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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

Jan 14

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 Jan 14 OP

This seems to happen when non-ultraconservative companies do this sboatcar Jan 14 #1

Decisions made by people who should have stayed in the mailroom BaronChocula Jan 14 #14

CBS Evening News viewers tune out en masse amid MAGA-approved makeover LetMyPeopleVote Jan 14 #2

TY LMPV... More Good News for C BS' Cha Jan 14 #17

Katy and Tony - both light weights in the journalistic world but somehow they both failed up. Marie Marie Jan 14 #18

Nothing to do with Katy Tur creeksneakers2 Jan 14 #19

May the anchor of no viewership FarPoint Jan 14 #3

What a toady bootlicker wolfie001 Jan 14 #4

"Tony Dokoupil's first week as evening anchor is a ratings dud" MLWR Jan 14 #5

CBS Evening was my household's 'go to' news source for decades. No more. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 14 #6

Yeah, but that happens a lot Prairie Gates Jan 14 #7

Push those ratings down. Dawson Leery Jan 14 #8

Thank you for the good news. obnoxiousdrunk Jan 14 #9

You mean airing Fox News Light isn't a winning strategy? Ray Bruns Jan 14 #10

Considering that Fox News itself has far fewer viewers Kaleva Jan 14 #13

Geez CBS PatSeg Jan 14 #11

Why would I tune in to a 'news' program to learn exactly nothing? chowmama Jan 14 #12

Good.. FAFO C BS. Cha Jan 14 #15

Our local CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh (KDKA) is actually quite good for a local news program FakeNoose Jan 14 #16