President Donald Trump has celebrated high ratings for his latest “60 Minutes” interview – his first appearance on the CBS show since Paramount settled a lawsuit, brought by Trump, over edits to an episode featuring former Vice President Kamala Harris.
The interview drew 14 million viewers, according to The Hollywood Reporter which cited data from Nielsen, significantly outpacing viewership on Harris’s interview. According to the entertainment news website, Harris’s episode garnered 5.97 million viewers for the first half when the interview with Harris aired, and 5.7 million viewers for the full hour.
Trump acknowledged the high viewership on his episode, writing on Truth Social, “The 60 Minutes interview of Donald J. Trump, on CBS, Sunday night, was the highest rated 60 Minutes IN YEARS!”
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