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Secret Service director interview tanks 60 Minutes ratings
What happened
AlterNet reports that a 60 Minutes episode featuring Secret Service director Sean M. Curry drew 6.061 million viewers, including 767,000 adults ages 25–54, and finished behind the CBS dramas that followed it. The reporting does not establish that Curry’s interview caused the weak audience, so the headline’s claim that it “tanked” the ratings exceeds the evidence.
The episode’s performance fit a broader reported decline. The season premiere attracted 7.9 million viewers—21% below the previous year’s debut and the program’s lowest-rated premiere since 2000—while the October 4…
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