60 Minutes Sports

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60 Minutes Sports
GenreNews television series
Created byBased on 60 Minutes , by Don Hewitt
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer CBS News
Production locations
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network Showtime
ReleaseJanuary 9, 2013 (2013-01-09) 
March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17)
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60 Minutes Sports is a news magazine that aired on Showtime from January 2013 to March 2017. It was a spin-off of 60 Minutes , a program aired by Showtime's parent network CBS, with a focus on sport-related topics, interviews with notable figures, and sports-related stories from the archives of 60 Minutes. [1] The series also featured contributions from CBS Sports personalities. [2]

CBS News chairman Jeff Fager stated that the program would "offer the same high-quality, original reporting and great storytelling our viewers have come to expect every Sunday night on CBS"; [1] the premiere episode featured a story on Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, an interview with Lionel Messi, and an update to a past story on Alex Honnold. [3] The Los Angeles Times noted that the series was likely intended as a competitor to Real Sports , a similar sports newsmagazine broadcast by HBO. [1]

In January 2017, a CBS News spokesperson confirmed to TVNewser that 60 Minutes Sports had been cancelled. [4] Its final episode aired on March 7, 2017. [5]

On May 26, 2020 as schedule filler due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS announced that it would air a six-episode compilation of 60 Minutes Sports segments on weekend afternoons from May 30 to June 14, under the title 60 Minutes Sports: Timeless Stories. [6]

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