’60 Minutes’ Beats Last Season’s Viewership Bar for First Time, But Football Brings Only Small Boost

By Brian Steinberg

Brian Steinberg

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CBS News‘ “60 Minutes” beat a crucial metric for the first time under new and heavily scrutinized managers but only managed to eke out a small boost to its ratings despite a robust football lead-in.

The CBS newsmagazine lured an average of 10.2 million viewers on Sunday, when it offered an in-depth interview with Republican Senator Thom Tillis; a probe of how the U.S. workforce may be affected by A.I.;’ and a look at how the friars at an Italy’s Basilica of Saint Francis using lasers, high-tech cameras and advanced technology to repair the 13th-century edifice.

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