60 Minutes Season 59 premiere falls 21% to 7.94 million viewers

60 Minutes opened season 59 with about 7.94 million viewers, down 21% from nearly 10.02 million for last year's opener, Nielsen data reported by Variety showed. The 13 September CBS broadcast after NFL football still ranked as that week's most-watched news and non-sports primetime programme, Variety reported. CBS News said it was proud of the premiere's journalism.