"60 Minutes" is off to a rough start in its first full season under CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.The long-running CBS newsmagazine drew about 7.7 million viewers for its season opener, its smallest premiere audience in records dating back to at least 2000,

Weiss has overhauled 60 Minutes, replacing senior leaders and correspondents and installing Nick Bilton as executive producer. While some critics blamed the ratings drop on those changes, NFL scheduling may have also played a role. Unlike last year, CBS had to compete with another NFL game on Fox right before 60 Minutes aired.

CBS News is getting employees excited about the first full season of "60 Minutes" under Bari Weiss, months after a string of high-profile exits.

Lesley Stahl showed some of the swagger the news show had been accused of ditching.

Viewership is down from the last season premiere, but the Trump administration seemed to be pleased.

The memo comes after '60 Minutes' experienced a major staff overhaul in recent months.

The CBS newsmagazine picked up where it left off Sunday evening, months after Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton fired top journalists.

60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl refused to go easy on a major Donald Trump ally as she grilled him about the president’s “pardon economy.” Stahl, who kept her 60 Minutes chair as MAGA-curious CBS News boss Bari Weiss pushed three longtime correspondents out the door,