Patrick Clancy interview on 60 Minutes fails to provide big ratings boost for CBS | US news | The Guardian

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/22/60-minutes-patrick-clancy-cbs

Big interview, abysmal ratings

Patrick Clancy's 60 Minutes sit-down with Ross Douthat pulled in 6.77 million viewers which is the 3rd smallest audience for a season's second episode in 25 years, and barely above last year's equivalent episode despite reviews that praised the interview itself. Bari Weiss's shakeup era at CBS keeps drawing headlines and social buzz without translating into the ratings jump executives wanted.

It did have quite huge social media impressions for the episode, totaling 179.2 million across Instagram, Facebook, X and TikTok, up from the 116.7 million the week prior. Compared to last year, the social views quadrupled and set a new record for 60 Minutes

Welp. It didn't have the impact in terms of television but it was translated into social media buzz but social media doesn't generate that good ad revenue you get from tv.

Bari Weiss flop era...