CBS's decay extends to Sunday Morning.

[Susan Calvin]

I just started watching the episode I recorded this morning, which opened with the Venezuela attack. Not one word in the intro about the illegality of it. Talking about nothing at all except how it was carried out. Needless to say I deleted that episode from my recordings, and don't know if I'll bother to record it in the future.

[kimbutgar]

1. I used to watch their national evening news until Bari Weiss took over

Now I only watch ABC or NBC evening news. CBS news is dead to me!

[Xavier Breath]

2. I'd had a scheduled recording for 60 Minutes since the advent of DVRs.

No longer.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

23. Noticed it's a bunch of "lame" topics. A figure skater interview.

So sad that this program that has been a huge and important phenomenon for more than 50 years with great ratings has turned into a meaningless Entertainment Tonight wannabe.

[Botany]

3. CBS has become a Fox News type of operation

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220904612

Tony Dokoupil “We are going to listen to the people for our News information.” Instead
of reporting the facts.

[Boomerproud]

8. Which people are they listening to?

Huh?

[Botany]

29. You know the "average American" who Fox interviews @ some diner.

N/t

[dem4decades]

9. And the "people" are Trump and Bari, thanks for nothing Tony.

CBS is dead to me. And I'm sad to hear the rot had moved to the Sunday Morning Shw, I used to watch that.

[mitch96]

13. CBS acronym now stands for

Cant
Believe
Shit...

[hlthe2b]

16. Or

Complete
Bull
Shit

[liberalla]

20. This!

That's the TRUTH!

[aggiesal]

17. Katy Tur's husband n/t

[Cha]

27. JHC... that says it ALL!

HOPE they

[Botany]

28. If you could stomach his whole statement he tried to just pass off Russia's collusion with Trump as just ...

…. Russiagate. He did that less than a month after the White House’s “peace plan” for Russia’s war on
Ukraine was shown to be a direct translation from Russian to English.

Somewhere Eric Sevareid’s soul is crying. Eric was a hero to me years ago. His book Canoeing with
the Cree made an impression on me in my 20s. He and a High School Friend canoed from Minneapolis
to Hudson’s Bay after their Sr. year. If I remember right he was the American in Paris as the Nazis
marched in.

[Cha]

30. I know.. it's so very Tragic that

America doesn't have Reality based Newscasters.. no More.

I remember seeing Harry Reasner in a restaurant, in Asheville, NC, I worked in back in the early 70s. I was so happy to see him there.

Interesting about Eric Sevareid and Canoeing.. TY!

I cancelled all my M$M in November 2002. Bye

The Best Retired News Anchors

https://www.ranker.com/list/best-retired-news-anchors/ranker-tv

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

4. WTF CBS RIP. (I would add OMG, but I'm not religious!)

[ScoutHikerDad]

5. CBS Was Our Station Growing Up!

I watched 60 minutes even as a little guy with Mike, Morley, Harry, Ed and the rest, then came of age with Dan Rather, then Katie Couric, then Scott Pelley. CBS Sunday Mornings was a favorite for decades. I don't bother with any of it any more since they rolled over to play dead. How the mighty have fallen.

[hlthe2b]

6. I missed the first of it and only tuned in for the piece on Noah Wylie and "The Pitt"

[Susan Calvin]

15. Yeah, I'll miss their non-political pieces.

But I just couldn't believe what I was hearing this morning. I'd much prefer they'd just left that story alone.

[PatSeg]

10. There are plenty of weekend morning shows

We don't need to watch CBS. I am so disappointed in them.

[Danmel]

11. The only thing i watch on CBS is the Price is Right

[AverageOldGuy]

12. My wife's experience

I am the Internet politics nerd in our home -- we are in our 80's, wife is not tech-oriented and does not want to be. She is not aware of the Bari Weiss - CBS mess.

So -- this morning she sat down to watch CBS Sunday Morning. She turned it off after watching their Venezuela segment -- "They must think this was a good thing!!" Click.

[liberalla]

21. Good for her!

[B.See]

14. Corrupt Broadcasting Station

Fuck them.

[yardwork]

18. This makes me really sad.

[liberalla]

24. Me too.

I loved 60 Minutes... and I used to love Survivor for the first 15 years or so.

[Skittles]

19. did they mention how many people were killed?

[Raine1967]

22. I noticed it as well.

They were stenographers for this maladministration. Turned that segment off.

[mysteryowl]

25. Network ratings as of 12/21/2025

https://ustvdb.com/ratings/networks/

U.S. Television Network Ratings Ranking

Ranking is based on ratings data as of Sunday, December 21, 2025. The audience figures are derived from the latest Nielsen daily, weekly, or monthly P2+ network audience averages, whichever is the most recently available within the past 14-day window.

Rank Network Audience Rating Change
1 NBC 14,539,000 4.50 +1054%
2 CBS 11,902,000 3.68 +1111%
3 ABC 2,653,000 0.82 +118%
4 ESPN 2,072,000 0.64 -10%
5 Fox News 2,003,000 0.62 -4%
6 MS NOW 975,000 0.30 +1%
7 FOX 715,000 0.22 -97%
8 Hallmark 660,000 0.20 -14%
9 CNN 527,000 0.16 +6%
10 CW 515,000 0.16 +232%
11 HGTV 503,000 0.16 +12%
12 Food Network 474,000 0.15 +9%
13 TBS 432,000 0.13 +9%
14 History 416,000 0.13 +11%
15 FX 412,000 0.13 +85%
16 Freeform 406,000 0.13 -20%
17 TLC 405,000 0.13 +12%
18 Hallmark Mystery 402,000 0.12 +8%
19 ESPN2 349,000 0.11 -9%
20 AMC 345,000 0.11 +15%

--------------------------------------------

It will be interesting to watch what happens to CBS over time.

[Abolishinist]

26. Perhaps I interpreted this wrong, or I'm missing something, whatever.

Last edited Mon Jan 5, 2026, 01:14 AM - Edit history (1)

First of all, I don't see a time frame, i.e. from when to now.

Beyond (much beyond) that, an increase in ratings of, for example, 1111% for CBS would mean they had an increase of viewers from around 100,000 to 1.1 million. I don't see people changing their viewing habits so dramatically, especially with well-established networks that have been around forever.

Did I get this wrong?

Thanks!

[mysteryowl]

31. time frame stated a 14-day window.

There are other links to network ratings on the internet as well to cross reference, if needed.

I'm not sure what your quire is. I don't know any more than what the link has stated for their findings of network ratings.

Have a good day.