Tick, Tick, Tick: "60 Minutes" Ratings Crash Without NFL Lead-In, Down 41% From Last Week, and 12% From Same Time Last Year

‘60 Minutes’ plummets to worst early-season ratings in decades as Bari Weiss tensions grow

Predictions that “60 Minutes,” the CBS flagship news magazine, would suffer from the staff "gutting" initiated by CBS News head Bari Weiss appear to be coming true.The Oct. 11 episode was the lowest-rated of the season so far, according to Nielsen data reported by Mediaite and TV Insider.The episode averaged 6.061 million total viewers and about 767,000 viewers in the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic, Mediaite reported. That is a drop of "roughl…

Tick, Tick, Tick: "60 Minutes" Ratings Crash Without NFL Lead-In, Down 41% from Last Week, and 12% from Same Time Last Year

Without a lead in from an NFL game, “60 Minutes” sputtered on Sunday. According to Nielsen, Sunday’s episode averaged 6.061 million total viewers and 767,000 viewers in the coveted Adults 25-54 demographic. That was down 41 percent in total viewers and 62 percent in the demo from last week’s episode, which benefited from the wild […]

Secret Service director interview tanks 60 Minutes ratings

Despite dominating in ratings for decades, 60 Minutes is taking a hit. Mediate reports a recent episode featuring an interview with Secret Service director Sean M. Curry brought in even more mediocre viewership in comparison to other episodes. The episode drew in 6.061 million total viewers, with 767,000 viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic. Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl has allegedly considered leaving the show due to editin…

’60 Minutes’ Sees Audience Dip Without NFL Lead-In

What was all the fuss about? An average of 6.06 million people tuned in to watch an episode of “60 Minutes” that became the spark of an intense debate between longtime correspondent Lesley Stahl and CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss, who wrangled with one another over the content of Stahl’s segment centered on […]

‘60 Minutes’ Draws Smallest 4th-Episode Audience in 25 Years

CBS’ “60 Minutes” draws its smallest fourth-episode audience in at least 25 years, according to Nielsen data, following an NFL-boosted rebound.

60 Minutes Ratings Nosedive as Internal Dust-Up Grabs Headlines

Sunday’s episode, which is the season’s fourth, was also the lowest-rated fourth episode 60 Minutes has had since 2000, in both total viewers and the demo. The post 60 Minutes Ratings Nosedive as Internal Dust-Up Grabs Headlines first appeared on Mediaite.