CBS evening news viewership
Definition
The total number of audience members who tune in to watch The CBS Evening News, a flagship nightly news broadcast network program in the United States.
A metric used by media analysts to evaluate the relevance and reach of broadcast television journalism in the era of streaming and digital media.
Examples
The quest to keep the CBS evening news viewership afloat feels remarkably like trying to convince a teenager that a landline is a high-tech necessity.
I told my grandfather that CBS evening news viewership is the television equivalent of a classic vinyl collection—appreciated by many, but mostly enjoyed in the quiet corners of history.
If CBS evening news viewership numbers were as high as the amount of coffee consumed in the production office, the network would essentially own the entire broadcast spectrum.