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The following is a list of episodes for 60 Minutes, an American television news magazine broadcast on CBS. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard. The show is hosted by several correspondents; none share screen time with each other.

Season overview

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List of seasons with rank and viewership.

Series overview
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired (U.S.)Rank[a]Average viewership (in millions)
First airedLast aired
120September 24, 1968 (1968-09-24)July 22, 1969 (1969-07-22)-TBA
223September 16, 1969 (1969-09-16)September 1, 1970 (1970-09-01)-TBA
319September 15, 1970 (1970-09-15)June 8, 1971 (1971-06-08)-TBA
432September 19, 1971 (1971-09-19)June 18, 1972 (1972-06-18)-TBA
539October 1, 1972 (1972-10-01)September 7, 1973 (1973-09-07)-TBA
631January 6, 1974 (1974-01-06)September 1, 1974 (1974-09-01)-TBA
734January 5, 1975 (1975-01-05)September 7, 1975 (1975-09-07)-TBA
833December 7, 1975 (1975-12-07)September 12, 1976 (1976-09-12)-TBA
949September 16, 1976 (1976-09-16)September 4, 1977 (1977-09-04)18[b]21.9[1]
1053September 11, 1977 (1977-09-11)September 10, 1978 (1978-09-10)4[c]24.4[1]
1152September 17, 1978 (1978-09-17)September 9, 1979 (1979-09-09)625.5[1]
1252September 16, 1979 (1979-09-16)August 31, 1980 (1980-08-31) [d]128.4[1]
13TBASeptember 1, 1980 (1980-09-01)August 31, 1981 (1981-08-31)327.0
14TBASeptember 1, 1981 (1981-09-01)August 31, 1982 (1982-08-31)227.7
15TBASeptember 1, 1982 (1982-09-01)August 31, 1983 (1983-08-31)125.5
16TBASeptember 1, 1983 (1983-09-01)August 31, 1984 (1984-08-31)224.2
17TBASeptember 1, 1984 (1984-09-01)August 31, 1985 (1985-08-31)422.2
18TBASeptember 1, 1985 (1985-09-01)August 31, 1986 (1986-08-31)423.9
19TBASeptember 1, 1986 (1986-09-01)August 31, 1987 (1987-08-31)623.3
20TBASeptember 1, 1987 (1987-09-01)August 31, 1988 (1988-08-31)820.6
21TBASeptember 1, 1988 (1988-09-01)August 31, 1989 (1989-08-31)521.7
22TBASeptember 1, 1989 (1989-09-01)August 31, 1990 (1990-08-31)719.7
2352September 16, 1990 (1990-09-16)September 8, 1991 (1991-09-08)220.6
2452September 15, 1991 (1991-09-15)September 6, 1992 (1992-09-06)121.9
2552September 13, 1992 (1992-09-13)May 16, 1993 (1993-05-16)121.9
2651September 19, 1993 (1993-09-19)September 4, 1994 (1994-09-04)120.9
2752September 11, 1994 (1994-09-11)September 10, 1995 (1995-09-10)617.2
28TBASeptember 1, 1995 (1995-09-01)August 31, 1996 (1996-08-31)914.2
29TBASeptember 1, 1996 (1996-09-01)August 31, 1997 (1997-08-31)1113.3
30TBASeptember 1, 1997 (1997-09-01)August 31, 1998 (1998-08-31)819.8
31TBASeptember 1, 1998 (1998-09-01)August 31, 1999 (1999-08-31)818.7
32TBASeptember 1, 1999 (1999-09-01)August 31, 2000 (2000-08-31)1117.1
33TBASeptember 1, 2000 (2000-09-01)August 31, 2001 (2001-08-31)1715.8
34TBASeptember 1, 2001 (2001-09-01)August 31, 2002 (2002-08-31)1714.9
35TBASeptember 1, 2002 (2002-09-01)August 31, 2003 (2003-08-31)1913.4
36TBASeptember 1, 2003 (2003-09-01)August 31, 2004 (2004-08-31)1814.1
37TBASeptember 1, 2004 (2004-09-01)August 31, 2005 (2005-08-31)1913.9
38TBASeptember 1, 2005 (2005-09-01)August 31, 2006 (2006-08-31)2613.6
39TBASeptember 1, 2006 (2006-09-01)August 31, 2007 (2007-08-31)2613.2
40TBASeptember 1, 2007 (2007-09-01)August 31, 2008 (2008-08-31)2312.8
41TBASeptember 1, 2008 (2008-09-01)August 31, 2009 (2009-08-31)1314.3
42TBASeptember 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)1913.3
43TBASeptember 1, 2010 (2010-09-01)August 31, 2011 (2011-08-31)1413.4
44TBASeptember 1, 2011 (2011-09-01)August 31, 2012 (2012-08-31)1413.0
45TBASeptember 1, 2012 (2012-09-01)August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31)1512.4
46TBASeptember 1, 2013 (2013-09-01)August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31)1412.1
47TBASeptember 1, 2014 (2014-09-01)August 31, 2015 (2015-08-31)1912.4
48TBASeptember 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)August 31, 2016 (2016-08-31)1512.3
49TBASeptember 1, 2016 (2016-09-01)August 31, 2017 (2017-08-31)1212.4
50TBASeptember 1, 2017 (2017-09-01)August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)1511.6
51TBASeptember 1, 2018 (2018-09-01)August 31, 2019 (2019-08-31)1910.7
52TBASeptember 1, 2019 (2019-09-01)August 31, 2020 (2020-08-31)1510.5
53TBASeptember 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)August 31, 2021 (2021-08-31)TBATBA
54TBASeptember 1, 2021 (2021-09-01)August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)TBATBA
55TBASeptember 1, 2022 (2022-09-01)August 31, 2023 (2023-08-31)TBATBA
56TBASeptember 17, 2023 (2023-09-17)September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)TBATBA
57TBASeptember 15, 2024 (2024-09-15)TBATBATBA
  1. ^ Seasons 1 to 8 show was not in top 30.
  2. ^ Tied with Hawaii Five-O
  3. ^ Tied with Charlie's Angels and All in the Family
  4. ^ check it! season 12 only 1 episode in IMDB, Coffey is annual with no seasons

Episodes

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Season 1 (1968–69)

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60 Minutes's the first season, twenty episodes from September 1968 to April 1969.[2] The hosts where Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace.[3]

No.TitleTopic(s)Original air date
1"U.S. Presidential Candidates[5][3]"US politics, law enforcement and cultureSeptember 24, 1968 (1968-09-24)

2"Richard Nixon Interview"US defense, politics, and World sportsOctober 8, 1968 (1968-10-08)

Commentary by Art Buchwald.

3"Hubert H. Humphrey Interview[5]"US politics, defense and lifestyleOctober 22, 1968 (1968-10-22)

4"Richard Nixon campaign/Joe Namath/invasion of Czechoslovakia/Percy Foreman[5]"US politics, sports and French politicsNovember 12, 1968 (1968-11-12)

5"Jacqueline Grennan/Laurent Restaurant/Edmund Muskie[5]"US politics, religion and foodNovember 26, 1968 (1968-11-26)

Reporting by Morley Safer.

6"W. Averell Harriman/Prison Assaults/Dirty Football/Shoplifting/Adam Smith[5]"Incarceration in the United States, US politics, sports and International financeDecember 10, 1968 (1968-12-10)

7"Family of Martin Luter King, Jr./Ethel Kennedy/Jesus Christ[11]"US civil rights, education, politics and religionDecember 24, 1968 (1968-12-24)

8"Review 1968/Spiro Agnew/Smothers Brothers/Otto Skorzeny[13][14]"International events, US politics, entertainmentJanuary 7, 1969 (1969-01-07)

9"Middle East tensions/American whiskey/Enzymes[13]"World events, lifestyleJanuary 21, 1969 (1969-01-21)

10"Duke and Duchess of Windsor/Airline Hijacking/Eric Hoffer[13][15]"TBAFebruary 4, 1969 (1969-02-04)

11"Welfare/Skiing/Danny the Red/NYC Snow[13]"TBAFebruary 18, 1969 (1969-02-18)

  • The Welfare Mess: Country Style”
  • “The Billion Dollar Ski Boom” - CBS Sports commentator Heywood Hale Broun examines the surging popularity of skiing in the U.S. and on the large expense needed to finance the hobby.
  • “Daniel Cohn-Bendit” - interview conducted in Frankfurt, with 23-year-old German student activist “Danny the Red” Cohn-Bendit, who discusses the French student revolt of 1968, his personal philosophy and his candid opinions on LBJ, President Nixon, Martin Luther King and Karl Marx. Interview by Mike Wallace.
  • Report on heavy snowstorms in New York City of February 1969.
12"Fillmore/Presidential press conference/Pearl Harbor[13]"TBAMarch 4, 1969 (1969-03-04)

13"Welfare/Palm Beach/John Mitchell/Baseball[13]"TBAMarch 18, 1969 (1969-03-18)

14"H.L. Hunt/Post-war German children/Heroin addiction[13][18]"TBAApril 1, 1969 (1969-04-01)

  • "The Richest Man in the World?" - Interview with multi-billionaire H. L. Hunt, who discusses his conservative ideas on politics and women, philanthropy, and why he feels that Calvin Coolidge was the last great U.S. President (“Money Talks”)
  • "The Heroin Epidemic" Report on heroin addiction in the U.S.
  • "Black, German AND Illegitimate" - Report on fatherless German war babies
  • Reflections on the death of Dwight D. Eisenhower
15"Alice Roosevelt Longworth/Why Man Creates/Negative income tax/Nudity in Arts[13]"TBAApril 22, 1969 (1969-04-22)

16"Tora, Tora, Tora/The CLIO Awards[13][19]"TBAMay 13, 1969 (1969-05-13)

  • “Tora Tora, Tora ” - War films and controversy with Hollywood's use of armed forces men and equipment for movie productions.
  • “The Clio Awards” - Highlights from the annual awards presentation which honors the past year’s best commercials, with excerpts from nominated ads.
  • Report on American draft resisters who have found a refuge in Canada, focusing on four young men now living in Ontario; in interviews, they discuss the reasons why they left the U.S., their feelings on Vietnam and American politics, and their new way of life; also interviewed is a University of Waterloo professor who aids draft resisters and military deserters in adjusting to their new lives.
17"Africa war/Vaccine for German Measles/Fiddler on the Roof[13]"TBAJune 10, 1969 (1969-06-10)

  • Report on the war between Biafra and Nigeria, featuring a look into the causes and possible solutions to the conflict. Included are interviews with political and military leaders from both nations, among them Biafra’s Gen. Philip Effiong.
  • Report on a vaccine for German measles.
  • Films of a production of Fiddler on the Roof performed by Black and Puerto Rican young people in New York City.
18"The Death of Venice/American Detention Camps/Tito/Hair[13]"TBAJune 24, 1969 (1969-06-24)

  • “The Death of Venice” - Examination of the beautiful Italian city’s plight as it sinks into the sea.
  • “American Detention Camps” - Report on the establishment of various detention centers in the U.S. and on the associated controversy
  • Interview with Yugoslavia’s Marshal Tito, focusing on how response to youths’ cries for more freedom of expression. Interviewer by Sir Fitzroy MacLean British journalist and former British liaison officer to Tito’s World War II partisans.
  • Excerpts of Hair, the musical from a Yugoslavian production.
19"Youth Rebellion / German Gas Warface[13]"TBAJuly 8, 1969 (1969-07-08)

  • In a conversation telecast on Philadelphia’s WCAU-TV, Harry Reasoner and his son Stuart discuss the youth rebellion and generation gap; topics include the seriousness with which young people approach the world’s problems and the Establishment’s attitudes and systems concerning morality and ethics.
  • “German Gas Warfare” - Rebroadcast of 10/8 & 10/22/68: A look at U.S. efforts to develop a weapons system potentially more dangerous than our nuclear arsenal.
20"Duke and Duchess of Windsor/Money Talks/Whiskey[13]"TBAJuly 22, 1969 (1969-07-22)

Rebroadcast of three segments:

  • Interview with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (Repeat S01E11 from February 4, 1969)
  • “Money Talks” - Interview with H.L. Hunt (Repeat S01E15 from April 1, 1969)
  • “Essay on Whiskey” (Repeat S01E10 from January 21, 1969)

Season 2 (1969–70)

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60 Minutes's second season, twenty-three episodes from November 1969 to September 1970.[2]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleTopic(s)Original air date
211"Moscow After Dark/You're Getting Rich on My Land/Blacks in the construction industry/military punishment[13]"TBASeptember 16, 1969 (1969-09-16)

  • “Moscow After Dark” - Moscow’s nightlife, and Russian versions of Dixieland jazz and rock music. Reported by Hughes Rudd
  • “You're Getting Rich on My Land” - Examination of events surrounding recent multibillion-dollar oil finds in Alaska and the demand by native American Alaskans that they receive a share of the profits included is Congressional testimony on the issue by Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark and Arthur Goldberg.
  • Report on blacks in the construction industry.
  • Report on military punishment
  • “Letters to the Editor”
222"Youth pandhandlers/Vietnam veterin inguries/Students visit USSR[13]"TBASeptember 30, 1969 (1969-09-30)

  • Report on young American panhandlers
  • Report on the trauma and rehabilitation of military members who lost a limb in Vietnam
  • Films taken by Andrew A. Rooney of a trip to the USSR made by 13 students and two teachers from an all-black Atlanta high school
  • “Letters to the Editor.”
233"Brig at Camp Pendleton/Crowhurst Saga/McCarthy[13]"TBAOctober 14, 1969 (1969-10-14)

  • “The Brig at Camp Pendleton” - Visit to the California Marine base were prisoners rioted over brig conditions in 9/69; interviewed are former brig commander Maj. W.A. Vote, his replacement Maj. Robert Finned, ex-Marine guards, and prisoners.
  • “The Crowhurst Saga” - Report on a yacht commanded by Donald Crowhurst, which disappeared during an around-the-world race in 1968; the vessel was found in 7/69, minus Crowhurst but carrying his logs and audiotapes.
  • Interview with Sen. Eugene McCarthy on Vietnam.
  • “Letters to the Editor.”
244"Third China/Sheen/Eyes Have It[13]"TBAOctober 28, 1969 (1969-10-28)

  • “The Third China” - Study of the 20 million expatriate Chinese who have settled throughout Southeast Asia, the economic boons and racial tensions they have instigated, at the culture, customs, and foods of

America’s Chinatowns

255"Tensions in Northern Ireland/Avoiding the Draft/Zebra[13]"TBANovember 11, 1969 (1969-11-11)

  • Report on conflicts between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland.
  • Examination of legal methods of avoiding the draft.
  • “Zebra” - Report on a black advertising agency.
266"Agnew and the Press/Walter Cronkite Goes Home/View from White House[13][20]"TBANovember 25, 1969 (1969-11-25)

277"Black Panther Party/Oral contraceptives/Military art"TBAJanuary 6, 1970 (1970-01-06)

288"Gold mining labor conditions/Crime in Washington, D. C./business of gravestones"TBAJanuary 20, 1970 (1970-01-20)

  • Gold mining labor conditions
  • Crime in Washington, D. C.
  • business of gravestones
299"Hollywood cinematic products/Spanish bullfighting/Bernadette Devlin"TBAFebruary 3, 1970 (1970-02-03)

  • “Revolution in the Movies”
  • “The Truth About the Moment of Bullfighting”
  • Interview with Bernadette Devlin
  • “Letters to the Editor.”
3010"Cause of avalanches/Federal gun control"TBAFebruary 17, 1970 (1970-02-17)

3111"U. S. Defense spending/Record industry/Golda Meir"TBAMarch 3, 1970 (1970-03-03)

3212"Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton/Israel war tension/Auto bumpers"TBAMarch 24, 1970 (1970-03-24)

  • Interview with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who discuss their careers and lifestyles.
  • Report on the war tensions in Israel, filmed in Tel Aviv, the Suez; featured are interviews with Prime Minister Golda Meir and members of the Israeli Army’s “Red Beret” unit.
  • Report on the effectiveness of auto bumpers
3313"Emilio Pucci/Egypt war tensions/U.S. federal income tax returns"TBAMarch 31, 1970 (1970-03-31)

3414"Rosemary Brown's music/Garbage crisis/Poll on Bill of Rights"TBAApril 14, 1970 (1970-04-14)

  • “Hello Mrs. Brown, This is Franz Liszt” - Interview Mrs. Rosemary Brown, an Englishwoman who transcribed music she claims came from classic composers: Andre Previn and Virgil Thomson evaluate Mrs. Brown's work.
  • “We're Drowning in Garbage” - Report on the garbage crisis and newly developed disposable items.
  • Results of a poll on American’s attitudes and understanding of the Bill of Rights.
3515"Unemployment in the U.S./Bernie Cornfield/Interviews on Bill of Rights"TBAApril 28, 1970 (1970-04-28)

  • "Mr. Williams Needs a Job” - Report on unemployment in the U.S. with unemployed worker in Wichita, Kansas
  • “Who is Bernie Cornfield?” Investors Overseas Service
  • “Bill of Rights Interviews”
  • “Letters to the Editor”
3616TBATBAMay 12, 1970 (1970-05-12)

Interview with

3717TBATBAMay 26, 1970 (1970-05-26)

  • President Nixon’s daughter Tricia guides viewers on a tour of a section of the White House that is rarely seen: the first family’s living quarters; Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner accompany her as cameras reveal living and dining rooms, state guest rooms, the Lincoln Sitting Room and Bedroom, and the Truman Balcony, where David and Julie Eisenhower join the group.[21]
  • “Some of Our Children Are Missing” - Report on the thousands of American children who have simply vanished.
  • Debate between Frank McGee and Seymour Hersh on Vietnam and the Mỹ Lai massacre
3818TBATBAJune 9, 1970 (1970-06-09)

  • “A Cry for Help” - Examination into child abuse; interviews with members of the Battered Child Team at Colorado Medical center
  • Profile of RL. Stiles, from Meet the Master, Inc.
  • Report on the controversy surrounding the B-1 bomber
3919TBATBAJune 16, 1970 (1970-06-16)

  • “Vietnam: Coming and Going” Mike Wallace interviews soldiers
  • “American Kids in Foreign Jails”
  • The World's Greatest Jazz Band plays 1930’s-style jazz.
4020TBATBAAugust 18, 1970 (1970-08-18)

Special anthology edition featuring personalities seen in various 60 MINUTES broadcast of the past season.

  1. Atty.Gen. John Mitchell and his wife, Martha (5/12/70)
  2. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (3/24/70)
  3. Black Panther Party (1/6/70)
  4. Singer Tom Paxton (3/3/70)
  5. Interior Sec. Walter Nickel and his wife (5/12/70)
  6. Financier Bernie Cornfield (4/28/70)
  7. Child abusing mother (6/9/70)
  8. A minister who aids runaway children (5/26/70)
  9. The World’s Greatest Jazz Band (6/16/70)
  10. Pastor Krogager (5/12/70)
  11. Teenage Panhandlers (9/30/69)
  12. Soldiers flying into and out of Vietnam (6/16/70)
  13. A Catholic Irishman wounded in Belfast fighting (11/11/69)
  14. Crime in Washington, D.C. (1/20/70)
  15. Unemployed J.D. Williams and his wife (Season 2, Episode 10, 4/28/1970)
4121TBATBASeptember 1, 1970 (1970-09-01)

Repeats of several segments:

  1. Trivia Nixon’s tour of the White House (5/26/70)
  2. “Rehabilitation of U.S. Amputees” (9/30/69)
  3. “The Crowhurst Saga” (10/14/69)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Highest-rated series is based on the annual top-rated programs list compiled by Nielsen Media Research and reported in: Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (9th ed.). New York: Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4..
  2. ^ a b Coffey, Frank. "Program Log". 60 minutes : 25 years of television's finest hour. p. 242.
  3. ^ a b c d "TV: C.B.S. News Magazine Opens". New York Times. 1968-09-25.
  4. ^ "1968 - 60 Minutes reports on police in America". YouTube. CBS News. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Coffey 1993, p. 243.
  6. ^ a b "Two-Part "Germ and Gas Warfare" Study" (PDF). CBS News. 1968-10-03. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  7. ^ Staff, Overtime Staff Overtime (29 September 2011). "Germ and gas warfare, circa 1968 - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  8. ^ "First Christmas without him. Inside MLK's home in 1968". CBS News. YouTube. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  9. ^ "First Christmas without him. Inside MLK's home in 1968 - CBS News". cbsnews.com. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  10. ^ "What Christ looked like - CBS News". cbsnews.com. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  11. ^ Coffey 1993, pp. 243–244.
  12. ^ Braverman, Charles (1969). "World of '68". archive.org. Charles Braverman, Released by Pyramid Film Producers. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Coffey 1993, p. 244.
  14. ^ "60 MINUTES {"1968," SPIRO AGNEW, THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS, OTTO SKORZENY} (TV)". Paley Center. T:27393. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  15. ^ a b c 60 MINUTES {COTTAGE FOR SALE; HIJACKING; VIEWPOINT; WHY PEOPLE MURDER} (TV), Paley Center, T86:1606, retrieved 11 November 2024
  16. ^ "Hoffer (Eric) papers". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  17. ^ Gould, Jack (1967-09-20). "TV Review; Eric Hoffer Interviewed by Severeid on C.B.S." Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  18. ^ "60 MINUTES {THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD?; THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC; BLACK, GERMAN AND ILLEGITIMATE} (TV)". Paley Center. B:28104. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  19. ^ "60 MINUTES {TORA, TORA, TORA; THE CLIO AWARDS} (TV)". Paley Center. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  20. ^ "60 Minutes #829929 - CBS Special for Tuesday, Nov 25, 1969". Vanderbilt Television News Archive. 1969-11-25. 829929. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Behind-the-Scenes of Tricia Nixon's "60 Minutes" Tour". Whitehouse.org. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

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