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60 Minutes premiere ratings collapse

The gist

CBS's 60 Minutes Season 59 premiere drew 7.94 million viewers, down 21% from last season.
It marks the show's smallest premiere audience in Nielsen records since at least 2000.

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 28, 202560 Minutes Season 58 premiere drew 10.03 million viewers on CBS, with the previous season's premiere at 10.02 million.
  2. Aug 31, 2026Nielsen changed its measurement methodology.
  3. Sep 13, 2026Season 59 premiere delivered 7.94 million on-air viewers on CBS, down 21% from last season, with 1.6 million viewers among adults 25-54, a 33% year-over-year decline. The episode began 16 minutes later than last season's premiere and faced a competing late national NFL broadcast on Fox.

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