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

Oct 6, 2026 2:44pm PT ’60 Minutes’ Beats Last Season’s Viewership Bar for First Time, But Football Brings Only Small Boost

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60MINUTES launches its iPhone app on Thursday, Sept. 27th. The 60 MINUTES app for the iPad has been one of the most popular paid news apps since its launch and is currently the #1 paid news app. Now, AmericaÃ¢ÂÂs number-one news program can be also watched on the iPhone. The new app will be available in the Apple App Store as a universal download for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, so users can watch 60 MINUTES on their mobile devices for the price of $4.99. The 60 MINUTES app delivers high-quality video and text, including weekly previews, segments, Web extras and clips. It also features weekly original content produced for 60MinutesOvertime.com, where users can experience a behind-the-scenes look at the production of 60 MINUTES stories and view archival segments. With the launch, 100 more classic 60 MINUTES stories have been added to the appÃ¢ÂÂs archive, bringing the total to over 300 segments from throughout the broadcastÃ¢ÂÂs 44 years. Photo: CBS ÃÂ©2012 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. FRAME GRAB BEST QUALITY

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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.

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

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