NEW YORK (AP) – President Donald Trump could still be a strong streak of television, although in the case of “60 Minutes” this past week, it probably wasn’t his intention.
The 17.4 million viewers who watched CBS Newsmaze featuring interviews with Trump and anti-Democratic BN Biden were the show’s largest audience in more than two years, the Nielsen company said. The angry president did not like the questions even though he released an undated version of his conversation with Leslie Stahl on Facebook three days ago.
The “60 Minutes” has averaged 10.3 million viewers so far this season, so obviously some people wanted to watch the broadcast after hearing about the controversy, or watch the full tape and be curious about how CBSA edited it.
“We were prepared to talk about many of the issues and questions facing the president, but the conversation was cut short in what has been a public outcry,” Stehl said, referring to the controversy in his introduction.
It was the biggest “60 Minutes” audience since March 25, 2018, another episode, Trump certainly didn’t want people to see it, as it featured an interview with adult film star Stormy Daniels. He accused her of having an affair with Trump, who denied it.
With the election approaching, Nielsen had more superlights for cable news. Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson has recorded the most-viewed month ever for a cable news program. CNN And MSNBC. For both, October also represents the most viewed month in prime time.
Behind the World Series, Fox was the most popular broadcast network in prime time, with an average of 8.2 million viewers. NBC had 8. million million viewers, ABC had 6.6 million, CBS had 4.4 million, Ion Television had 1.3 million, Univision had 1.1 million, Telemondo had 1 million and CW had 620,000.
Fox News Channel has led cable networks, averaging 5.16 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 2.65 million, CNN had 2.4 million, ESPN had 2.14 million and Hallmark had 1.19 million.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” led the evening news ratings with an average of 8.6 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had a viewership of 2.5 million and CBS Evening News had a viewership of 3.3 million.
-2 ct. For the week 19-25, the 20 most popular programs, their networks and viewers:
1. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 17.4 million.
2. “Presidential Debate,” Fox News, 15.47 million.
3. NFL Football: L: Seattle in Arizona, NBC, 14.31 million.
“. “Debate Analysis,” Fox News, 12.19 million.
5. NFL Football .L: Arizona in Dallas, ESPN, 11.83 million.
6. “Debate Preview,” Fox News, 11.33 million.
7. “Presidential Debut,” ABC, 11.25 million
8. “NFL Post-Game” (Sunday), Fox, 10.91 million.
9. “Presidential Debut,” NBC, 10.64 million.
10. NFL Football.l: NYY Giants in Philadelphia, Fox, 10.47 million.
11. World Series, Game 5: LA Dodgers Vs. Tampa Bay, 10.06 million.
12. World Series, Game 4: LA Dodgers Vs. Tampa Bay, 9.33 million.
13. World Series, Game 1: Tampa Bay vs. L.A. Dodgers, 9.27 million.
14. World Series, Game 2: Tampa Bay vs. L.A. Dodgers, 9.11 million.
15. “NFL Pre-Game,” NBC, 8.88 million.
16. “The Voice Is” (Monday), NBC, 8.21 million.
17. “Tucker Carlson Tonight” (Thursday), Fox News, 8.17 million.
18. World Series, Game 3: LA Dodgers Vs. Tampa Bay, Fox, 8.16 million.
19. “NFL Pre-Game,” Fox, 8.13 Million.
20. “NFL Post-Game” (Monday), Fox, 8.09 million.
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