"60 Minutes" (1968)TV series 1968-????

Creator:

Don Hewitt

Seasons:

2 | 28 | 41 | unknown

Release Date:

24 September 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | News

Plot:

The premiere television News magazine.

Plot Keywords:

Time For Title | Magazine | Newsmagazine | Non Fiction | Number In Title

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 13 wins & 23 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 13	7:00 PM	CBS
Sun. July 20	7:00 PM	CBS

Cast

Mike Wallace	...	Himself - Correspondent / ... (37 episodes, 1968-2006)
Morley Safer	...	Himself - Correspondent / ... (36 episodes, 1970-2007)
Lesley Stahl	...	Herself - Correspondent / ... (35 episodes, 1991-2007)
Ed Bradley	...	Himself - Correspondent / ... (34 episodes, 1981-2006)

Also Known As:

TV Land Legends: The 60 Minutes Interviews (USA) (rerun title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

West 57th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

CBS News Productions

Trivia:

Stopwatches used: Minerva: starting with the third show and for several shows after Heuer: late 1968 to the late 1970s Aristo: late 1970s to present No stopwatch was in the first two shows of October 8th and 15th, 1968

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Practice: Part IV (#1.4)" (1997)

Still the Gold Standard

"60 Minutes" is definitely the originator of all the great television news magazines. Every Sunday night for several years I have either watched the show or listened to it on the local CBS radio affiliate here in Los Angeles. To me "60 Minutes" works in two different ways. The first is as an investigative program that looks hard at very controversial issues that the public should be made aware of. The show also is great at doing wonderful celebrity profiles. It really allows the general public to look at the lives of various celebrities and show what they are like once the spotlight is off. Of course, the show has its detractors who say that it has become very self important, but this will always be to me one of the most influential shows in the history of television.