Less than 35,000 viewers separated the demo.

Bari Weiss’ handpicked CBS anchor took two weeks off – and the show had its best ratings in months without him - Tony Dokoupil returns to his hosting duties on Monday night

According to national live + same-day big data plus program ratings from Nielsen, ABC World News Tonight averaged 8.462 million total viewers and 1.059 million in the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic for the week of August 17. This was up 26,000 viewers from last week’s 8.436 million, though slightly down from 1.162 million in the demo.

CBS’s MAGA-coded anchor Tony Dokoupil is having a hard time getting his ratings up. Dokoupil, 45, recorded yet another measly viewership total for the week of August 10, according to Nielsen data obtained by Adweek.

The perpetually last-place show marked its most-watched month since March with former ABC star Matt Gutman at the helm.

Tony Dokoupil's job hinges on breaking news. He has recently been taking precious seconds to try and knit some of it together. On a recent Friday night, the "CBS Evening News" anchor stopped the rat-a-tat-tat delivery of headlines for which his program and similar ones are known,

It looks like Tony Dokoupil has competition after his temporary replacement on CBS Evening News brought the show its best ratings in four months, according to a new report