’60 Minutes’ Scores Best Ratings Since Jan 6 Riot Thanks to New Trump Interview

Sean James Nov 4th, 2025, 5:07 pm

enjoyed its highest-rated show in more than four years on Sunday, thanks to its new interview with President Donald Trump .

The episode pulled in 13.2 million viewers, according to , the first outlet to report the bombshell numbers on Tuesday, based on an early look at Nielsen data.

And perhaps a bit ironically, that was the most viewers scored since its Jan. 10, 2021 episode, which came just a few days after the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot. That episode, which included interviews with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger , had 14.9 million viewers. Notably, final Nielsen numbers usually tick up a slight bit from early Niels

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