CBS Evening News

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2 minutes ago, Geoffrey said:

 

Clearly it wasn't just the format Bari wanted to revamp -- it was the entire editorial tone of the news organization.

That was her priority.  Sadly mission accomplished. 

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On 1/11/2026 at 11:46 AM, NowBergen said:

That was her priority.  Sadly mission accomplished. 

Speaking of Bari & them, Nikki Glaser called out CBS News' new editorial direction at the Golden Globes---on CBS!

 

Edited January 13 by MediaZone4K

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The New York Times wrote about what's going on (gift link):

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/business/media/cbs-evening-news-bari-weiss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA._c1e.qPy2fUCEvrlE&smid=url-share

 

Edited January 13 by MD TV

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I had a feeling this was the goal: Tony will be interviewing Donald Trump today. Surprise us, Tony. 

 

 

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On 1/10/2026 at 4:27 PM, TheNewsTV said:

No graphic changes to CBS Weekend News, which has retained the same design as the DuBois-Dickerson era, at least for now.

The 1987 theme music package remains intact for now as well.

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On 1/10/2026 at 7:27 PM, TheNewsTV said:

No graphic changes to CBS Weekend News, which has retained the same design as the DuBois-Dickerson era, at least for now.

 

Mostly true.  The only difference I noticed was the OTS inserts were from the new graphics.  The difference to that is subtle enough with the biggest difference being the bolder font.  The remainder of the newscast was (refreshingly) the same.

 

Edited January 13 by JRyan

[Reweivvt88 173]

Variety reports the new pro-MAGA  CBS Evening News is down 23% from same time last year. Pulling in half the audience of ABC World News Tonight. Also pulled in less viewers than the first week of DuBois & Dickerson co-anchoring. Only 533,000 viewers 25-54 are watching, and if you did tune in you saw them spewing far right pro-ICE propaganda. Television news was already dying, but the way all the news orgs are operating (with CBS being by far the worst) is just going to result in a much quicker death. The credibility is gone. We are the only country with an authoritarian government where state TV is not needed because the private broadcasters are more than happy to have their "news" orgs play the role of state propaganda. It will be interesting to see how quickly Paramount gets CBS Greenland on the air. 

 

 

Edited January 14 by Reweivvt88

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The account goes to post a (possibly AI) mockup of what the set would look like.

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On 1/13/2026 at 1:15 PM, DonDonP1 said:

The 1987 theme music package remains intact for now as well.

Well, I like that it still lives on somewhere. They can keep it for the Weekend Evening News or CBS Morning News. Perhaps they can resurrect the beautiful 2006 theme for Face the Nation so all three iconic CBS themes can live again.

 

On 1/13/2026 at 9:24 PM, Reweivvt88 said:

Variety reports the new pro-MAGA  CBS Evening News is down 23% from same time last year. Pulling in half the audience of ABC World News Tonight. Also pulled in less viewers than the first week of DuBois & Dickerson co-anchoring. Only 533,000 viewers 25-54 are watching, and if you did tune in you saw them spewing far right pro-ICE propaganda.

Good. Get rid of Bari. Serves them right. They canceled the best evening show (quality wise) for this mess. 

On 1/14/2026 at 12:10 AM, TVLurker said:

If and when they eighty-six Tony, who next? They don't have anybody (young) with the name recognition or gravitas.

Edited January 17 by MediaZone4K

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Hopefully, CBS will stand their ground and not give in to pressure from the commie-left who hate law enforcement and the orange man.  The left forgets that people DID vote for this, so demonizing half of America-- yeah, gotcha.

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9 hours ago, MediaZone4K said:

If and when they eighty-six Tony, who next? They don't have anybody (young) with the name recognition or gravitas.

 

CBS Evening News with Vladimir Duthiers 

Edited January 14 by TheNewsTV

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10 hours ago, MediaZone4K said:

Well, I like that it still lives on somewhere. They can keep it for the Evening News or CBS Morning News and perhaps the beautiful. 2006 theme for Face the Nation so all three iconic CBS themes can live again.

 

Good. Get rid of Bari. Serves them right. They canceled the best Eevening show (quality wise) for this mess. 

If and when they eighty-six Tony, who next? They don't have anybody (young) with the name recognition or gravitas.

This doesn’t feel like a ratings play for them. They’re trying to position themselves in the current administration’s good graces for their corporate interests. 

1 hour ago, Superdude said:

Hopefully, CBS will stand their ground and not give in to pressure from the commie-left who hate law enforcement and the orange man.  The left forgets that people DID vote for this, so demonizing half of America-- yeah, gotcha.

And assuming you’re one of those, I can only

hope you’re the next victim of this administration’s absurdity. Good luck.

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2 hours ago, Superdude said:

Hopefully, CBS will stand their ground and not give in to pressure from the commie-left who hate law enforcement and the orange man.  The left forgets that people DID vote for this, so demonizing half of America-- yeah, gotcha.

No, the left didn't forget. The left knew people voted for this. And people voted for it because they wanted the left to suffer (so who's demonizing who?). Yet they never realized they'll be suffering too. Now that they are (more than the left), they don't want it anymore. But yeah, people did vote for it. And people will vote for it again (you know...after they forget).

Edited January 14 by Action Newsroom

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11 hours ago, AmericanErrorist said:

The account goes to post a (possibly AI) mockup of what the set would look like.

Sounds like the old "News With A Twist" that WGNO in New Orleans had that replaced their evening newscast until 2020.

 

CBS News:  Hold my fifth of whiskey...

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I wonder if there are markets where they are now in 4th place, behind a local newscast at that time on a Fox affiliate?

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2 hours ago, GoldenShine_10 said:

I wonder if there are markets where they are now in 4th place, behind a local newscast at that time on a Fox affiliate?

Years ago the CBS Early Show was recording lower viewership than Fox & Friends on some mornings. It’s entirely plausible that Special Report could outpace CBSEN if they continue shedding viewers at the pace they have YoY.

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9 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Sounds like the old "News With A Twist" that WGNO in New Orleans had that replaced their evening newscast until 2020.

 

CBS News:  Hold my fifth of whiskey...

 

Are they going to start allowing cigars in the newsroom room again?

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18 hours ago, MorningNews said:

This doesn’t feel like a ratings play for them. They’re trying to position themselves in the current administration’s good graces for their corporate interests. 

 

Exactly. I think it's pretty clear Skydance knew this would hurt the ratings and destroy the credibility of CBS News, but turning it into evil far right propaganda puts the company in good graces with an evil authoritarian government, and that's all that matters to them.

 

The private media in the rest of the western world is covering the United States Government much differently than the private media in the United States (outside of MS NOW). I guarantee if the Canadian Government had law enforcement coming in to Canadian cities terrorizing and torturing people and shooting people in the face the coverage would not be remotely close to what we are seeing on the American evening network newscasts. A Canadian network would not allow the prime minster of Canada to break into the season finale of Survivor to talk about his "accomplishments" of the past year. CBS News ratings are crashing, their credibility and brand is destroyed, they are losing millions every year, and Skydance doesn't care, they are using it as a tool to get special treatment from the evil corrupt government so they can buy Warner Brothers Discovery, the fact that Skydance leadership shares the deplorable views of MAGA is just an added bonus for them. 

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21 hours ago, Superdude said:

Hopefully, CBS will stand their ground and not give in to pressure from the commie-left who hate law enforcement and the orange man.  The left forgets that people DID vote for this, so demonizing half of America-- yeah, gotcha.

FOX News is very successful demonizing half the country, but they are a national propaganda outlet, they survive on subscription fees / national viewers and don't need to worry about getting viewers in major cities that are overwhelmingly left wing like a general broadcast network does. The entertainment programming on all the broadcast networks, from CBS to FOX, is left wing for a reason. They know these left wing shows don't appeal to "half the country" but they appeal to viewers in the major cities where they own stations and produce newscasts. It makes zero sense from a financial standpoint for a broadcast network like CBS to turn their news operation into far right propaganda, if the United States wasn't under an evil far right authoritarian Government this never would be happening. 

Polls just came out that the majority of the country wants to abolish ICE so the half the country is evil and wants this argument doesn't even work anymore, ICE has become too evil for the trump voting demons. 

Edited January 15 by Reweivvt88

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6 hours ago, Reweivvt88 said:

FOX News is very successful demonizing half the country, but they are a national propaganda outlet, they survive on subscription fees / national viewers and don't need to worry about getting viewers in major cities that are overwhelmingly left wing like a general broadcast network does. The entertainment programming on all the broadcast networks, from CBS to FOX, is left wing for a reason. They know these left wing shows don't appeal to "half the country" but they appeal to viewers in the major cities where they own stations and produce newscasts. It makes zero sense from a financial standpoint for a broadcast network like CBS to turn their news operation into far right propaganda, if the United States wasn't under an evil far right authoritarian Government this never would be happening. 

Polls just came out that the majority of the country wants to abolish ICE so the half the country is evil and wants this argument doesn't even work anymore, ICE has become too evil for the trump voting demons. 

Interesting. I never thought about the entertainment bias as being a ploy to appeal to large cities. I always just thought it was a product of most shows being shot in large blue cities

 

On one hand, if any of the big three networks were to go right, CBS is the most fitting with its endless police procedurals. But yes, CBS does not have the cable advantage that Fox News has. Not even Fox O&Os or broadcast swing right for the most part.

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1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said:

Interesting. I never thought about the entertainment bias as being a ploy to appeal to large cities. I always just thought it was a product of most shows being shot in large blue cities

 

On one hand, if any of the big three networks were to go right, CBS is the most fitting with its endless police procedurals. But yes, CBS does not have the cable advantage that Fox News has. Not even Fox O&Os or broadcast swing right for the most part.

 

Could some affiliates decide to pre-empt it and have additional local newscasts?

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4 hours ago, GoldenShine_10 said:

Could some affiliates decide to pre-empt it and have additional local newscasts?

 

The Evening News? Probably not without violating some terms in their affiliation agreement.

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So, as it turns out, "Whiskey Fridays" is not going to be a real segment, according to CBS... it was not for broadcast, "not a real title...not a real sponsor, and this is not a real story."

 

The graphics being tested were just a placeholder "for a potential non-televised, in-person private event."

Edited January 16 by DJonNews

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On 1/15/2026 at 5:54 AM, Reweivvt88 said:

The entertainment programming on all the broadcast networks, from CBS to FOX, is left wing for a reason. They know these left wing shows don't appeal to "half the country" but they appeal to viewers in the major cities where they own stations and produce newscasts. 

Left-wing entertainment? Good lord. Half the shows are law-and-order (both “literally” Law & Order, and otherwise) where the police (or FBI, et al) are the upstanding, always-right force for good. CBS basically put Blue Bloods’ faith-and-family hour into a new city. Tim Allen is far from a left-winger over on ABC. Shows like Abbott Elementary are just goofy enough diversions about the foibles of workplace life. 
 

Reality wise, who sings better than who, or who is under what costume are now left wing? Kevin O’Leary, arguably the most prominent part of Shark Tank with Cuban gone, is left wing? Heck, Price is Right, the most mainstream, vanilla game show imaginable is still part of the prime time lineup beyond its daytime run.