Stormy Daniels Attracts 22 Million Viewers to ‘60 Minutes’
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Stormy Daniels Attracts 22 Million Viewers to ‘60 Minutes’
The “60 Minutes” episode also had more viewers than the usual editions of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” which averaged 18 million viewers,
and came within striking distance of ABC’s telecast last month of the Academy Awards, which had 26.5 million viewers.
The El Chapo-focused interview with Sean Penn, in January 2016, drew 20.6 million viewers,
and Lesley Stahl’s sit-down with Mr. Trump and his family, soon after he won the presidential election in November 2016, drew 20 million.
CBS’s “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday night featuring the pornographic film actress, whose real
name is Stephanie Clifford, garnered the highest ratings for the program in almost a decade.
The episode was the best performer for “60 Minutes” since the airing of Steve Kroft’s interview with Barack
and Michelle Obama after the 2008 election, which had more than 25 million viewers.
The interview segment with Ms. Clifford made for a bigger draw than the telecasts
of this year’s Grammys (19.8 million) and the Golden Globes (19 million).
The segment on Ms. Clifford, who said she had a sexual relationship with Donald J. Trump in 2006
and had been offered money to keep it quiet, took up more than half the episode.
It drew 22 million viewers, according to Nielsen, more than the much-hyped recent telecasts for the Grammys and the Golden Globes.
The CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who joined “60 Minutes” as a correspondent in 2006, conducted the interview.
The “60 Minutes” episode also had more viewers than the usual editions of NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” which averaged 18 million viewers,
and came within striking distance of ABC’s telecast last month of the Academy Awards, which had 26.5 million viewers.
The El Chapo-focused interview with Sean Penn, in January 2016, drew 20.6 million viewers,
and Lesley Stahl’s sit-down with Mr. Trump and his family, soon after he won the presidential election in November 2016, drew 20 million.
CBS’s “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday night featuring the pornographic film actress, whose real
name is Stephanie Clifford, garnered the highest ratings for the program in almost a decade.
The episode was the best performer for “60 Minutes” since the airing of Steve Kroft’s interview with Barack
and Michelle Obama after the 2008 election, which had more than 25 million viewers.
The interview segment with Ms. Clifford made for a bigger draw than the telecasts
of this year’s Grammys (19.8 million) and the Golden Globes (19 million).
The segment on Ms. Clifford, who said she had a sexual relationship with Donald J. Trump in 2006
and had been offered money to keep it quiet, took up more than half the episode.
It drew 22 million viewers, according to Nielsen, more than the much-hyped recent telecasts for the Grammys and the Golden Globes.
The CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, who joined “60 Minutes” as a correspondent in 2006, conducted the interview.