‘CBS Evening News’ Tony Dokoupil Has Rare Win in Ratings Battle

Alyssa NorwinThu, July 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM UTC

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David Muir, Tony Dokoupil, Tom Llamas - ABC/CBS/NBC/YouTube

The week of July 20 was a good one for CBS Evening News. The program, anchored by Tony Dokoupil, saw increases in both total viewers and viewers in the key demo (Adults aged 25 to 54), while ABC World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News were down in both total viewers and key demo viewers compared to the previous week.

CBS Evening News brought in an average of 3.954 million total viewers and 516,000 key demo viewers for the week of July 20. This was a 5% and 9% increase, respectively, compared to the prior week. This was also a 9% increase in total viewers and 4% increase in the adults demo compared to the same week in 2025.

However, the program still fell behind both ABC News and NBC News in the ratings.

ABC World News Tonight, anchored by David Muir, had an average of 8.143 million total viewers and 1.05 million key demo viewers last week. While these numbers more than doubled CBS News’, World News Tonight was still down 4% in total viewers and down 2% in demo viewers compared to the week prior. However, the program improved from the same week in 2025, with a 12% increase in total viewers and 5% increase in key demo viewers.

Tom Llamas‘ Nightly News on NBC averaged 6.606 million total viewers and 960,000 key demo viewers during the week of July 20. The program was down 1% in total viewers and down 4% in adult viewers compared to the previous week. In comparison to the same week in 2025, NBC Nightly News was up 20% in total viewers and up 24% in key demo viewers.

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CBS Evening News is still struggling in the ratings compared to its competitors, but was the only program of the three this week to see improvement in numbers compared to the previous week.

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