Reeling CBS Morning News suffers ratings blow after '60 Minutes' purge: report

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

June 23, 2026 7:37AM ET


The turmoil at CBS News after controversial news head Bari Weiss executed a purge at “60 Minutes” newsmagazine, which culminated with the firing of popular Scott Pelley, is having a ripple effect, with network executives expressing “alarm.”

According to media watchdog Status, the immediate aftermath of Scott Pelley's firing saw "CBS Mornings" hemorrhage viewers. The show averaged 1.59 million total viewers in the days following Pelley's termination—an 11 percent drop from the 1.8 million viewers the program was already drawing, with an even more catastrophic 28 percent collapse in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic.

While viewership partially rebounded in subsequent weeks, according to the report, the damage to the program's trajectory remains severe. The June 3 through June 14 period still finished down 6 percent in total viewers compared to the show's year-to-date average—a clear indication that Weiss's editorial overhaul has permanently alienated core audience segments.

The crisis is particularly acute because "CBS Mornings" is on pace for its worst-rated June ever, averaging just 1.7 million total viewers. For network executives, this represents a potential financial catastrophe, according to Oliver Darcy at Status.


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[Grokenstein]

1. Targeted for destruction because of its past integrity.

Turned into just another rightwank propaganda channel.

There will have to be some serious house-cleaning in media once Project 2025 is relegated to the ash heap of history.

[The Wizard]

2. Stupidity has its price. (NT)

[Initech]

13. Bari took something we loved from us, so we're returning the favor.

I'll never forgive CBS for canceling the Late Show to please the fucking asshole. Never. They are dead to me.

[NNadir]

3. I'll repeat my opinion on this point which is that..

..Weiss is not there to improve CBS, its ratings or its popularity.

She's not there to make money for the network. The ownership doesn't care about or need money. What they want is power for the oligarchy.

Weiss is there to kill CBS as a news organization, a role at which she's succeeding.

[Quanto Magnus]

12. austensibly

allowing them to keep the 'news program' label while they turn it into a FAUX clone propaganda machine.

[calimary]

16. "If it ain't broke..." call Bari Weiss!

She'll break it, BIGTIME! And it'll only take DAYS!!!

[BattleRow]

17. Barely wise.

[tonekat]

4. They committed suicide, what did they expect?

The U.S.A. keeps slitting it's own throat.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. What's the surprise?

When you remove the best of your programming, prepare to be associated with the word, "worst." It will come from all directions.

"network executives expressing “alarm.” Pshaw.

[Stuckinthebush]

6. Mission accomplished

Wasn't that the plan all along? Destroy the CBS News Department? Success by Weiss!

[Initech]

7. CBS is destroying itself for one of the absolute shittiest people in existence.

Hey CBS, he ain't worth it! Fuck you Bari Weiss!

[Ritabert]

8. We haven't watched any CBS show in months and won't in the future.

[riversedge]

9. Good.

[bmichaelh]

10. FBI

I am currently watching only one show on CBS, FBI.

But I am getting tired of it.

When you have guessed correctly who the main villain is in the first 15 minutes, time to watch another show or read a book.

[newdeal2]

11. I have no reason to watch CBS after Colbert and now 60 minutes

I'm sure they'll somehow ruin The Price is Right too.

[Auggie]

14. But nothing will change unless shareholders revolt ...

and I doubt that will happen with the Paramount+ / Discovery merger approved.

[Bengus81]

23. My Paramount+ account runs out in Sept and that will be that. I don't care if they

fire her ass,that account is history after probably 10 years or more.

[Joinfortmill]

15. I'm surprised it wasn't worse

[BattleRow]

18. Whose to say it really wasn't?

Their disinformation and depravity knows no bounds,or bottom .

[twodogsbarking]

19. The employees are nervous. It shows. If you want real news just look at what CBS does not cover.

The stories are there but nixed.Bear on the loose in Washington State. The weather sucks. Anythng but Trump failure stories.

[ananda]

20. So they're expressing alarm?

[Warpy]

21. These jerks really think they shape public opinion

the wag those loudspeakers up on posts shape it in North Korea.

Uh, wrong country and wrong culture, guys, and if you turn off your core audience, expect them all to turn you off. And if there is ever a Russia style choke hold put on the net, expect non participation there , too, as ewe find alternative and old school ways to communicate, making maximum use of sarcasm and irony, two things this bunch will just NEVER GET.

Lower ratings are just the first stage. Those will continue to drop, people either offended by the McFox content or just following the current trend of finding better content online. Broadcast news is going to have to fight to keep viewers and the likely demise of DBS might be the sad but necessary wakeup call for that.

Well, unless they chicken out again and Bari Weiss is out on her bony butt about the time the first anti discrimination lawsuits start to pour in over her very selective firings.

[Mawspam2]

22. With the Paramount WB Discovery merger now approved, the Ellisons have two competing news channels....

... Since they both bleed tons of money why not kill the more expensive one, send the people under contract to CNN and ditch the rest?

When important breaking news pops up, simulcast the CNN feed onto CBS.

Sorry people, but this is capitalism in practice. Reward them by boycotting their product.