CBS News Continues Climb up the Ratings Ladder
/Scott Pelley and the CBS News continue to their slow, but steady climb out of the ratings basement.
Pelley's CBS Evening News added viewers (+2%, 6.77m from 6.66m) year-to-year and posted the largest percentage gain in the key demographic of adults 25-54 (+8%, 1.3/06 from 1.2/06), according to Nielsen for the week ending May 13.
CBS added +110,000 viewers compared to the same week last year.
Season-to-date, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY added the most viewers (+8%, 7.39m from 7.24m) among the network evening news broadcasts and maintained its rating in adults 25-54 (1.4/06) compared to last season.