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[09/20/22 - 11:45 AM]
The 55th Season Premiere of "60 Minutes" Makes the Top Five, Is the Week's #4 Television Program
The CBS newsmagazine made the top five in all three demographics with 10.20 million viewers, up +115,000 from the season premiere a year ago. |
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THE 55TH SEASON PREMIERE OF "60 MINUTES" MAKES THE TOP FIVE, IS THE WEEK'S #4 TELEVISION PROGRAM
The CBS Newsmagazine Was Sunday's #1 Non-Sports Primetime Program
60 MINUTES finished the week as the #4 primetime broadcast in total viewers for its 55th season premiere, and was #3 in adults 18+ (tied) and #5 in adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, Sept. 18. The CBS newsmagazine made the top five in all three demographics with 10.20 million viewers, up +115,000 from the season premiere a year ago, 9.81 million adults 18+ and 2.91 million adults 25-54 - up +4% in adults 18+ and +2% in adults 25-54 year to year. 60 MINUTES was additionally Sunday's #1 non-sports primetime program in viewers, adults 18+ and adults 25-54.
60 MINUTES' season premiere posted its largest live streaming audience ever and was up +87% from last year's debut on Sept. 12, 2021. The broadcast amassed 1.66 billion potential social impressions, up +515% from last year's season premiere.
Sunday's kickoff to 55 years of 60 MINUTES featured Scott Pelley's extensive interview with President Biden - his first 60 MINUTES interview since taking office as the 46th president of the United States; and Lesley Stahl's rare sit down with Iranian President Raisi from his presidential complex in Tehran. Click here to watch the broadcast.
Bill Owens is the executive producer of 60 MINUTES, America's most-watched news program.
Follow 60 MINUTES on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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[10/20/26 - 03:19 PM]
"College GameDay Built by The Home Depot" Delivers Its Third Most-Watched Regular-Season Episode Ever from BYU
ESPN networks had 3 of the top 4 games this week, the second most-watched regular season Saturday on record (based on minutes).
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[10/20/26 - 03:08 PM]
Ohio State's Win Over Indiana Scores Most-Watched College Football Game of the Week
Viewership peaked at 14,269,000 viewers from 3:30-3:45 PM ET on FOX.
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[10/20/26 - 12:54 PM]
"Lioness" Roars to Record-Breaking Season Three
Viewership climbed every week of the eight-episode season, culminating in a series-record finale, which drew 9.7 million viewers in its first seven days, the largest audience for any episode in the show's history.
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[10/20/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of October 12 - Get the Ransom Ready: "Animals" Takes the No. 1 Spot for a Second Week
"Below" stayed at the top of the English TV list with 21.2 million views - the highest viewership in a single week for a Canadian original title.
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[10/19/26 - 10:19 AM]
2026 NLCS on FOX & FS1 Pulls in Best Average Viewership for an LCS on Any Network Since 2015
On FS1, Game 4 averaged 6,135,000 viewers.
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[10/16/26 - 02:30 PM]
Brewers Triumph on FS1 Delivers Most-Watched LCS Game 3 Telecast Since 2016
On FS1, Game 3 averaged 6,460,000 viewers.
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[10/16/26 - 11:45 AM]
"Dancing with the Stars" Scores with Show's "Super Bowl Night"
In fact, among Adults 18-49, "Dancing with the Stars" grew for the fourth telecast in a row, hitting a season high and posting the show's best non-finale episode in over nine years.
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[10/16/26 - 10:42 AM]
ABC News Wins Across Friday Night, Sunday Morning and Late Night
"20/20: Born to Kill" ranked as Friday's No.1 newsmagazine in Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49.
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[10/15/26 - 02:55 PM]
Super Bowl Season Success: Bills-Rams Thriller Propels "Monday Night Football" to Best Five-Week Start of ESPN Era
The matchup featuring the NFL's two most recent MVPs averaged 19.8 million viewers across ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, NFL Network and ESPN Deportes.
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[10/15/26 - 02:46 PM]
NLCS Game 2 on FOX/FS1: Most-Watched LCS Game 2 on Any Network Since 2016
On FOX/FS1, the game averaged 6,921,000 viewers.
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[10/15/26 - 02:35 PM]
NHL on Frozen Frenzy on ESPN Delivers Double-Digit Increases
The tripleheader averaged 600,000 viewers, up 31% from a year ago.
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[10/15/26 - 10:29 AM]
ESPN Delivered Its Most-Watched WNBA Playoffs Ever!
Across eight games, ESPN networks averaged 1.4 million viewers, up 23% compared to coverage through the semifinals last year.
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[10/15/26 - 08:00 AM]
CBS Wins Its Premiere Week with Eight of the Top 10 Broadcast Shows and Delivers +9% Year-Over-Year Growth
Weekly viewership averaged 4.43 million viewers, growing +9% from its 2025 premiere week (4.08m viewers).
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[10/14/26 - 04:10 PM]
Nebraska Volleyball Serves Up a Big Saturday on FOX
Nebraska's 3-0 win averaged 945,000 viewers on FOX.
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[10/14/26 - 03:50 PM]
Indiana's Win Over Nebraska Scores 6,734,000 Viewers on FOX
"Big Noon Saturday" peaked at 9,623,000 viewers.
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