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60 Minutes’ ratings rise with boost from blockbuster Patrick Clancy interview
New York Post • • world
Key Points:
- CBS News’ “60 Minutes” Season 56, Episode 2 attracted just over 6.5 million viewers, slightly surpassing last year’s comparable episode viewership of 6.454 million.
- The key 25-to-54 demographic saw a 20% increase in viewers from last year’s second episode, with 1.1 million tuning in compared to 917,000 previously.
- Despite this, Sunday’s episode experienced an 18% drop in total viewers and a 30% decline in the 25-to-54 demographic from this season’s premiere, which had nearly 7.9 million viewers and benefited from an NFL lead-in.
- The second episode retained about 85% of the premiere’s audience, a better retention rate than last season’s 67%, but viewership was still down from last year’s premiere figures.
- Competition from Fox’s “Best Medicine” and CBS’s “Big Brother” drew larger audiences in the 25-to-54 demographic Sunday night, and final Nielsen ratings are pending.
