On May 30, 2017, it was reported that Pelley was fired from the "CBS Evening News", despite the broadcast setting a record with six consecutive seasons of growth. On June 6, 2016, CBS had announced, The “CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY finished the (2016) season by delivering the largest audience in the time period for CBS in 10 years. The CBS broadcast also added the most viewers among the network evening news broadcasts (7.35m, up +2% from 7.23m a year ago). The broadcast posted its sixth consecutive season of growth, a first for a network evening newscast since the 1987 advent of people meters. Since Scott Pelley became anchor in June 2011, the “CBS EVENING NEWS” has added +1.4 million viewers, double the growth of ABC and NBC combined.”