MAGA-Coded CBS Anchor Hit With 'Trainwreck' Ratings Downfall TUNING OUT Tony Dokoupil's show is now regularly slipping [View all]

I am not a cbs news watcher--prefer PBS when watch the evening news. Sometimes ABC.


MAGA-Coded CBS Anchor Hit With ‘Trainwreck’ Ratings Downfall
TUNING OUT
Tony Dokoupil’s show is now regularly slipping under 4 million views.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-coded-cbs-anchor-tony-dokoupil-hit-with-trainwreck-ratings-downfall/


Ewan Palmer Updated Apr. 29 2026 6:11AM EDT

CBS Evening News’ MAGA-coded anchor Tony Dokoupil is recording dire ratings as audiences desert the Trump-friendly network.

Nielsen ratings, obtained by Status, show that the week beginning April 20 was the lowest-rated stretch of viewership since Dokoupil was promoted to the evening news slot by CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss in January.

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CBS Evening News is now averaging just 3.7

MAGA-Coded CBS Anchor Hit With ‘Trainwreck’
Ratings Downfall

www.thedailybeast.com/maga-coded-c...

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