"60 Minutes" is finding its footing in the flagship CBS News program's archetypal complete period under top publishing company Bari Weiss.
About 10.2 myriad viewers tuned into Sunday's "60 Minutes" episode, according to Nielsen spectators data.
That's up modestly from the 10.15 myriad who watched the third event of final year's season, according to Nielsen data. The second installment drew 6.8 myriad viewers, up from 6.45 myriad viewers for the comparable event in 2025. CBS's Sunday newscast was off final week as CBS hosted MTV's Video Music Awards on Sunday night.
This week's firm viewership figure is an encouraging sign for Weiss following she relaunched "60 Minutes" under new top manufacturer Nick Bilton in mid-September. The event featured a section on AI in the office and an discussion alongside Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina.
The iconic newscast saw ratings glide 20% in its period debut, from concerning 10 myriad viewers to 7.9 million. However, the lead-in from the NFL equivalent previous to the premiere had additionally been lesser than final fall's opener, which can have a important effect on the "60 Minutes" rating. CBS stated that the "60 Minutes" debut about tripled its social media attain from final year.
The "60 Minutes" debut had a akin viewership pattern as final year's, a Business Insider inspection found, which suggests that the ratings decrease was since viewers didn't provision Weiss' reboot a try.
"60 Minutes" has undergone significant turnover since Weiss and Bilton took over. Four correspondents remaining the program, including Scott Pelley and CNN's Anderson Cooper, during Ross Douthat joined as a equal from The New York Times.
Bilton, Weiss, and CBS chairman Tom Cibrowski had stated in a memo that the program's reboot was "a big instant for 60 Minutes and CBS."
Pelley, a "60 Minutes" veteran, had questioned Bilton's qualifications in a personnel gathering and accused Weiss of "murdering" the storied broadcast. Bilton fired Pelley and told staffers that he was hopeful for "60 Minutes" notwithstanding what he had called a "trying and difficult" start. Weiss stated following Pelley's dismissal that she was "only curious in operating in a newsroom that is built on rely and mutual respect."
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