The CBS newsmagazine averaged 6.06 million viewers, down 41% from the previous week when an NFL game provided a strong lead-in.
An episode of 60 Minutes drew an average of 6.06 million viewers, representing a 12% decline from last season's fourth episode and a sharp 41% drop from the prior week's audience, which benefited from a record-setting NFL game, according to Nielsen data.
The program faced direct competition from NFL games on Fox and NBC's pre-game coverage. Among the advertiser-preferred demographic of viewers aged 25 to 54, the episode reached 767,000 people, down 19% from last season and 62% from the previous week's 2.02 million.
