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60 MINUTES was Nielsen’s #2 primetime program for the week, drawing 9.36 million viewers to land in the top 10 for the 17^th straight time, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, Jan.31.

It was the 12^th time this season 60 MINUTES ranked at #5 or higher in viewers.

Sunday’s 60 MINUTES featured Scott Pelley’s report on those left behind by family who had died of COVID and a two-part investigation by Jon Wertheim into the collection of Americans’ DNA – a commodity intelligence officials say is the most valuable in the world – and how the Chinese are trying to gather as much of it as possible.

Bill Owens is the executive producer of 60 MINUTES, America’s most-watched news program.

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