBS Evening News finally cracked more than 4 million viewers for the first time since March, according to reporting by Status. However, the show reached the solid ratings while its main anchor, Tony Dokoupil, was on a two-week summer vacation.Ratings for CBS News programs have struggled during the summer. CBS Evening News plummeted below …
‘Awkward’: Tony Dokoupil’s Fill-In Delivers CBS Evening News’ Best Ratings in Four Months
(Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) Tony Dokoupil’s two-week summer vacation has produced an “awkward result” for CBS News, with his temporary replacement posting the CBS Evening News’ strongest weekly audience in months, according to figures cited by Oliver Darcy. As was revealed in the Thursday edition of Status News, with Darcy calling the matter “an unexpected and somewhat awkward result for CBS News,” Matt Gutman averaged …
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