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[04/14/15 - 09:28 AM]
"60 Minutes" Makes the Top 10 for the Seventh Time in Nine Weeks
CBS spins the numbers for Sunday, April 12.
[via press release from CBS]

"60 MINUTES" MAKES THE TOP 10 FOR THE SEVENTH TIME IN NINE WEEKS

The CBS Newsmagazine is Sunday's # 1 Primetime Broadcast

60 MINUTES made the Nielsen Top 10 list for the seventh time in nine weeks, drawing 12.6 million viewers to finish at #7. The CBS newsmagazine was Sunday's #1 primetime broadcast in viewers.

It also made the list in households, scoring a 7.7/14, good for #8 by that measure, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for April 12. 60 MINUTES was up +12% in households, +13% in adults 18-49, +14% in viewers and even in adults 25-54 compared to the same night last year.

It was the 18th time over 24 airings that 60 MINUTES made the Nielsen Top 10.

Sunday's 60 MINUTES featured Steve Kroft's report on the implications of the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, Norah O'Donnell's profile of U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and the story of the Duke Lacrosse coach forced to resign amid rape charges against his players who were later declared innocent.

Jeff Fager is the Executive Producer of 60 MINUTES, America's #1 news program.





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