{"id":49,"date":"2026-05-26T23:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=49"},"modified":"2026-05-26T23:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:11:10","slug":"maga-coded-cbs-anchor-trails-behind-competition-in-ratings-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"MAGA-Coded CBS Anchor Trails Behind Competition in Ratings Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>CBS\u2019s MAGA-coded anchor Tony Dokoupil is making little headway in closing the gap on his rivals at NBC and ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=47\">Unreal Number of Sex Scandal Republican Candidates Exposed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dokoupil, 45, has struggled to reverse a ratings train wreck in the anchor chair at <i>CBS Evening News<\/i>, a post he landed after anti-woke opinion columnist Bari Weiss was installed as the boss of CBS News last year. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>While the latest viewership data shows Dokoupil finally breaking through the four million-viewer benchmark, his competitors at <i>NBC Nightly News<\/i> and <i>ABC World News Tonight <\/i>are staying firmly out of reach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>CBS Evening News<\/i> drew an average of 4.01 million viewers nightly from May 18 through May 21, according to Nielsen data obtained by the Daily Beast. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <i>NBC Nightly News<\/i>, anchored by Tom Llamas, drew an audience of 6.09 million over that period. <i>ABC World News Tonight<\/i>, anchored by David Muir, topped the field with 8.18 million average viewers. <\/p>\n<p>That leaves Dokoupil\u2019s show trailing Llamas\u2019 <i>NBC Nightly News<\/i> by 2.08 million viewers, and Muir\u2019s <i>ABC World News Tonight<\/i> by 4.17 million viewers. <\/p>\n<p>In the all-important 25\u201354 demographic prized by advertisers, <i>CBS Evening News<\/i> averaged 605,000 viewers, up from 482,000 viewers the week prior, according to Variety. <\/p>\n<p>The viewership averages are improvements over the week prior for all three evening newscasts, when <i>CBS Evening News<\/i> averaged 3.81 million viewers, <i>NBC Nightly News<\/i> drew 5.97 million, and <i>ABC World News Tonight <\/i>came in first with 7.89 million.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=45\">Top Doctor Draws Attention to \u2018Interesting\u2019 Change With Trump\u2019s Physical Exam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has reached out to CBS for comment.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the network said the ratings present the fourth consecutive week of growth for <i>CBS Evening News<\/i> compared to last year. The person also said the broadcast saw more week-to-week growth than either NBC or ABC in viewers and the 25\u201354 demographic, and that the show is up year-over-year in both categories. <\/p>\n<p>But before surpassing the four-million-viewer average this week, Dokoupil spent six consecutive weeks below that benchmark. The week beginning April 20 saw just 3.7 million viewers tuning in, <i>CBS Evening News<\/i>\u2019 lowest-rated week since Dokoupil took over the anchor\u2019s chair in January. <\/p>\n<p>Dokoupil\u2019s broadcasts have been seen as emblematic of CBS News\u2019s apparent transformation into a Trump-friendly network under Weiss, who was recruited by Trumpy Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison. <\/p>\n<p>The anchor has been ridiculed for sounding at times more like a White House surrogate than an objective news anchor, from quoting a false claim made by Trump as fact to his both-sides coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection to his flattery of Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, staffing changes at <i>CBS Evening News <\/i>have included the firing of a senior producer and a handful of other employees taking buyouts.<\/p>\n<p>However, the struggling ratings have not shaken Ellison and his father Larry Ellison\u2019s steadfast backing of Weiss. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s not going anywhere. The Ellisons like her very much and she\u2019s safe,\u201d a source told Page Six on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=43\">An Exclusive Look at President Trump\u2019s Latest \u2018Perfect\u2019 Medical Report<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS\u2019s MAGA-coded anchor Tony Dokoupil is making little headway in closing the gap on his rivals at NBC and ABC. Read more Unreal Number of Sex Scandal Republican Candidates Exposed Dokoupil, 45, has struggled to reverse a ratings train wreck in the anchor chair at CBS Evening News, a post he landed after anti-woke opinion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MAGA-Coded CBS Anchor Trails Behind Competition in Ratings Struggle - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=49\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MAGA-Coded CBS Anchor Trails Behind Competition in Ratings Struggle - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CBS\u2019s MAGA-coded anchor Tony Dokoupil is making little headway in closing the gap on his rivals at NBC and ABC. 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