CBS EVENING NEWS Up +5% in Viewers for 2013-14 TV Year

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +5% in viewers (6.75m from 6.43m) for the 2013-2014 television year, the Network's largest viewer delivery in the time period in eight years (since 2005-2006), according to Nielsen most current ratings.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY added +320,000 viewers compared to the last television year.

For the week ending Sept. 19, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY posted the largest year-to-year percentage increase among the network evening news broadcasts in adults 25-54 (+8%, 1.3/06 from 1.2/05), the demographic most important to those who advertise in news, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY also posted year-to-year gains among viewers (+2%, 6.28m from 6.16m) for the week ending Sept. 19.

Ratings for the week ending Sept. 19 represent a four-day average (Monday-Wednesday, Friday). The broadcast aired under an "amended" title on Thursday due to CBS's coverage of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. The year-ago comparison represents a five-day average.

Steve Capus is the Executive Producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and Executive Editor of CBS News.

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