Night 1: 4.4 million viewers. Night 4: 3.9 million. Katy Tur's husband, going down slow on CBS Evening News. [View all]

Dokoupil had a rough first performance in the primetime slot on Monday Jan. 5 as he stumbled over the teleprompter and introduced himself twice in under two minutes. The broadcast saw several seconds of dead air between segment transitions.

According to Nielsen’s preliminary measurement obtained by the Daily Beast, Dokoupil drew in more than 4.4 million total viewers for his first show.

But ratings for the program steadily declined as the week went on. On Tuesday, 4.3 million total people tuned in, 4.1 million on Wednesday, and 3.9 million on Thursday—an 11.4% loss over the week.

More worryingly for CBS bosses, ratings in the key 25-54 demographic, which TV advertisers closely watch, were down 19.44% from Monday to Thursday.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-maga-coded-cbs-anchor-tony-dokoupil-suffers-ratings-bloodbath/