As a result, "Prime Time News" rapidly dropped off in the ratings, seeing a 12 per cent viewership decline after its first week alone; by the end of the first month ratings were lower than "The National". "CTV National News" concurrently saw its ratings jump 40 per cent, overtaking the CBC in national newscast ratings for the first time in its history, and CBC Newsworld's edition of "The National" saw viewership gains of 30 per cent over that network's prior prime time lineup, and itself sometimes garnered higher ratings than "Prime Time News".