Coverage dated September 13, 2026 to September 16, 2026
TV Ratings: ‘60 Minutes’ Premiere Drops With Smaller NFL Lead-In
Headline from The Hollywood Reporter
The Sept. 13 episode was the first after CBS News chief Bari Weiss made a host of changes to the show.
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CBS News says it needs to push “60 Minutes” into the future if the show is to survive, but the first telecast of the 59th season following a shocking overhaul of its on-air and behind-the-camera staff in May and June relied on many elements from the program’s past.
“60 Minutes” had its much-anticipated season premiere on Sunday. All eyes were on what the show would look like under the direction of new executive producer Nick Bilton and, ultimately, […]
Was it football, or the overhaul? Ratings for the critical first episode of the new season of “60 Minutes” appear to have been tackled — by a weaker-than-expected lead-in from an NFL game on CBS, leaving open the question of whether sweeping changes made to the newsmagazine by CBS News management in…
The season premiere of 60 Minutes averaged 7.94 million viewers on Sunday, off from the more than 10 million who tuned in to last year’s debut. The first episode of the show’s 59th season was highly anticipated — and scrutinized — following the shake up at the newsmagazine last spring, despite its s…
CBS News’s 60 Minutes suffered a sharp decline in ratings for its season premiere, with the first episode under new leadership drawing roughly 2 million fewer viewers than last year’s debut. The CBS staple drew about 7.
