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

Creator:

Don Hewitt

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 23 | 28 | 35 | 41 | unknown

Release Date:

24 September 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | News

Plot:

The premiere television News magazine.

Plot Keywords:

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

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 14 wins & 24 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Dec. 27	7:00 PM	CBS
Sun. Jan. 3	7:00 PM	CBS

Cast

Mike Wallace	...	Himself - Correspondent / ... (43 episodes, 1968-2006)
Morley Safer	...	Himself - Correspondent / ... (41 episodes, 1970-2009)
Lesley Stahl	...	Herself - Correspondent / ... (39 episodes, 1991-2009)
Ed Bradley	...	Himself - Correspondent / ... (35 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

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

CBS News Productions

Trivia:

Don Hewitt envisioned this program as a TV version of Life magazine.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In Andy Rooney's segment of 30 November 2008, the location of his seat in Giants Stadium was digitally blurred at the top of his season ticket - though the blurred region shifted enough to reveal most of the information - but all for naught as the same information was left unobstructed and even pointed to by Mr. Rooney at the bottom of the ticket, as well as the ticket's bar code and accompanying number.

Movie Connections:

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

Might even be better with only Andy Rooney.

I watch "60 Minutes" every week, but it's probably better now that Mike Wallace has retired. He always seemed too self-righteous and biased (maybe even sort of creepy); Lesley Stahl wasn't much better. Morley Safer, Steve Kroft and Ed Bradley are OK, but Andy Rooney...he's truly the show's highlight (I really like that he recently called for a massive reduction in military spending).

I wish to assert that some of their most important stories aired right after September 11, 2001. An example was an interview with Iraqi politician Tariq Aziz, who affirmed that Saddam Hussein's regime would never harbor Osama bin Laden (unfortunately, the Bush administration got many people to think otherwise). Another example was a look at Kuwait ten years after the Gulf War, and how the US was no longer very popular there. But also, their interviews with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were really insightful.

All in all, "60 Minutes" is a news magazine that I recommend. Just as long as you understand their occasional biases.