Overview
- Tony Dokoupil closed Friday’s broadcast by thanking viewers for their “notes,” suppressing a chuckle, and said the ‘Live From America’ tour continues in Denver next week.
- A Miami clip showing the anchor tear up went viral and drew a 13-minute takedown from Megyn Kelly, who declared, “There’s no crying in evening news.”
- From Minneapolis, Dokoupil’s sign-off on the ICE killing of Renée Nicole Good presented pro- and anti-ICE views as “deeply American sentiments,” triggering criticism for both-sides framing.
- The Los Angeles Times reported senior producer Javier Guzman was fired after raising concerns about the show’s editorial direction under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss; CBS declined to discuss personnel matters.
- Nielsen data show a small bump versus CBS’s recent average but a large gap to rivals, with about 4.5 million viewers on Monday and roughly 600,000 in the 25–54 demographic.