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Posted on 01/23/2026 8:39:41 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
CBS News’ marquee morning and evening shows — including the network’s “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” — are heading for record-low ratings this month, The Post has learned.
“CBS Evening News,” hosted by newly-minted anchor Tony Dokoupil, is on pace for its lowest-rated January since at least 2000, according to Nielsen data. The show has averaged 4.3 million viewers, with 560,000 of them in the coveted 25- to 54-year-old demographic
By comparison, the program got a massive ratings spike back in 2006 when Katie Couric debuted as anchor, drawing 14 million viewers just that night.
Dokoupil’s low monthly average comes despite posting a viewership high of 6.4 million viewers on Monday.
“CBS Mornings,” co-hosted by Gayle King and Nate Burleson, is also heading for its lowest-rated month on record, delivering 1.7 million total viewers and 258,000 viewers in the 25-to-54 demographic.
Meanwhile, “CBS Saturday Morning,” which is co-hosted by newly-minted anchors Adriana Diaz and Kelly O’Grady, is on pace for its lowest-rated January ever, averaging 1.6 million total viewers and 207,000 viewers in the key demo.
Even CBS’ “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” is on track to turn in its worst-performing January ever among viewers in the 25- to 54-year-old demo, averaging just 285,000 viewers.
CBS News is in the midst of an overhaul under editor in chief Bari Weiss, who joined the company in October with a mandate to bring a more balanced viewpoint to the network.
“Bari Weiss has her work cut out for her,” a CBS source told The Post, calling the turnaround of the third-place news network a “Herculean task.”
The ratings of CBS’ three main news shows had been plummeting before Weiss arrived, with the source noting that a core problem for the programs — plus Colbert’s show — is that they tend to speak to an audience of coastal...
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Dead man walking….
That’s part of the problem. For me, the biggest problem is that every show is the same: Start with a monologue that bashes Trump, bring on some anti-Trump guests—always Leftists, no conservatives, and then sit and bash Trump for an hour. It’s Groundhog Day for TV.
Slip sliding away!
Trump is destroying him with mere words
Trump has shifted the entire vibe. They are all going away
I just one of the 3 networks played it fair and just went to the center they would totally dominate within a few weeks but the left has a death grip on all 3 so it will not happen
And deservedly so.
I'm shocked I tell you. Just shocked.
“Miter Saw”
What is shocking to me,,,,,is that 4.3 million can even stand to watch that moron! That is absolutely incredible.
Not to worry. Trump Trump will give him some publicity by calling him some names and pull another Streisand Effect to resurrect Colbert just like he did with Fallon.
If he just have ignored Jimmy he'd have been long gone by now.
Colbert 285,000 viewers.
Kimmel under 200,000 viewers.
Amateur Youtube shows can have millions of viewers.
Yes, indeed. Nothing to see here.
I hope Weiss is able to prove she knows what she is doing.
I tend to agree....it’s like they hired six guys to write funny material, and it can only go one single ‘path’. It’s been a ‘dead-funny’ zone since 2017. If you go to each network affiliate....each would say it’s a free period of entertainment but no one seems to watch.
Meanwhile...we all got used to streaming TV options and won’t go back to network late-night.
I have a brilliant idea for these “talk show “ hosts. Use the Johnny Carson model. Did him well for years. They couldn’t hold his jock strap.
A few weeks ago I decided to watch CBS 24/7 Evening News.... bet I hadn’t done that in 2 or 3 decades but I wanted to see what changes had been made by Weiss. I got to tell you it wasn’t half bad. They at least presented quite a few stories that the other networks wouldn’t dare touch.
Late Night with Stephen Colbert is like a bird feeder for stooges.
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