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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,599 posts)
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 03:02 AM Sunday

Tony Dokoupil 'Starting To Panic' As Ratings Dip Further After Longtime CBS Viewers Allegedly Checked Out

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/tony-dokoupil-starting-panic-ratings-233013765.html

Tony Dokoupil is reportedly unsure of his next steps as ratings for his CBS program have declined further over the past week.

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The declining ratings are said to have sparked conversations about Tony Dokoupil possibly leaving, while reports have also claimed that the editorial direction is to blame for the show's ratings issues.

Earlier reports in January indicated that the program's viewership was already declining, and that downward trend appears to have continued into February.

According to Rob Shuter's #ShuterScoop, ratings for the broadcast have dropped by another 400,000 viewers in just one week.

While this week-to-week decline alone already points to a negative trajectory, the broader picture appears even more concerning, as overall viewership is down by approximately 600,000 when compared with this same time last year.

Due to the situation, Dokoupil, who was reportedly previously tense about the downward trend, has now begun to panic over the worsening situation.
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Tanuki

(16,383 posts)
2. I don't think a town hall with JD Vance will help matters! 🤣
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 03:16 AM
Sunday
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/jd-vance-tony-dokoupil-cbs-news-things-that-matter-town-hall/

"Vice President JD Vance will sit down with "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil to talk about the economy, foreign policy, the state of the Republican Party and the 2028 race for the White House in a March edition of the CBS News town hall series "Things That Matter."

tavernier

(14,401 posts)
15. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 12:18 PM
Sunday

The American viewership is holding their breath for a chance to see JD Vance bullshit his way through another boring hour or two. Aren’t there enough actual funny comedy shows on TV?

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,988 posts)
17. Well I'm sure that this will boost their ratings!
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 12:24 PM
Sunday

The first law of holes, when you find yourself in one, stop digging!

Norbert

(7,674 posts)
4. Time to wheel out Mango Mussolini
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 05:51 AM
Sunday

where he will slur something in the order of "CBS rating have never been better in history and Bari Weiss has been the bestest broadcasting exec."

doubleplusgood

(986 posts)
5. CBS is dead to me
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:38 AM
Sunday

I used to watch the CBS evening news and record 60 Minutes each week. No more. They have fallen so far, from the great Walter Cronkite to the wretched Tony “Marco Rubio, I salute you!” Dokoupil.

NCDem47

(3,379 posts)
6. Block CBS News from any of your news aggregator sites if you have them.
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 09:05 AM
Sunday

Also, anything "CBS News" streaming. Delete, block, ignore. DON'T GIVE THEM EYEBALLS OR EARS--EVER!

If you're in one of these markets, don't watch local news on these stations (if they have it) as it is CBS owned and operated:

New York: WCBS-TV (Channel 2)
Los Angeles: KCBS-TV (Channel 2), KCAL-TV (Independent)
Chicago: WBBM-TV (Channel 2)
Philadelphia: KYW-TV (Channel 3), WPSG (CW)
Dallas/Fort Worth: KTVT (Channel 11), KTXA (Independent)
San Francisco/Bay Area: KPIX (Channel 5), KPYX (Independent)
Boston: WBZ-TV (Channel 4), WSBK-TV (Independent)
Atlanta: WUPA (CW)
Tampa: WTOG (CW affiliate)
Detroit: WWJ-TV (Channel 62)
Miami: WFOR-TV (Channel 4), WBFS-TV (CW)
Denver: KCNC-TV (Channel 4)
Sacramento: KOVR (Channel 13), KMAX-TV (Independent)
Pittsburgh: KDKA-TV (Channel 2)
Baltimore: WJZ-TV (Channel 13)

I fear one of the reasons to propagandize 60 MInutes was to PURPOSELY drive people away and get people to stop watching. One less investigative reports program on the air. The grandaddy of them all.

And while you are it, boycott/cancel anything Paramount/Skydance (parent company of CBS and owned by Trump-loving Ellisons): Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, Showtime, BET, and streaming platforms Paramount+ and Pluto TV.

hvn_nbr_2

(6,770 posts)
13. Don't worry, Tony. PedoKing will make you chairman of Atomic Energy Agency or...
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 10:50 AM
Sunday

maybe appoint you poet laureate or something else that you're unqualified for.

hlthe2b

(113,378 posts)
14. Too bad; Don't care. Maybe you should have had some principles. I do regret what has happened to 60 minutes
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 11:59 AM
Sunday

and wish that they might survive until sanity might be restored, but...

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