CBS News Continues Climb up the Ratings Ladder

Scott Pelley and the CBS News continue to their slow, but steady climb out of the ratings basement. 

Pelley's CBS Evening News added viewers (+2%, 6.77m from 6.66m) year-to-year and posted the largest percentage gain in the key demographic of adults 25-54 (+8%, 1.3/06 from 1.2/06), according to Nielsen for the week ending May 13.

CBS added +110,000 viewers compared to the same week last year. 

Season-to-date, the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY added the most viewers (+8%, 7.39m from 7.24m) among the network evening news broadcasts and maintained its rating in adults 25-54 (1.4/06) compared to last season.