CBS News’ “60 Minutes” drew 10.2 million viewers for its newest episode Sunday, according to ultimate Nielsen scores — edging out the comparable broadcast from last season and marking the show’s largest viewers of the new season.
The information magazine narrowly topped the 10.15 million viewers who tuned in for the comparable episode a 12 months in the past, according to Nielsen knowledge.
The newest numbers characterize a rebound from the first two episodes of the season.
“60 Minutes” drew 10.2 million viewers for its newest episode Sunday, according to ultimate Nielsen scores.
The Sept. 13 premiere drew 7.935 million viewers in ultimate Nielsen Big Data + Panel scores — down 21% from the 10.03 million who watched last 12 months’s season opener.
The second episode drew practically 6.8 million viewers, barely forward of the 6.45 million viewers for the comparable installment last season.
That broadcast, which featured a closely promoted interview with Patrick Clancy, also improved 12 months over 12 months in the key 25-to-54 demographic, drawing 1.1 million viewers in contrast with 917,000 a 12 months earlier.
The newest 10.2 million displaying is the highest-rated “60 Minutes” episode so far this season, according to the Nielsen figures.
The scores are being intently watched during the first full season under CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, who employed Nick Bilton as the program’s govt producer in May as the community axed veteran employees.
The scores rebound comes as Weiss’ own future at CBS News stays unsettled.
Bari Weiss’ “60 Minutes” notched its strongest viewers of the season with 10.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen scores. Getty Images
The Post reported last week that Skydance CEO David Ellison is weighing doable modifications to her function in the wake of the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
Those modifications could embody narrowing Weiss’ focus to editorial issues rather than the broader management tasks she was handed when she grew to become editor-in-chief last 12 months, sources close to the scenario informed The Post.
The Post also reported that Weiss’ tenure has been marked by friction over management and personnel selections, including her overhaul of “60 Minutes.”
Still, sources said Ellison and his father — Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, who dipped into his own coffers to seal the mega-merger — proceed to view Weiss as a proficient editor with robust information judgment and priceless connections.
Nothing about Weiss’ function has been finalized, however, and sources informed The Post that a determination is not expected until after the merger closed on Tuesday.
Weiss had at one level been penciled in for a broader function that could have included CNN, The Post beforehand reported, but that path grew to become less clear on the home stretch of the merger.
CNN chief Mark Thompson, meanwhile, is set to stay as the community’s chairman and editor-in-chief and report straight to David Ellison.
The Post reported that Weiss will keep in her present function at CBS News for now, while sources said the company could ultimately contemplate placing CNN and CBS News under a single govt.
The Post has sought remark from CBS News.
