CBS’ “60 Minutes" edged out the heavily promoted premiere of NBC’s “Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly" in the ratings. Kelly’s program, which featured a sit-down interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, was given a major promotional push by NBC leading up to the premiere. A major push was needed to dent “60 Minutes,” a favorite for many Sunday audiences, averaging 12.4 million viewers a week during the 2016-17 TV season, the 49th for the program. It counter-programmed “Sunday Night” with a “60 Minutes” rebroadcast of Lesley Stahl’s March interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian activist who says he was poisoned by the government. Kelly will have to go up against “60 Minutes” in future weeks without a booking as big as Putin.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 05, 2017 16:45 UTC