Quarter-to-quarter, CBS News was watched by 4.337 million total viewers and 608,000 A25-54 viewers for a dip of -1% in the former category and a lift of +2% in the latter. For the entire season, the newscast saw a total viewer audience of 4.651 million and a demo crowd of 665,000.
It’s also the last season that will be anchored in full by O’Donnell, who will be stepping down following the 2024 presidential election to focus more on interviews and big projects. John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois will be taking over as the newscast comes home to New York City after five years in Washington, D.C.
Nielsen live-plus-same-day averages for the week of September 16, 2024:
| ABC | NBC | CBS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • Total Viewers: | 7,184,000 | 5,612,000 | 4,470,000 |
| • A25-54: | 949,000 | 826,000 | 684,000 |
| ABC | NBC | CBS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • Total Viewers: | 7,305,000 | 6,197,000 | 4,337,000 |
| • A25-54: | 995,000 | 961,000 | 608,000 |
| ABC | NBC | CBS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • Total Viewers: | 7,717,000 | 6,437,000 | 4,651,000 |
| • A25-54: | 1,072,000 | 955,000 | 665,000 |
Evening News Seasons: 2022-2023 | 2021-2022 | 2020-2021 | 2019-2020 | 2018-2019, | 2017-2018 | 2016-2017