‘60 Minutes’ Season Premiere Sees Dip in Ratings

The season premiere of 60 Minutes averaged 7.94 million viewers Sunday, off from the more than 10 million who tuned in to last year’s debut. The first episode of the show’s 59th season was highly anticipated — and scrutinized — following the shakeup at the newsmagazine last…

Just under 8 million people watched Sunday’s season premiere, down 21 percent from last year. Viewership for the N.F.L. lead-in fell by about the same.