CBS Evening News Tacks on Nearly a Million new Viewers

The CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley continues to claw it's way out of the ratings basement.

Pelley's newscast added nearly 1 million viewers (+960,000) compared to the same week last year, according to Nielsen.

The CBS broadcast posted double-digit, year-to-year percentage gains in viewers (+15%, 7.49m from 6.53m), in addition to gains in households (+9%, 4.9/09 from 4.5/08) compared to the same week last year.

Additionally, the CBS Evening News has closed the viewer deficit with ABC by 900,000 viewers (500,000 from 1.40m) compared to the same week last year.