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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 EVENING NEWS Posts Largest Year-to-Year % Gain in Adults 25-54
by Caryn Robbins - January 20, 2016

The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY posted the largest year-to-year percentage gain in adults 25-54 (+7%, 1.6/06 from 1.5/06) among the network evening news broadcasts, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Jan. 14....


Original Reporting Boosts Audience Growth for All CBS News Broadcasts
by Caryn Robbins - July 31, 2015

CBS News' morning, evening, primetime and Sunday broadcasts are all averaging more viewers now than at this point a year ago, according to Nielsen...


CBS's 60 MINUTES Delivers 9.4 Million Viewers
by Caryn Robbins - February 03, 2016

CBS's 60 MINUTES is in the top 10 again. The CBS newsmagazine finished at #9, drawing 9.4 million viewers according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Jan. 31....


'Director's Cut' Encore Broadcast of '60 Minutes' HAMILTON Report Set for Tony Night!
by Caryn Robbins - June 09, 2016

60 MINUTES will offer a 'director's cut' that's nearly double the length of Charlie Rose's original report first broadcast last November....


VIDEO: '60 Minutes' Goes Behind-the-Scenes of HAMILTON with Lin-Manuel Miranda
by Caryn Robbins - November 09, 2015

On last night's 60 MINUTES on CBS, Charlie Rose went behind the curtain to report on Lin-Manuel Miranda's new original Broadway musical HAMILTON....


CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 for 12th Time in 14 Broadcasts
by Caryn Robbins - April 05, 2016

60 MINUTES finished in Nielsen's Top 10 for the 12th time in 14 broadcasts and the 17th time this season Sunday night. The CBS news magazine landed at #10 for the week in viewers, drawing 9.53 million, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for April 3, 2016....


Golfer Bubba Watson Profiled on CBS's 60 MINUTES Tonight
by TV News Desk - April 03, 2016

Watson opens up in the interview chair and on the golf course in a 60 MINUTES profile tonight, April 3 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network....


Coal Company CEO to Speak with CBS's 60 MINUTES on Fatal Mine Explosion, 3/6
by Caryn Robbins - March 04, 2016

Her brother, Dean Jones, and 28 others are dead. The CEO – the first company head ever to be found guilty of a workplace safety crime -- can serve only up to a year in jail for “conspiracy to violate mine safety laws.”...


CBS's 60 MINUTES Finishes Among Top 10 for 4th Straight Week
by Caryn Robbins - December 23, 2015

CBS's 60 MINUTES finished among the Nielsen Top 10 for the fourth straight week, drawing an audience of 12.7 million viewers to land at #6, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Dec. 20. The broadcast also made the top 10 list in the key demos....


CBS' 60 MINUTES in Top 10 for 9th Time in 11 Broadcasts
by Caryn Robbins - March 10, 2016

60 MINUTES made the Top 10 at #5, drawing 11.44 million viewers according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for March 6....


CBS's 60 MINUTES to Report on Mountain Lions Living in City Limits of L.A., 1/17
by Caryn Robbins - January 15, 2016

The big cats - well over 100 pounds - are called pumas, cougars or mountain lions. But they are also being called neighbors by some residents of Los Angeles, who are discovering them in their backyards or even their crawlspaces....


Tony-Winning Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to Appear on 60 MINUTES, 4/3
by Caryn Robbins - April 01, 2016

The internationally acclaimed choreographer tells Lesley Stahl his story from ballet dancer to the toast of Broadway on 60 MINUTES, Sunday, April 3 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network....


CBS's 60 MINUTES Pre-empted for Coverage of SUPER BOWL 50 Tonight
by TV News Desk - February 07, 2016

CBS's 60 MINUTES will not be broadcast tonight, Feb. 7 due to CBS SPORTS coverage of SUPER BOWL 50 featuring the Carolina Panthers vs. the Denver Broncos....


CBS's KENNEDY CENTER HONORS Leads Network to Holiday Week Win
by Caryn Robbins - January 06, 2016

CBS won the holiday week in viewers with an original 60 MINUTES, specials KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, UNDERCOVER BOSS and I GET THAT A LOT and rebroadcasts of the Network's hit scripted series, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Jan. 3....


CBS News Broadcasts Maintain TV Year-to-Date Viewer Growth
by Caryn Robbins - July 24, 2015

CBS News' broadcasts maintained television year-to-date viewer growth, while also earning solid returns with the key news demographic of adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending July 19....


CBS's 60 MINUTES is Most-Watched Non-Sports Broadcast This Season
by Caryn Robbins - January 20, 2016

It was a quite a night for 60 MINUTES, as the CBS News magazine delivered 20.62 million viewers Sunday - the largest non-sports audience for a single broadcast this television season, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, Jan. 17....


Every Major CBS NEWS Broadcasts Posts Year-to-Year Viewer Growth
by Caryn Robbins - September 04, 2015

Every major CBS News broadcast posted year-to-year audience increases, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings through August 30....


'A FOOL'S PARADISE' Set for Edinburgh Fringe Festival
by Tyler Peterson - May 11, 2016

?Charm City Fringe 2015 Audience Favorite Award-winning A Fool's Paradise: 30 Shakespeare Scenes in 60 Minutes has been accepted to be a part of the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland this August....


CBS NEWS Maintains Leadership Position As Network News Division With More Viewers Year-To-Date than a Year Ago
by Caryn Robbins - August 21, 2015

CBS News maintained its leadership position as the only network news division where every major broadcast is drawing more viewers on a television year-to-date basis compared to last year, according to Nielsen most current ratings....


CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 for 21st Time This Season
by Caryn Robbins - May 03, 2016

Make it five straight weeks in Nielsen's Top 10 for 60 MINUTES – its 21st time this season on the list. The CBS News magazine drew 10.3 million viewers to finish the week in third. It was 60 MINUTES's eighth placement among the top five broadcasts this season....


Newsman Morley Safer Retires After 46 Seasons on CBS's 60 MINUTES
by Caryn Robbins - May 12, 2016

Morley Safer, the CBS Newsman and 60 MINUTES' longest-serving correspondent, will formally retire this week....


Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Featured on CBS's 60 MINUTES Tonight
by TV News Desk - March 06, 2016

Young and liberal, Canada's new prime minister snatched victory from conservative politicians last fall partially by promising to welcome Syrian refugees....


CBS Ends 2016 Season First in Viewers; #1 Scripted Comedy, Drama & News Broadcast
by Caryn Robbins - June 17, 2016

CBS placed first in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 with the #1 scripted broadcast/comedy, drama, new comedy and news program and more top 20 broadcasts than any other network, according to final Nielsen live plus 7-day ratings for the 2015-2016 television season...


CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 for 11th Time in 13 Broadcasts
by Caryn Robbins - March 22, 2016

CBS's 60 MINUTES made the Top 10 again, drawing 10.24 million viewers to land at #6 for the week, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for March 20....


CBS's 60 MINUTES Draws Over 10 Million Viewers to Rank #7 for Sunday Night
by Caryn Robbins - February 17, 2016

CBS's 60 MINUTES drew 10.42 million viewers to rank #7 on the Top 10 list, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Feb. 14....






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