CBS News’ flagship evening broadcast has fallen below the key 4 million–viewer mark for the first time since editor in chief Bari Weissinstalled Tony Dokoupil as anchor.

“CBS Evening News” averaged about 3.83 million viewers for the week ending March 13, according to Nielsen figures cited by Variety, with roughly 468,000 audience members in the 25-to-54 demographic prized by advertisers.

Last year, CBS execs kicked John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois off the show when their ratings repeatedly slipped below the 4 million–viewer mark — a threshold long seen internally as a warning sign.


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