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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/tony-dokoupil-starting-panic-ratings-233013765.htmlTony Dokoupil is reportedly unsure of his next steps as ratings for his CBS program have declined further over the past week.
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The declining ratings are said to have sparked conversations about Tony Dokoupil possibly leaving, while reports have also claimed that the editorial direction is to blame for the show's ratings issues.
Earlier reports in January indicated that the program's viewership was already declining, and that downward trend appears to have continued into February.
According to Rob Shuter's #ShuterScoop, ratings for the broadcast have dropped by another 400,000 viewers in just one week.
While this week-to-week decline alone already points to a negative trajectory, the broader picture appears even more concerning, as overall viewership is down by approximately 600,000 when compared with this same time last year.
Due to the situation, Dokoupil, who was reportedly previously tense about the downward trend, has now begun to panic over the worsening situation.
Skittles
(170,370 posts)Tanuki
(16,375 posts)"Vice President JD Vance will sit down with "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil to talk about the economy, foreign policy, the state of the Republican Party and the 2028 race for the White House in a March edition of the CBS News town hall series "Things That Matter."
Cha
(317,858 posts)be Astronomical
Swede
(38,865 posts)Norbert
(7,668 posts)where he will slur something in the order of "CBS rating have never been better in history and Bari Weiss has been the bestest broadcasting exec."
doubleplusgood
(985 posts)I used to watch the CBS evening news and record 60 Minutes each week. No more. They have fallen so far, from the great Walter Cronkite to the wretched Tony Marco Rubio, I salute you! Dokoupil.
Ritabert
(2,183 posts)Not anymore.
NCDem47
(3,371 posts)Also, anything "CBS News" streaming. Delete, block, ignore. DON'T GIVE THEM EYEBALLS OR EARS--EVER!
If you're in one of these markets, don't watch local news on these stations (if they have it) as it is CBS owned and operated:
New York: WCBS-TV (Channel 2)
Los Angeles: KCBS-TV (Channel 2), KCAL-TV (Independent)
Chicago: WBBM-TV (Channel 2)
Philadelphia: KYW-TV (Channel 3), WPSG (CW)
Dallas/Fort Worth: KTVT (Channel 11), KTXA (Independent)
San Francisco/Bay Area: KPIX (Channel 5), KPYX (Independent)
Boston: WBZ-TV (Channel 4), WSBK-TV (Independent)
Atlanta: WUPA (CW)
Tampa: WTOG (CW affiliate)
Detroit: WWJ-TV (Channel 62)
Miami: WFOR-TV (Channel 4), WBFS-TV (CW)
Denver: KCNC-TV (Channel 4)
Sacramento: KOVR (Channel 13), KMAX-TV (Independent)
Pittsburgh: KDKA-TV (Channel 2)
Baltimore: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)
I fear one of the reasons to propagandize 60 MInutes was to PURPOSELY drive people away and get people to stop watching. One less investigative reports program on the air. The grandaddy of them all.
And while you are it, boycott/cancel anything Paramount/Skydance (parent company of CBS and owned by Trump-loving Ellisons): Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, Showtime, BET, and streaming platforms Paramount+ and Pluto TV.
Kid Berwyn
(23,769 posts)Its what viewers expect, the news.
newdeal2
(5,086 posts)They are trying to destroy whats left of CBS.
UTUSN
(77,354 posts)
SocialDemocrat61
(7,229 posts)and use the money saved to renew Colbert.
hvn_nbr_2
(6,766 posts)maybe appoint you poet laureate or something else that you're unqualified for.
