Bob
Oct 7, 2024 20:55 EST
Still insightful after all these years.
60 Minutes is a U.S. television program broadcast on CBS since Tuesday, September 24, 1968. 60 Minutes is watched by a total number of 6,451,000 people (2.03% rating, down -7% from last week) as of the daily audience measurement on .
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of 60 Minutes on CBS as of Sunday, May 18, 2025.
| 60 Minutes Daily Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2025-May-18 | HH | 4,657,000 | 3.70 |
| P2+ | 6,451,000 | 2.03 | |
| P18-49 | 653,000 | 0.49 | |
| P25-54 | 833,000 | 0.67 | |
| 2025-May-11 | HH | 4,952,000 | 3.94 |
| P2+ | 6,907,000 | 2.18 | |
| P18-49 | 528,000 | 0.39 | |
| P25-54 | 785,000 | 0.64 | |
| 2025-May-04 | HH | 4,850,000 | 3.86 |
| P2+ | 6,855,000 | 2.16 | |
| P18-49 | 582,000 | 0.43 | |
| P25-54 | 800,000 | 0.65 | |
| 2025-Apr-27 | HH | 4,972,000 | 3.95 |
| P2+ | 6,689,000 | 2.11 | |
| P18-49 | 336,000 | 0.25 | |
| P25-54 | 627,000 | 0.51 | |
| 2025-Apr-20 S | HH | 4,536,000 | 3.61 |
| P2+ | 6,332,000 | 2.00 | |
| P18-49 | 461,000 | 0.34 | |
| P25-54 | 701,000 | 0.57 | |
| 2025-Apr-13 | HH | 6,749,000 | 5.36 |
| P2+ | 9,626,000 | 3.03 | |
| P18-49 | 1,218,000 | 0.91 | |
| P25-54 | 1,636,000 | 1.32 | |
| 2025-Apr-06 | HH | 4,324,000 | 3.44 |
| P2+ | 5,669,000 | 1.79 | |
| P18-49 | 324,000 | 0.24 | |
| P25-54 | 553,000 | 0.45 | |
| 2025-Mar-30 | HH | 6,377,000 | 5.07 |
| P2+ | 8,884,000 | 2.80 | |
| P18-49 | 1,169,000 | 0.87 | |
| P25-54 | 1,542,000 | 1.25 | |
| 2025-Mar-23 | HH | 5,696,000 | 4.53 |
| P2+ | 8,072,000 | 2.54 | |
| P18-49 | 1,007,000 | 0.75 | |
| P25-54 | 1,261,000 | 1.02 | |
| 2025-Mar-16 | HH | 4,994,000 | 3.97 |
| P2+ | 6,917,000 | 2.18 | |
| P18-49 | 737,500 | 0.55 | |
| P25-54 | 1,049,500 | 0.85 | |
| 2025-Mar-09 | HH | 4,541,500 | 3.61 |
| P2+ | 6,076,000 | 1.92 | |
| P18-49 | 402,500 | 0.30 | |
| P25-54 | 630,000 | 0.51 | |
| 2025-Feb-23 | HH | 5,007,000 | 3.98 |
| P2+ | 6,826,000 | 2.15 | |
| P18-49 | 536,500 | 0.40 | |
| P25-54 | 815,000 | 0.66 | |
| 2025-Feb-16 | HH | 4,172,000 | 3.32 |
| P2+ | 5,592,000 | 1.76 | |
| P18-49 | 423,000 | 0.32 | |
| P25-54 | 635,000 | 0.51 | |
| 2025-Jan-12 | HH | 4,617,000 | 3.67 |
| P2+ | 6,099,000 | 1.92 | |
| P18-49 | 496,000 | 0.37 | |
| P25-54 | 778,000 | 0.63 | |
| 2024-Dec-22 | HH | 6,202,000 | 4.93 |
| P2+ | 8,736,000 | 2.75 | |
| P18-49 | 1,300,500 | 0.97 | |
| P25-54 | 1,704,000 | 1.38 | |
| 2024-Dec-15 | HH | 5,686,000 | 4.52 |
| P2+ | 7,975,000 | 2.51 | |
| P18-49 | 1,411,000 | 1.05 | |
| P25-54 | 1,800,000 | 1.46 | |
| 2024-Dec-08 | HH | 4,190,000 | 3.33 |
| P2+ | 5,655,000 | 1.78 | |
| P18-49 | 474,000 | 0.35 | |
| P25-54 | 706,000 | 0.57 | |
| 2024-Dec-01 | HH | 6,478,500 | 5.15 |
| P2+ | 9,057,000 | 2.85 | |
| P18-49 | 1,354,500 | 1.01 | |
| P25-54 | 1,778,000 | 1.44 | |
| 2024-Nov-24 | HH | 5,069,500 | 4.03 |
| P2+ | 6,786,000 | 2.14 | |
| P18-49 | 576,500 | 0.43 | |
| P25-54 | 852,000 | 0.69 | |
| 2024-Nov-17 | HH | 7,359,000 | 5.85 |
| P2+ | 10,367,000 | 3.27 | |
| P18-49 | 1,729,500 | 1.29 | |
| P25-54 | 2,309,000 | 1.87 | |
| 2024-Nov-10 | HH | 6,466,000 | 5.14 |
| P2+ | 9,039,000 | 2.85 | |
| P18-49 | 1,421,500 | 1.06 | |
| P25-54 | 1,951,000 | 1.58 | |
| 2024-Nov-03 | HH | 5,849,500 | 4.65 |
| P2+ | 8,168,000 | 2.57 | |
| P18-49 | 938,500 | 0.70 | |
| P25-54 | 1,284,000 | 1.04 | |
| 2024-Oct-27 | HH | 8,038,500 | 6.39 |
| P2+ | 11,193,000 | 3.53 | |
| P18-49 | 1,716,500 | 1.28 | |
| P25-54 | 2,440,500 | 1.82 | |
| 2024-Oct-20 | HH | 5,409,500 | 4.30 |
| P2+ | 7,284,000 | 2.30 | |
| P18-49 | 684,000 | 0.51 | |
| P25-54 | 1,099,500 | 0.82 | |
| 2024-Oct-13 | HH | 5,195,500 | 4.13 |
| P2+ | 6,975,000 | 2.20 | |
| P18-49 | 630,500 | 0.47 | |
| 2024-Oct-07 2024 ELECTION (S) | HH | 4,252,000 | 3.38 |
| P2+ | 5,700,000 | 1.80 | |
| P18-49 | 643,500 | 0.48 | |
| 2024-Sep-29 | HH | 6,793,000 | 5.40 |
| P2+ | 9,565,000 | 3.01 | |
| P18-49 | 1,434,500 | 1.07 | |
| 2024-Sep-22 | HH | 4,893,500 | 3.89 |
| P2+ | 6,601,000 | 2.09 | |
| P18-49 | 590,000 | 0.44 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 Minutes Presents | 4,509,000 | -1% |
| 2 | CBS Evening News | 3,874,000 | +4% |
| 3 | Big Brother | 3,171,000 | +5% |
| 4 | NCIS | 2,737,000 | -5% |
| 5 | FBI | 2,460,000 | -2% |
| 6 | Neighborhood | 2,436,000 | -11% |
| 7 | FBI: Most Wanted | 2,373,000 | +7% |
| 8 | 48 Hours | 1,969,000 | +21% |
| 9 | Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage | 1,954,000 | -29% |
| 10 | NCIS: Sydney | 1,915,000 | -6% |
| 11 | NCIS: Origins | 1,873,000 | -14% |
| 12 | CBS Mornings | 1,826,000 | |
| 13 | Fire Country | 1,797,000 | +63% |
| 14 | Ghosts | 1,576,000 | +56% |
| 15 | Matlock | 1,399,000 | +8% |
| 16 | Hollywood Squares | 1,336,000 | -39% |
| 17 | Elsbeth | 1,321,000 | +1% |
| 18 | Saturday Encore | 1,247,000 | -16% |
| 19 | Watson | 931,000 | -48% |
| 20 | After Midnight | 398,000 | -16% |
Still insightful after all these years.
It seems that 60 Minutes has become a program that's frequently disappointing in its choice of topics.
Too often, the topics focus on things happening in foreign countries that are of no interest to me (or you?).
Consequently, there are too many tiresome interviews with people who speak fractured, mumbly English
(without subtitles). Oy!
IMO, the show needs a producer/director who knows the difference between a truly interesting story and
a truly boring one.
Does anyone remember DON HEWITT, the original producer of this show? He was the best producer of all, with high standards
of excellence that have been hard for his successors to equal.
P.S. --- it always surprises me when Anderson Cooper appears as one of this show's interviewers. How many jobs does this man need
to make ends meet? He reportedly makes around $20 million a year at CNN !
I’d like to ask the question is Laura O’Donnell a professional journalist. The reason why I asked this question is because a numerous occasions when she refers to Mr. Trump she refers to him as President Trump. Most people that refer to Mr. Trump as President Trump are Trump supporter and they believe that the election was stolen. I’m not saying she doesn’t have the right to her opinion she does if she’s a Trumper that’s fine but the problem is she should be unbiased and she should be corrected because 90% of the time that I’ve heard her speak in reference to Mr. Trump she calls him President Trump. . Mr. Trump has not been president for many years my point exactly. He should be referred to as ex-president Donald Trump, not President Trump. Someone needs to educate this professional and maybe that’s why the ratings are so low with 60 minutes. Case in point .60 minutes 90 minute version on 10/08/2023 is a good place to hear how she refers to him.
Someone please remind her that he is not president he is ex-President Donald Trump concerned individual…
JON
Hello, 60 minutes.
I have to ask How can you call the program 60 minutes when you run 24 minutes of commercials??
You are misleading the public by calling yourself 60 minutes. This program should be called 36 Minutes. It's a great show and I look forward to it every Sunday, Yet It is truly NOT 60 minutes. Be Honest and rename it 36 minutes.