On September 20, 2016, CBS added, “The “CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY” finished with CBS’s highest ratings in the time period in 10 years (since the 2005-06 broadcast year). This year marks the sixth consecutive broadcast year of viewer gains for the CBS EVENING NEWS, the first time any network evening news broadcast posted six consecutive broadcast years of viewer gains in the 28 years since the advent of Nielsen people meters in 1987. Additionally, the “CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY” closed the viewership gap with NBC by 113,000 viewers compared to last year—the closest CBS has been to NBC in viewers for a broadcast year in 15 years (since 2000-2001).”