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MLWR

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5. "Tony Dokoupil's first week as evening anchor is a ratings dud"

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Jan 14, 2026, 01:03 PM

21 hrs ago

If any DUers tuned in to see what was happening, they know there is a good reason for the ratings tanking. Unless you are a MAGAt, it's very hard to stomach.

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Despite CBS News' hype, Tony Dokoupil's first week as evening anchor is a ratings dud [View all] highplainsdem 22 hrs ago OP

This seems to happen when non-ultraconservative companies do this sboatcar 22 hrs ago #1

Decisions made by people who should have stayed in the mailroom BaronChocula 20 hrs ago #14

CBS Evening News viewers tune out en masse amid MAGA-approved makeover LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #2

TY LMPV... More Good News for C BS' Cha 20 hrs ago #17

Katy and Tony - both light weights in the journalistic world but somehow they both failed up. Marie Marie 19 hrs ago #18

Nothing to do with Katy Tur creeksneakers2 17 hrs ago #19

May the anchor of no viewership FarPoint 22 hrs ago #3

What a toady bootlicker wolfie001 22 hrs ago #4

"Tony Dokoupil's first week as evening anchor is a ratings dud" MLWR 21 hrs ago #5

CBS Evening was my household's 'go to' news source for decades. No more. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 21 hrs ago #6

Yeah, but that happens a lot Prairie Gates 21 hrs ago #7

Push those ratings down. Dawson Leery 21 hrs ago #8

Thank you for the good news. obnoxiousdrunk 21 hrs ago #9

You mean airing Fox News Light isn't a winning strategy? Ray Bruns 21 hrs ago #10

Considering that Fox News itself has far fewer viewers Kaleva 20 hrs ago #13

Geez CBS PatSeg 21 hrs ago #11

Why would I tune in to a 'news' program to learn exactly nothing? chowmama 20 hrs ago #12

Good.. FAFO C BS. Cha 20 hrs ago #15

Our local CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh (KDKA) is actually quite good for a local news program FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #16