Network Evening News Shows Buck Decade-Long Trend, Grow Audience

2011 was a turnaround year for network evening news programs, says the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), in a March 2012 report, citing Nielsen Media Research data used under license. Viewership of the ABC, CBS, and NBC nightly evening newscasts all grew year-over-year, with 22.5 million people on average watching one of the three, up about 4.2% from 21.6 million in 2011. (more…)