The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +2% year-to-year in viewers (6.38m from 6.26m) for the week ending August 14, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings. The CBS broadcast added +120,000 viewers compared to the same week last year.
The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY maintained its rating in adults 25-25 (1.2/06) - the demographic most important to those who advertise in news - compared to last year. Television year-to-date, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +3% in viewers (7.03m from 6.81m) and even in adults 25-54 (1.4/06) compared to last year. On last week's broadcasts, Scott Pelley interviewed Secretary of State John Kerry; Holly Williams spoke with Syrian fighters who trained with U.S. troops but quit the program; Seth Doane covered the warehouse explosion in Tianjin, China; Jeff Pegues investigated the sale of counterfeit tourniquets to the military and first responders; and Margaret Brennan was in Havana for the reopening of the U.S. Embassy. Steve Capus is the Executive Producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and Executive Editor of CBS News. Follow the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram and on cbsnews.com.
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