{
  "id": 12480252,
  "title": "’60 Minutes’ Beats Last Season’s Viewership Bar for First Time, But Football Brings Only Small Boost",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/60-minutes-beats-last-seasons-viewership-bar-for-first-time-but",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T21:44:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/60-minutes-beats-last-season-viewership-bar-first-time-1236903684/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}