CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 for Sixth Straight Time
By: Caryn Robbins Mar. 28, 2017
60 MINUTES was America's #1 program last week. The CBS News magazine drew 14.70 million viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, March 26. It was the sixth straight time the broadcast made Nielsen's Top 10 and 16th time this season 60 MINUTES finished on the elite list - 11 of those rankings were at #5 or better. In the key demos, 60 MINUTES delivered top-5 ratings. In adults 25-54, the program's 3.3/10 was tied for #2, and in adults 18-49, 60 MINUTES scored a 2.5/9 to finish at #3 in that measure. Overall, 60 MINUTES posted its best deliveries in viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 since Nov. 27, 2016.
The last time 60 MINUTES was the #1 program was the week ending Nov. 16, 2008, with the first post-election interview of President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle (25.1 million viewers). Sunday's 60 MINUTES featured Anderson Cooper's report on the first homegrown terror attack on U.S. soil to be claimed by ISIS, Scott Pelley's investigation of fake news and Sharyn Alfonsi's story about how a chess program in rural Mississippi has changed a community. Jeff Fager is the executive producer of 60 MINUTES, America's most-watched news program. Follow 60 MINUTES on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.Videos