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60 Minutes, the most successful broadcast in television history, began its 45th season on Sept. 30, 2012. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the CBS News magazine has been the number-one program a record five times. It also finished among Nielsen's annual top-10 list for 23 consecutive seasons - a record never even approached by another program. 60 Minutes finished the 2007-08 season as the most-watched news broadcast, making Nielsen's weekly top-10 list 16 times over 33 telecasts.



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CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Nielsen's Top 10 For 8th Time This Season
by Caryn Robbins - January 03, 2013

60 MINUTES is on Nielsen's Top 10 List again, making it for the fourth consecutive broadcast. It was also the eighth time over 13 broadcasts this season that 60 MINUTES finished among America's 10 most-watched programs. Sunday's edition drew 10.3 million viewers to land at #7 for the week....


VIDEO: Families of Sandy Hook Victims Speak Out on CBS's 60 MINUTES
by - April 08, 2013

On last night's 60 MINUTES on CBS, seven family members whose children died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, spoke out about the need for stricter gun control laws in the United States. The family members have formed a group called 'Sandy Hook Promise.' Watch both parts of last night...


FOX is Most-Watched Network With Sunday's NFL Football
by Caryn Robbins - October 29, 2012

FOX (17.32 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 5.6, #T1) was the most-watched network on Sunday with its mix of 'NFL Overrun' (28.21 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 9.9, #1), 'The OT' (27.78 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 9.8, #2) and the 'World Series, Game 4' (13.76 million viewers, #4; adul...


WHAT!? LOGO DOCUMENTARIES Set to Return for Second Season, 3/19
by Tyler Peterson - February 21, 2013

Logo will have viewers exclaiming 'WHAT!?' again this spring with the return of 'WHAT!? Logo Documentaries.' The series will continue to provide a riveting peek behind the curtain into unusual worlds, people and experiences outside the everyday. Always out of the ordinary and never boring, the 'WHAT...


VIDEO: Anderson Cooper's Risky Jet Ski Ride on Tonight's 60 MINUTES SPORTS
by - March 06, 2013

Below, watch what happens when Anderson Cooper dared big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara to take a risky ride on a Jet Ski during his reporting assignment in Portugal. Tune in for Cooper's full story on 60 MINUTES SPORTS, airing on SHOWTIME tonight, March 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT....


New Episode of 60 MINUTES ON CNBC to Premiere 1/15
by Caryn Robbins - January 02, 2013

A new episode of 60 MINUTES ON CNBC will premiere on January 15, 2013....


Scott Pelley to Cover STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS Live from D.C.
by Tyler Peterson - February 11, 2013

CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley will broadcast live from Washington, D.C., for primetime coverage of President Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union address and the Republican Response on Tuesday, Feb. 12 (9:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. He will also anchor the ...


Arnold Schwarzenegger Talks Affair, Marriage & More on 60 Minutes Tonight, 9/30
by TV News Desk - September 30, 2012

In his first interview since it was revealed that he had a secret child with his housekeeper, Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Lesley Stahl that the affair with Mildred Baena was "the stupidest thing" he ever did to his wife Maria Shriver. The interview with Schwarzenegger will be broadcast on the 45th...


OWN to Premiere REAL LIFE: THE MUSICAL, 8/3
by Caryn Robbins - July 31, 2012

SUPER SAVER SHOWDOWN premieres and REAL LIFE: THE MUSICAL returns this Friday, August 3 on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network The former was previously set to bow on July 20 while the latter has been on hiatus since June 9....


SCOTT PELLEY Interviews President Obama Live on “THE SUPER BOWL TODAY”
by TV News Desk - February 03, 2013

CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley will interview President Barack Obama live from the White House at 4:30 PM, ET on THE SUPER BOWL TODAY today, Feb. 3 during CBS Sports' pre-game coverage of Super Bowl XLVII on the CBS Television Network....


NBC Takes Home an Easy Win in Sunday Night Ratings
by Caryn Robbins - October 15, 2012

NBC (14.70 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 5.6, #1) took home an easy win on Sunday with its mix of 'Football Night in America #1' (5.73 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 1.9, #T11), 'Football Night in America #2' (9.08 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 3.3, #5), 'Football Night in America #3'...


60 MINUTES Makes the Top 10 on Easter Sunday
by Claire Hannum - April 02, 2013

60 MINUTES (S) made Nielsen's Top 10 list at #9 for the week, drawing an audience of 11.67 million viewers on Easter Sunday. The CBS News magazine was also the #9 program in households, scoring a 7.1/12 in that measurement, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, March 31, 2013....


CBS's 60 MINUTES is No. 2 Program of the Week
by Caryn Robbins - October 23, 2012

More Americans watched 60 MINUTES last week than any other primetime non-sports program. The broadcast drew 15.86 million viewers to finish at #2, behind only Sunday night's NFL game coverage - the program's highest weekly ranking in the Nielsen Top 10 since the week ending Dec. 18, 2011....


CBS's 60 MINUTES Cracks Neilsen's Top 10 for 2nd Straight Week
by Caryn Robbins - March 12, 2013

60 MINUTES made the Nielsen Top 10 for the second straight week, finishing at #9 with an audience of 11.6 million viewers. It was the eighth time in 11 broadcasts that the CBS News magazine made the list....


60 MINUTES to Feature Newtown Families Not in Favor of Gun Control, 4/7
by Tyler Peterson - April 05, 2013

Some of the families of the victims of the Newtown mass shooting are not calling for a ban of the type of weapon Adam Lanza used to murder their loved ones. In a 60 MINUTES interview to be broadcast the night before they go to Washington to speak out for gun control, the families tell Scott Pelley t...


SCOTT PELLEY to Interview President Obama Live on “THE SUPER BOWL TODAY”, 2/3
by Caryn Robbins - January 31, 2013

CBS EVENING NEWS Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley will interview President Barack Obama live from the White House at 4:30 PM, ET on THE SUPER BOWL TODAY on Sunday, Feb. 3 during CBS Sports' pre-game coverage of Super Bowl XLVII on the CBS Television Network....


VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Jeremy Lin Featured on Today's 60 MINUTES
by TV News Desk - April 07, 2013

Charlie Rose reports Lin's story on 60 MINUTES, tonight, April 7 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Get a sneak peek below!...


Sunday's 60 MINUTES on CBS Draws Largest Audience Since January
by Caryn Robbins - November 06, 2012

Sunday's 60 MINUTES audience was its largest since last January, boosting the broadcast into the upper half of Nielsen's Top 10 List. The program drew 16.30 million viewers to finish at #3 for the week - the third time in six weeks that 60 MINUTES has finished at #3 or higher....


Norah O'Donnell Makes 60 MINUTES Debut on CBS Tonight
by TV News Desk - March 10, 2013

Few women can match Sheryl Sandberg's achievements, and she wants to change that. The 43-year-old business leader talks to Norah O'Donnell - who is on her first 60 MINUTES assignment - in an interview to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES, tonight, March 10 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Networ...


Joanne de Simone's LINOLEUM'S HARD Set for Roy Arias Stage II, 2/13-17
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2013

Vicki & Emily dream of love and fame... but that might not be the hand they're dealt in Joanne de Simone's LINOLEUM'S HARD: Two Lives, 40 years, 60 minutes....


Norah O'Donnell to Make 60 MINUTES Debut on CBS, 3/10
by Caryn Robbins - March 07, 2013

Few women can match Sheryl Sandberg's achievements, and she wants to change that. The 43-year-old business leader talks to Norah O'Donnell - who is on her first 60 MINUTES assignment - in an interview to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES, Sunday, March 10 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network...


60 MINUTES Interview with Navy SEAL is U.S. No. 1 Non-Football Broadcast This Week
by TV News Desk - September 11, 2012

The 60 MINUTES interview with a former Navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden drew the largest non-football audience of the week, placing the CBS News magazine at #7 in viewers behind only football games or pre- and post-football shows. Scott Pelley's interview with the author of the only first-hand acc...


North Korean Prison Horror to be Revealed on 60 Minutes, 12/2
by Claire Hannum - November 30, 2012

Shin Dong Hyuk, 30, is believed to be the only person born in a North Korean prison camp who has ever escaped to tell about it. In "Three Generations of Punishment," which will be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday, Dec. 2 (7:30-8:30 PM, ET/7:00-8:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network, Shin tells And...


60 MINUTES Producer Michael Radutzky Named EP of Creative Development
by Caryn Robbins - October 08, 2012

Veteran 60 MINUTES Producer Michael Radutzky has been named Executive Producer of Creative Development, a new CBS News unit dedicated to finding innovative ways to create and distribute CBS News content. The announcement was made today by CBS News Chairman and 60 MINUTES Executive Producer Jeff Fag...


NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Continues Its Demo Reign
by Caryn Robbins - October 22, 2012

SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (15.58 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 6.0, #2) continued its demo reign last night as NBC (13.88 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 5.3, #1) lead the night in the key demo....






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