The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY is up +7% year-to-year in adults 25-54 (1.5/06 from 1.4/06) – the demographic most important to those who advertise in news – and added viewers (+8%, 7.43m from 6.91m), according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending March 11.

CBS tied ABC in adults 25-54 demographic on both Monday (1.6/06) and Thursday (1.6/06).

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY also continues to add viewers season-to-date (+2%, 7.58m from 7.43m).

On last week’s broadcasts, Chip Reid and producer Jennifer Janisch reported the Wounded Warrior Project fired two top executives after a CBS News investigation; a team of correspondents covered the death of Nancy Reagan; Holly Williams reported on the Iraqi army’s plan to retake Mosul; and David Begnaud and Manuel Bojorquez covered severe weather in the South.

Steve Capus is the Executive Producer of the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY and Executive Editor of CBS News.

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