The No. 1 show on television revealed and you may be surprised

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60 Minutes is on top again.

The CBS News program remains the #1 non-sports primetime program in total viewers and adults 18+ for the eighth consecutive week.

The broadcast delivered 10.7 million viewers, which was up 41% from the same night last year, with 10.4 million in adults 18+ and 2.5 million in adults 25-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Sunday, Nov. 6.

Sunday's broadcast featured Bill Whitaker's report on social media and political polarization in America; Anderson Cooper's story on the migrant situation in New York City; and Jon Wertheim's look at preppers.

"60 Minutes has been America's #1 news program for eight straight weeks and has finished in the top 10 every week this season," Paramount, CBS News' parent company, said in a statement.

60 Minutes was the week's #8 primetime program in viewers, #7 in adults 18+ and #9 in adults 25-54. The show's potential social impressions (252 million) were also up 52% from the prior week, Paramount noted.

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Considering all programs in prime-time television for the week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 60 Minutes was the only non-sports programming in the top 10. Here is the list, according to the Nielsen company:

1. NFL Football: Tennessee at Kansas City, NBC, 17.69 million.

2. “NFL Pregame” (Sunday), NBC, 13.81 million.

3. World Series Game 5: Houston at Philadelphia, Fox, 12.77 million.

4. World Series Game 6: Philadelphia at Houston, Fox, 12.55 million.

5. World Series Game 4: Houston at Philadelphia, Fox, 11.81 million.

6. World Series Game 3: Houston at Philadelphia, Fox, 11.16 million.

7. “Football Night in America, Part 3,” NBC, 10.678 million.

8. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.676 million.

9. NFL Football: Cincinnati at Cleveland, ESPN, 10.01 million.

10. College Football: Alabama at LSU, ESPN, 7.58 million.

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