Monday, November 17, 2008
Obama scores big ratings for CBS interview
NEW YORK (AP) -- The campaign is over, but Barack Obama is still a TV hit.
CBS' "60 Minutes" had its highest overnight ratings in nearly a decade with Sunday's episode featuring Steve Kroft interviewing the president-elect and future first lady. Nielsen Media Research's preliminary estimate the show was seen by 24.5 million people on Sunday.
That's more than any other episode of a prime-time show seen this season, and the biggest audience for "60 Minutes" since January 1999.
Sunday's "60 Minutes" was likely helped by being immediately preceded by a down-to-the-wire NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Diego Chargers.
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