CBS EVENING NEWS is Only Network Evening News to Post Year-to-Year Growth in Vieweres

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is the only network evening news broadcast to post year-to-year growth in viewers and the key adults 25-54 demographic, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings week ending Oct. 9.

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +8% year-to-year in adults 25-54 (1.3/06 from 1.2/05) - the demographic most important to those who advertise in news - and up +8% in viewers (6.71m from 6.22m) compared to the same week last year. The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY added +490,000 viewers compared to last year.

The CBS broadcast closed the viewership gap with NBC by 770,000 viewers and with ABC by 740,000 viewers.

Season-to-date, the CBS broadcast is up +7% in viewers (6.83m from 6.41m) and even in adults 25-54 (1.3/06) compared to last season.

On last week's broadcasts, David Begnaud covered the flooding in South Carolina, David Martin took viewers inside the nerve center of the air campaign against ISIS, Major Garrett and Julianna Goldman were on the presidential campaign trail, and John Dickerson and Nancy Cordes reported on Kevin McCarthy withdrawing his bid to become Speaker of House of Representatives.

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

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