60 Minutes reboot struggles to reel in viewers for season premiere

TL;DR
Season premiere of CBS’s revamped 60 Minutes drew about 7.94 million viewers, down from 10.03 million last year, with NFL lead-in declines and Nielsen methodology changes complicating the picture; CBS defends the reboot as delivering exceptional journalism amid leadership shakeups and broader ratings headwinds.
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- ‘60 Minutes’ Season Premiere Sees Dip in Ratings The New York Times
- CBS' '60 Minutes' returns without Scott Pelley – Inside the Season 59 premiere USA Today
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