Donald Trump‘s sit down with Norah O’Donnell drew 14 million viewers to 60 Minutes on Sunday, giving the newsmagazine its highest viewers in nearly 5 years.
The closely scrutinized interview was Trump’s first look on the present since 2020.
Based on Nielsen knowledge by way of CBS, the present drew 3 million viewers within the 25-54 demo, and the newsmagazine once more was the highest non-sports program of the week. The present additionally was up 71% in complete viewers versus final yr, and 133% within the 25-54 demo. The community mentioned that it was the largets viewers since Jan. 10, 2021.
The interview lasted about 90 minutes, however solely 28 minutes had been broadcast. CBS posted an entire transcript and an prolonged, 73-minute model of the interview on-line.
The modifying struck many as ironic, on condition that Trump sued the community final yr over the way in which that the present spliced an interview along with his 2024 marketing campaign rival, Kamala Harris. Though CBS attorneys had known as the lawsuit baseless, Paramount World settled the litigation for $16 million because it sought Trump administration approval for its acquisition by Skydance.
Among the many segments trimmed from the printed had been parts the place Trump talked of the Paramount settlement, and the place O’Donnell continued to press him on whether or not his pardon of crypto tycoon Changpeng Zhao gave off the looks of corruption. The newsmagazine did air a portion the place Trump claimed to not know who the Binance billionaire is.