The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY added the most viewers year-to-year among the network evening news broadcasts, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Dec. 4.

       The CBS broadcast is up +6% year-to-year in viewers (7.90m from 7.49m) and maintained its rating in adults 25-54 (1.6/06) – the demographic most important to those who advertise in news – compared to the same week last year. CBS gained +410,000 and closed the viewership gap with NBC by 240,000 viewers and with ABC by 280,000 viewers.

       Season-to-date, CBS also added the most viewers among the network evening news broadcasts (+6%, 7.34m from 6.94m) and is even in adults 25-54 (1.4/06) compared to last season.

       Editor’s Note: Ratings for the week ending Dec. 4 represent a four-day average (Monday-Wednesday and Friday), as the broadcast aired under an amended title on Thursday due to THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. The year-ago comparison represents a five-day average.

       Steve Capus is the Executive Producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and Executive Editor of CBS News.

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