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    “60 Minutes” Interview With McCabe Helps CBS To Ratings Win; Nielsen Week In Review

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    In this June 7, 2017, file photo, then-FBI acting director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A “60 Minutes” interview with McCabe helped make the CBS news magazine one of TV’s top-rated programs. According to Nielsen figures released Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, “60 Minutes” drew 9.7 million viewers and was the third most-watched show last week. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

    Fired FBI acting director Andrew McCabe’s headline-making interview on CBS’ news magazine proved a TV audience grabber as well.

    The program ranked as the third most-watched last week with 9.7 million people tuning in, according to Nielsen figures released Wednesday.

    Viewership was down across the board during the Presidents Day holiday weekend, and the Sunday audience for “60 Minutes” didn’t approach its season average of 11.6 million. But McCabe’s memoir “The Threat,” about the FBI and the Trump administration, topped Amazon’s best-sellers list the day after the interview aired as part of a media blitz for the book.

    He told “60 Minutes” that a “crime may have been committed” when President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI director in 2017 and tried to publicly undermine an investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

    McCabe also said the FBI had good reason for a counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump was in league with Russia, and therefore a possible national security threat. McCabe, fired from the Justice Department last year after an internal probe into a news media disclosure, denied he intentionally lied and said his firing was politically motivated.

    A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment on the interview Sunday night. Trump has repeatedly shared his views, including in one tweet in which he called McCabe “disgraced” and said “now his story gets even more deranged.”

    CBS won the weekly network ratings contest as viewers also devoted time to the network’s “NCIS” and “The Big Bang Theory” and their spinoffs, Nielsen said.

    With six of the top 10 shows and 13 of the most-watched 20, CBS had an average of 6.3 million weekly viewers. NBC had 5.2 million, ABC had 3.8 million, Fox had 3.6 million, Univision had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 1.3 million and the CW had 880,000.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most-watched cable network, averaging 2.5 million viewers in primetime. TNT had 2.3 million, MSNBC had 1.9 million, ESPN had 1.4 million, HGTV had 1.35 million and History had 1.3 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.4 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 8.8 million, and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.7 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 11-17. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “NCIS,” CBS, 13.4 million.
    2. “America’s Got Talent Champions,” NBC, 10.5 million.
    3. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 9.7 million.
    4. “FBI,” CBS, 9.5 million.
    5. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 8.9 million.
    6.  “Chicago Med,” NBC, 8.7 million.
    7.  “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 8.5 million.
    8.  “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 8.3 million.
    9.  “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 7.9 million.
    10. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 7.7 million.
    11. “Mom,” CBS, 7.6 million.
    12. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 7.5 million.
    13. “This Is Us,” NBC, 7.4 million.
    14. “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS, 7.3 million.
    15. “God Friended Me,” CBS, 7.19 million.
    16. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 7.16 million.
    17. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 7 million.
    18. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 6.7 million.
    19. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 6.6 million.
    20. “MacGyver,” CBS, 6.4 million.

    ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox; NBC is owned by NBC Universal.

    By Lynn Elber, Television Writer

    Category:News
    Tags:60 MinutesAndrew McCabeNielsen

    Director Kacper Larski Joins RSA Films For Spot Representation

    Tuesday, November 12, 2024

    RSA Films has added director Kacper Larski to its roster for commercial representation in the U.S. Larski is known for his work in automotive and sport, and a style of filmmaking which features epic visuals and gripping montage, often combining the real and surreal. Among his most recent commercial films are Garmin’s “Fenix 8” (direct to brand), U.S. Army Reserve’s “Helper” (DDB Chicago) and Bushmills Whiskey’s “Follow No One” (Mekanism). He’s also directed campaigns for Hyundai, Jeep, GMC, Subaru, VW, Mazda and Chevrolet.

    Larski’s distinctive aesthetic emerged in one of his first projects, Land Rover’s “68 Years Later,” which won a Cannes Young Directors Award in 2016. Two years later, he directed the “Greatness is Rare” campaign for BBDO Toronto and the Canadian Paralympic Committee which won Cannes Lion Gold. Prior to joining RSA, Larski had most recently been repped in the U.S. market by production house Eleanor.

    “The camera and film for me have always been about the ability to live 1,000 lives,” Larski said. “Stylistically, I want to transport viewers in whatever stories I’m telling--a super athlete’s runner’s high, a skier’s dream powder, a giant’s tale, even driving in space.”

    “Kacper is one of the most exciting filmmakers I’ve seen over the last several years,” said Luke Ricci, president, RSA Films US. “Whether it’s a character, an emotion, an environment, car or other product, he has a special and distinctive way of capturing and articulating the world around him in all his work. He is a fantastic addition to our RSA family.”

    “Joining RSA is a dream come true,” Larski said. “The roster includes some of the best filmmakers in the world, with founder Ridley Scott... Read More

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