For second quarter 2015, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY grew its audience by +6% (6.68m viewers from 6.32m) compared to second quarter 2014, according to Nielsen most current ratings. The CBS EVENING NEWS posted its best second quarter viewer delivery in nine years (since second quarter 2006). This marks CBS's closest competitive position to NBC in a second quarter in 14 years (since second quarter 2001).
For the week ending June 26, the
CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY posted year-to-year gains in key demographics, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. The
CBS broadcast is up +9% in adults 25-54 (1.2/06 from 1.1/05) - the demographic most important to those who advertise in news - and up +12% in viewers (6.61m from 5.89m) compared to last year.
The
CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY added +720,000 viewers and closed the viewership gap with
NBC by more than 600,000 viewers compared to the same week last year.
Television year-to-date, the
CBS broadcast is up + 3% in viewers (7.14m from 6.95m) compared to last year.
On last week's broadcasts, Jan Crawford, Carter Evans and Steve Hartman covered the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage; Michelle Miller, Jeff Pegues and Adriana Diaz reported from Charleston on the Confederate flag controversy and President Obama's eulogy of Rev. Clementa Pinckney; Charlie D'Agata reported on the beach attack in Tunisia; Don Dahler was in the courtroom for the sentencing of
BOSTON MARATHON bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; and Scott Pelley interviewed NASA astronaut Mark Kelly.
Steve Capus is the Executive Producer of the
CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and Executive Editor of
CBS News.
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