CBS’ “60 Minutes” drew 5.64 million viewers for its Sunday episode, one of its smallest audiences in years, according to Nielsen figures reported by Variety’s Brian Steinberg. The broadcast attracted 558,000 viewers ages 25–54, the demographic particularly important to advertisers buying news programming.
The decline came on a night when the newsmagazine lacked a strong NFL lead-in, an important source of audience for the program. The results underscore the influence of sports scheduling on television news viewership, although a single episode’s performance does not establish the reasons for a broader audience trend.
CBS News declined to make executives available for comment, Variety reported, and had not publicly released the Nielsen figures as of Tuesday evening.
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