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60 Minutes
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“60 MINUTES” IS #1
MAKES THE TOP 10 FOR THE 25TH STRAIGHT TIME Watch “60 Minutes” 60 MINUTES finished the week as America’s #1 primetime program in viewers for the fifth time this season. The CBS Newsmagazine drew 8.5 million viewers to make the top 10 for the 25th time according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, April 18. It was the ninth time in a row the broadcast ranked at #3 or higher and the 16th time this season. Sunday’s 60 MINUTES featured a Sharyn Alfonsi story about the Oath Keepers, a group whose members are being targeted in the investigation into the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, B...
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60 Minutes
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“60 MINUTES” CORRESPONDENT BILL WHITAKER WINS THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR FOREIGN JOURNALISTS’ FOUNDERS AWARD
60 MINUTES Correspondent Bill Whitaker will receive the 2021 Founder’s Award presented by the International Center For Foreign Journalists. The ICFJ made the announcement today; he will receive the award in a virtual ceremony in November. The annual award recognizes a journalist whose work has exposed truths and made an impact over a rich career of foreign and domestic reporting. Bill Whitaker has covered major news stories domestically and across the globe for CBS News for over four decades. He was named a 60 MINUTES correspondent in 2014. Whitaker has recently reported on the p...
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60 Minutes
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“60 MINUTES” FINISHES THE WEEK AT #3
MAKES THE TOP 10 FOR THE 24TH STRAIGHT TIME Makes the Top 10 in Key Demos Watch “60 MINUTES” 60 MINUTES finished the week as America’s #3 primetime program in viewers, making the top 10 list for the 24th straight time. The CBS newsmagazine drew 8.74 million viewers according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, April 11. The broadcast ranked at #3 or higher for 15 weeks this season, including the last eight times. 60 MINUTES has finished at #5 or higher 19 times. 60 MINUTES was also a top 10 broadcast in demos, scoring a 1.4/07 in adults 25-54 good for #5 and 0.9/06 ...
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60 Minutes
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“60 MINUTES” IS #1
MAKES THE TOP 10 FOR THE 23RD STRAIGHT TIME Makes the Top 10 in Key Demos Watch “60 Minutes” 60 MINUTES was America’s #1 primetime program in viewers for the fourth time this season. The CBS Newsmagazine drew 9.2 million viewers and made the list of America’s top 10 primetime programs for the 23rd consecutive time. The broadcast ranked at #3 or higher for 14 of those weeks, including the last seven times. 60 MINUTES has finished at #5 or higher 18 times this season. 60 MINUTES was also a top 10 broadcast in demos, scoring 1.5/08 in adults 25-54 and 1.1/08 in adults 18-49, both ti...
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60 Minutes
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“60 MINUTES” FINISHES AT #3
MAKES THE TOP 10 FOR THE 22ND STRAIGHT TIME Makes the Top 10 in Key Demos Watch “60 Minutes” 60 MINUTES was America’s #3 primetime program in viewers last week, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, March 21. The CBS Newsmagazine drew 7.9 million viewers and made the list of America’s top 10 primetime programs for the 22nd consecutive time. The broadcast ranked at #3 or higher for 13 of those weeks, including the last six times. 60 MINUTES has finished at #5 or higher 17 times this season. 60 MINUTES was also a top 10 broadcast in demos, scoring 1.3/06 in ad...
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CBS News and Stations
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SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM SUING FACEBOOK REVEALS HER ORDEAL FOR THE FIRST TIME ON “60 MINUTES+”
When She told the Man She Met on Facebook She Wanted to Leave, “I Got Hit,” She Tells Laurie Segall Watch an Excerpt An argument with her mother led her to accept her new Facebook friend’s “modeling” job offer and meet up in person. Then 15 years old, she went with her “friend” to a hotel where his aims became obvious. She wanted to leave. He hit her, says the woman, now 24. What happened next is a horrible and familiar story to many minors who have been tricked and coerced into sex trafficking by people they met on social media sites. “Jane Doe” – 60 MINUTES+ agreed to protect her ide...
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CBS News and Stations
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CBS NEWS EARNS FOUR WILBUR AWARDS
“CBS Sunday Morning” Wins Two, “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell” and “60 Minutes” Win One Each CBS News programming has earned four Wilbur Awards presented by the Religion Communicators Council. CBS SUNDAY MORNING earned two honors and the CBS EVENING NEWS with NORAH O’DONNELL and 60 MINUTES each earned one. CBS News’ Wilbur Awards honorees are: CBS SUNDAY MORNING: “Block By Block” – Lee Cowan reported on an organization in Shreveport, La. that is working one block at a time to reverse decades of social decline. Rand Morrison is the executive producer, Dustin Stephe...
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CBS NEWS DELIVERS MULTI-PLATFORM COVERAGE TO MARK THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
CBS NEWS DELIVERS MULTI-PLATFORM COVERAGE TO MARK THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC NORAH O’DONNELL WILL LEAD CBS NEWS’ LIVE, PRIMETIME COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ADDRESS TO THE NATION TOMORROW, MARCH 11 AND INTERVIEW DR. ANTHONY FAUCI FOR THE “CBS EVENING NEWS” AHEAD OF THE SPEECH CBSN DELIVERS A FULL DAY OF COVERAGE THURSDAY AND LIVESTREAMS PRESIDENT BIDEN’S SPEECH CBS News will offer comprehensive coverage and original reporting across all broadcasts and platforms to mark the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 and explore how the pandemic upended life around t...
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60 Minutes
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“60 MINUTES” IS #2
MAKES THE TOP 10 FOR THE 21ST TIME IN A ROW Makes the Top 10 in Key Demos Watch “60 Minutes” 60 MINUTES drew 10.04 million viewers on Sunday, making it America’s #2 primetime program, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, March 7. It was the 21st consecutive time the CBS Newsmagazine made the list of America’s top 10 primetime programs. The broadcast ranked at #3 or higher for 12 of those weeks, including the last five times. 60 MINUTES has finished at #5 or higher 16 times this season. The newsmagazine was a top 10 broadcast in demos, scoring 1.3/07 in adul...
