Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2020

Reflecting a hunger for information about the coronavirus outbreak, last Thursday's episode of ABC's "World News Tonight" had more viewers than anything that aired in television's primetime last week.

That edition of the David Muir-anchored broadcast reached 10.8 million viewers, slightly...

Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020

There's only one television show that can stand atop the weekly ratings and say it did the same thing more than 40 years ago.

That's CBS' venerable newsmagazine "60 Minutes," which was the week's most popular show with an episode that led with Dr. Jon LaPook talking about the coronavirus...

Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2020

For the second straight week, politics was the dominant force in primetime television.

CBS News' coverage of the Democratic presidential debate from South Carolina last week was easily the most-watched event on television, with 15.34 million viewers. The newsmagazine "60 Minutes," which...

Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019

CBS won the television ratings crown last week despite being without the most valuable ratings commodity in this era, a primetime football game.

Two relatively lackluster games on NBC and Fox last week enabled CBS’ strong entertainment schedule to rule the week, the Nielsen company said....

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019

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...

Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018

President Trump reached 11.7 million viewers for his “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday — or just over half the audience that Stormy Daniels had on the CBS newsmagazine last spring.

Daniels, the porn star who alleged an affair with Trump before he became president, drew 22.1 million for her...

Monday, Aug. 6, 2018

The executive producer of the CBS news show "60 Minutes" is delaying his return from vacation until an investigation into sexual misconduct claims at the network wraps up.

Meanwhile, CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl told reporters on Sunday that CBS isn't saying it's perfect and...

Wednesday, Jun. 20, 2018

The newsmagazine “60 Minutes” was not television’s most popular program this year, but for the 11th consecutive season it had more people who watched at least once during the year than any other non-sports show on TV.

The Nielsen company’s cumulative measurement of programs may not mean...

Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2018

CBS’ “60 Minutes” proved it still has the moves in its 50th year to dominate the ratings.

The news magazine’s interview with Stormy Daniels, the adult film star alleging a 2006 sexual encounter with Donald Trump, was the most-watched primetime program for the week with 22.1 million...

Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2017

CBS’ “60 Minutes” returned this week to a familiar place it hadn’t been accustomed to visiting that much lately: first place in the prime-time television rankings.

The venerable newsmagazine hadn’t finished as the most-watched program of the week since November 2008, when newly elected...

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