With Charlie Gibson back from vacation, the evening news race tightened last week between #1 ABC & #2 NBC. And, even while reporting from Iraq and Syria, Katie Couric's total viewer numbers were down week-to-week, but The CBS Evening News was up +100,000 in 25-54 demo viewers. (Last Monday, Labor Day, is excluded from the average.)

Total viewers: ABC: 7,810,000 / NBC: 7,780,000 / CBS: 5,460,000

25-54 demo: ABC: 2,400,000 / NBC: 2,300,000 / CBS: 1,770,000

25-54 rating: ABC: 1.9/8 / NBC: 1.9/8 / CBS: 1.4/6