By Chris Ariens on TVNewser, Sept. 20, 2011 – The three network evening newscasts have been in a downward trend since the days of Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather. But for the first time since the 2001-02 season, all the three evening newscasts saw an increase in Total Viewers year-over-year.
Compared to the 2009-2010 season during the just completed 2010-11 season:
- NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams is up +2.7%
- ABC World News with Diane Sawyer is up +3.3%
- CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley is up +2.7%