I was amazed to read this blunt statement in a story about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and  the venerable CBS program 60-Minutes:

"(Mike) Wallace died a few months ago and “60 Minutes” has been pretty much supplanted by the more ideologically-driven cable news and talk shows."
                                          Carl Golden


     Forgive me for asking, Mr. Golden. WTF? 60 Minutes supplanted by who?

Network top 20
Rank	Show name	Network	Viewers in millions	Season-to-date average (in millions)
1.	America's Got Talent (Mon.)	NBC	10.4	11.5
2.	America's Got Talent (Tue.)	NBC	9.3	11.8
3.	Big Bang Theory (8:30 p.m.)	CBS	9.1	--
4.	Big Bang Theory	CBS	8.3	14.6
5.	NCIS	CBS	8.2	18.0
6.	4th July Fireworks	NBC	8.1	--
*	Person of Interest	CBS	8.1	13.2
8.	60 Minutes	CBS	7.5	12.2
*	The Bachelorette	ABC	7.5	7.9
10.	Olympic Trials: Swimming	NBC	7.4	7.1

   And that was for the week of July 2nd...a holiday week when 60 Minutes ran repeats.

   And the highest rated cable news show that week? Here are the ratings for the shows for the entire DAY Sunday July 8th:

Sunday
	P2+ (000s)	25-54 (000s)	35-64 (000s)
Total Day
FNC	745	174	320
CNN	315	91	137
MSNBC	333	149	174
CNBC	43	18	27
FBN	27	6	11
HLN	322	116	194

(Note: The P2+ is total persons, all ages. The other columns break down viewers by ages.)

     Mr. Golden might want to reconsider his statement that 60 Minutes has been supplanted by anyone.


[Disclosure: I work for a CBS TV affiliate.]