60 Minutes season 58

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Season 58
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Original network CBS
Original releaseSeptember 28, 2025 (2025-09-28)
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60 Minutes ' 58th season began on September 28, 2025 to the present time. The line-up of correspondents was the same as season 57. The correspondents included in order of appearance: Scott Pelley, Bill Whitaker, Anderson Cooper, Sharyn Alfonsi, Jon Wertheim, Cecilia Vega and Lesley Stahl. [1] Additional reporting was provided by Margaret Brennan in episode 3 and Norah O'Donnell in episodes 5 and 6.

The sixth episode on November 2, 2025 received the highest rating for the season. The highest rated episode since Jan 10, 2021 in season 53. [2] [3]

Episodes

No. in
season
TitleTopic(s)Original release date Viewers
(millions) [4]
1"A Lonely Voice; The Mystery of the Eagle S; Dana White"US current affairs; Baltic infrastructure; sportsSeptember 28, 2025 (2025-09-28)10.025

2"Vaccine Court; The Tequila Heist; This Is Rob Reiner"healthcare; crime; entertainmentOctober 5, 2025 (2025-10-05)6.654

  • "Vaccine Court" – National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program with interviews of Renée Gentry, attorney, report by Jon Wertheim [8]
  • "The Tequila Heist" – criminal activity of stealing in 2024 products by Santo Tequila, the tequila company jointly owned by Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar with interviews of Dan Butkus, executive, and Fieri, report by Sharyn Alfonsi [9]
  • "This Is Rob Reiner" interview of Rob Reiner by Lesley Stahl [10] [11]
3"The China Hack; Booms, Busts and Bubbles; The Road to Damascus"cyber-warfare; financial markets; SyriaOctober 12, 2025 (2025-10-12)10.149

4"The Dealmakers; Erez Reuveni; Amy Sherald"Middle East; US government; artOctober 19, 2025 (2025-10-19)6.904

5"On the Brink; Dr. Attia Will See You Now; The Mentalist"Venezuela; aging; entertainmentOctober 26, 2025 (2025-10-26)11.100

6"President Trump; Guinness Book of Records"US government; entertainmentNovember 2, 2025 (2025-11-02)13.969

The show broadcast the first segment with a 28 minute edit of the presidential interview by O’Donnell from October 31, 2025 at Mar-a-Lago. [25] [26] CBS News released the video and transcript of the complete 73 minute long interview at the beginning of the live broadcast. [27]

7"The Family Farm; Collateral Damage; The Indomitable Margaret Atwood"US economy; education; entertainmentNovember 9, 2025 (2025-11-09)7.569

8"The President’s Pardon; Inside Anthropic; Chess Boxing"US government; technology; sportsNovember 16, 2025 (2025-11-16)11.025

  • "The President’s Pardon" - Presidential pardon of Changpeng Zhao, Binance founder, a company with links to World Liberty Financial with interviews of Elizabeth Oyer, lawyer, Austin Campbell, former banker and academic, and Lawrence Lessig, academic, report by Scott Pelley, produced by Maria Gavrilovic [32] [33]
  • "Inside Anthropic" - interviews of Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, Daniela Amodei, president of Anthropic, and Logan Graham and Josh Batson, researchers, on Claude AI's Constitutional AI, report by Anderson Cooper, produced by Nichole Marks [34] [35]
  • "Chess Boxing" - sport of chess boxing with interviews of Matt Thomas, coach, William Graif, Wayne Clark and James Canty III, chess players and boxers, and Peter Zhukov, promoter, report by Bill Whitaker, produced by Heather Abbott [36] [37]
  • "Last Minute" - Anderson Cooper previews a segment called "Empty Rooms" for episode 9, a photojournalism piece on victims from school shootings [38]
9"The Bus on Route 62; The Last Best Place; The Empty Rooms"Ukraine; war crime; Montana; land preservation; US gun violenceNovember 23, 2025 (2025-11-23)6.967 [39]

  • "The Bus on Route 62" - visit to Sumy, Ukraine on the impacts from April 2025 airstrike and investigations into Russian war crimes with interviews of Vitalii Dovhal, Ukrainian prosecutor, Beth Van Schaack, American diplomat, and two families of victims, report by Scott Pelley, produced by Nicole Young [40]
  • "The Last Best Place" - Montana residents' commitment to land preservation force U.S. legislation to remove provisions for sale of Federal public lands with interview of Mannix family, Montana ranchers, a conservation group, and Ryan Zinke, U.S. representative for a Montana district, report by Jon Wertheim, produced by David M. Levine [41]
  • "The Empty Rooms" photojournalism project of correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp on victims from school shootings with interviews of families of victims, report by Anderson Cooper, produced by Katie Brennan [42]
  • "Last Minute" preview of interview of Lamine Yamal for episode 10 [43]
10"Polymarket; CRISPR Kids; Lamine Yamal [44] "speculation; science; sportsNovember 30, 2025 (2025-11-30)5.94 [45]

11"MTG 2.0; Character AI; Watch Valley"US government; AI; craftDecember 7, 2025 (2025-12-07)4.24 [54]

  • "MTG 2.0" interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene by Lesley Stahl, produced by Denise Schrier Cetta [55]
  • "Character AI" - Impact of AI on young users with focus on the service character.ai, interviews with Cynthia Montoya and Wil Peralta, family of victim, Shelby Knox and Amanda Kloer, researchers, and Mitch Prinstein, director at University of North Carolina, report by Sharyn Alfonsi, produced by Ashley Velie [56]
  • "Watch Valley" - Swiss watchmaking traditions and current status with interviews of Philippe Dufour, watchmaker, Matthieu Sauret, brand director at Jaeger LeCoultre, Marc-André Deschoux, media personality, and employees at Richard Mille, report by Jon Wertheim, produced by Nathalie Sommer [57]
  • "Last Minute" preview of a future segment on comeback of Indiana Hoosiers football [58]
12"Germany Rearms; The Price of Life; Hooser Hysteria [59] "German defense; US medical; sportsDecember 14, 2025 (2025-12-14)6.967 [60]

13"The Sherpas of Everest; Presenting the Kanneh-Masons [65] "sports; musicDecember 21, 2025 (2025-12-21)5.45 [66]

The segment "Inside CECOT" with a look inside Terrorism Confinement Center, a prison in El Salvador was postponed. The report was by Sharyn Alfonsi and produced by Oriana Zill de Granados. [70] [71] [72] [73]

14"Maduro; Here Come the Humanoids; Alysa Liu [74] "Venezuela; US foreign relations; industrialization; artificial intelligence; sportJanuary 4, 2026 (2026-01-04)5.01 [75]

The segment on Boom Chicago was postponed due to the addition of the first segment on Maduro. [79]

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