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3.) “60 Minutes.” Kelly’s show, at the start, seemed to be trying to set itself up as a newer, slicker, younger version of CBS’ “60 Minutes.” The trouble is, the Kelly program doesn’t have the same appeal as the long-running and well-established news magazine program — and it lost the viewers’ trust right out of the gate after a leaked video showed Kelly sucking up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Then another bit of a leaked audio showed her selling Alex Jones on a lightweight profile piece before the Jones story aired — and that never happened.

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Last Sunday, Kelly’s program earned less than half the viewership “60 Minutes” did. “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly” brought in its measly 3.21 million viewers, while a new “60 Minutes” won over 7.19 million viewers.

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This isn’t the first time she’s been beaten by the program she seemed prepped by NBC to overrun. The episode that contained her interview with Alex Jones easily lost to “60 Minutes,” with the CBS program earning nearly 2 million more viewers that night. (go to page 5 to continue reading)[lz_pagination]