List of 60 Minutes episodes

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

List of seasons with rank and viewership.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released (U.S.)		Rank [a]	Average viewership (in millions)
			First released	Last released
1	20		September 24, 1968 (1968-09-24)	July 22, 1969 (1969-07-22)	-	TBA
2	23		September 16, 1969 (1969-09-16)	September 1, 1970 (1970-09-01)	-	TBA
3	19		September 15, 1970 (1970-09-15)	June 8, 1971 (1971-06-08)	-	TBA
4	32		September 19, 1971 (1971-09-19)	June 18, 1972 (1972-06-18)	-	TBA
5	39		October 1, 1972 (1972-10-01)	September 7, 1973 (1973-09-07)	-	TBA
6	31		January 6, 1974 (1974-01-06)	September 1, 1974 (1974-09-01)	-	TBA
7	34		January 5, 1975 (1975-01-05)	September 7, 1975 (1975-09-07)	-	TBA
8	33		December 7, 1975 (1975-12-07)	September 12, 1976 (1976-09-12)	-	TBA
9	49		September 16, 1976 (1976-09-16)	September 4, 1977 (1977-09-04)	18 [b]	21.9 [1]
10	53		September 11, 1977 (1977-09-11)	September 10, 1978 (1978-09-10)	4 [c]	24.4 [1]
11	52		September 17, 1978 (1978-09-17)	September 9, 1979 (1979-09-09)	6	25.5 [1]
12	52		September 16, 1979 (1979-09-16)	August 31, 1980 (1980-08-31) [d]	1	28.4 [1]
13	TBA		September 1, 1980 (1980-09-01)	August 31, 1981 (1981-08-31)	3	27.0
14	TBA		September 1, 1981 (1981-09-01)	August 31, 1982 (1982-08-31)	2	27.7
15	TBA		September 1, 1982 (1982-09-01)	August 31, 1983 (1983-08-31)	1	25.5
16	TBA		September 1, 1983 (1983-09-01)	August 31, 1984 (1984-08-31)	2	24.2
17	TBA		September 1, 1984 (1984-09-01)	August 31, 1985 (1985-08-31)	4	22.2
18	TBA		September 1, 1985 (1985-09-01)	August 31, 1986 (1986-08-31)	4	23.9
19	TBA		September 1, 1986 (1986-09-01)	August 31, 1987 (1987-08-31)	6	23.3
20	TBA		September 1, 1987 (1987-09-01)	August 31, 1988 (1988-08-31)	8	20.6
21	TBA		September 1, 1988 (1988-09-01)	August 31, 1989 (1989-08-31)	5	21.7
22	TBA		September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01)	August 31, 1990 (1990-08-31)	7	19.7
23	52		September 16, 1990 (1990-09-16)	September 8, 1991 (1991-09-08)	2	20.6
24	52		September 15, 1991 (1991-09-15)	September 6, 1992 (1992-09-06)	1	21.9
25	52		September 13, 1992 (1992-09-13)	May 16, 1993 (1993-05-16)	1	21.9
26	51		September 19, 1993 (1993-09-19)	September 4, 1994 (1994-09-04)	1	20.9
27	52		September 11, 1994 (1994-09-11)	September 10, 1995 (1995-09-10)	6	17.2
28	TBA		September 1, 1995 (1995-09-01)	August 31, 1996 (1996-08-31)	9	14.2
29	TBA		September 1, 1996 (1996-09-01)	August 31, 1997 (1997-08-31)	11	13.3
30	TBA		September 1, 1997 (1997-09-01)	August 31, 1998 (1998-08-31)	8	19.8
31	TBA		September 1, 1998 (1998-09-01)	August 31, 1999 (1999-08-31)	8	18.7
32	TBA		September 1, 1999 (1999-09-01)	August 31, 2000 (2000-08-31)	11	17.1
33	TBA		September 1, 2000 (2000-09-01)	August 31, 2001 (2001-08-31)	17	15.8
34	TBA		September 1, 2001 (2001-09-01)	August 31, 2002 (2002-08-31)	17	14.9
35	TBA		September 1, 2002 (2002-09-01)	August 31, 2003 (2003-08-31)	19	13.4
36	TBA		September 1, 2003 (2003-09-01)	August 31, 2004 (2004-08-31)	18	14.1
37	TBA		September 1, 2004 (2004-09-01)	August 31, 2005 (2005-08-31)	19	13.9
38	TBA		September 1, 2005 (2005-09-01)	August 31, 2006 (2006-08-31)	26	13.6
39	TBA		September 1, 2006 (2006-09-01)	August 31, 2007 (2007-08-31)	26	13.2
40	TBA		September 1, 2007 (2007-09-01)	August 31, 2008 (2008-08-31)	23	12.8
41	TBA		September 1, 2008 (2008-09-01)	August 31, 2009 (2009-08-31)	13	14.3
42	TBA		September 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)	August 31, 2010 (2010-08-31)	19	13.3
43	TBA		September 1, 2010 (2010-09-01)	August 31, 2011 (2011-08-31)	14	13.4
44	TBA		September 1, 2011 (2011-09-01)	August 31, 2012 (2012-08-31)	14	13.0
45	TBA		September 1, 2012 (2012-09-01)	August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31)	15	12.4
46	TBA		September 1, 2013 (2013-09-01)	August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31)	14	12.1
47	TBA		September 1, 2014 (2014-09-01)	August 31, 2015 (2015-08-31)	19	12.4
48	TBA		September 1, 2015 (2015-09-01)	August 31, 2016 (2016-08-31)	15	12.3
49	TBA		September 1, 2016 (2016-09-01)	August 31, 2017 (2017-08-31)	12	12.4
50	TBA		September 1, 2017 (2017-09-01)	August 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)	15	11.6
51	TBA		September 1, 2018 (2018-09-01)	August 31, 2019 (2019-08-31)	19	10.7
52	TBA		September 1, 2019 (2019-09-01)	August 31, 2020 (2020-08-31)	15	10.5
53	TBA		September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)	August 31, 2021 (2021-08-31)	TBA	TBA
54	TBA		September 1, 2021 (2021-09-01)	August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)	TBA	TBA
55	TBA		September 1, 2022 (2022-09-01)	August 31, 2023 (2023-08-31)	TBA	TBA
56	TBA		September 17, 2023 (2023-09-17)	September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)	TBA	TBA
57	TBA		September 15, 2024 (2024-09-15)	TBA	TBA	TBA

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

Season 1 (1968–69)

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.	Title	Topic(s)	Original release date
1	"U.S. Presidential Candidates [4] [3] "	US politics, law enforcement and culture	September 24, 1968 (1968-09-24)
Behind-the-scenes look at presidential candidate Richard Nixon and his family in their Miami suite during the summer nomination convention for the GOP party. Hubert Humphrey and his family watching the 1968 Democratic National Convention [3] Viewpoints introduce regular feature with guest opinion columnists. Interviews of three European public intellectuals about the elections included: Malcolm Muggeridge, Peter von Zahn and Luigi Barzini Jr. [3] "Cops" relationship between Americans and law enforcement officials with an interview of U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. [5] Why Man Creates short film by Saul Bass (Excerpts)
2	"Richard Nixon Interview"	US defense, politics, and World sports	October 8, 1968 (1968-10-08)
Examined U.S. Defense research into germ and gas warfare. (First of two parts) [4] [6] [7] "Red, White and Maddoix" - profile of Lester Maddox, Georgia governor Profile of Graham Hill, Formula One driver Interview with Richard Nixon the Republican Party candidate for president. Commentary by Art Buchwald.
3	"Hubert H. Humphrey Interview [4] "	US politics, defense and lifestyle	October 22, 1968 (1968-10-22)
Interview with Democratic Presidential Candidate and current Vice President Hubert Humphrey during the summer nomination convention for Democratic party Interview George Wallace, Independent Presidential Candidate Second part of an investigative story on U.S. germ and gas warfare research [6] Marriage of Jacueline Kennedy to Aristotle Onassis
4	"Richard Nixon campaign/Joe Namath/invasion of Czechoslovakia/Percy Foreman [4] "	US politics, sports and French politics	November 12, 1968 (1968-11-12)
Review previous week's election of Richard Nixon for President. Video footage of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia filmed during Prague Spring with Kamil Winter, Czech journalist Report on French President Charles de Gaulle with commentary by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber Profile of NFL football star Joe Namath quarterback of the New York Jets. Commentary by Dick Schaap. Profile of Percy Foreman, defense attorney in Texas.
5	"Jacqueline Grennan/Laurent Restaurant/Edmund Muskie [4] "	US politics, religion and food	November 26, 1968 (1968-11-26)
Interviews re-elected Senator Edmund Muskie. Interview Jacqueline Grennan, former nun and president of Webster College. Grennan left the Roman Catholic Church challenging its stance on birth control. Visit famous Laurent restaurant in New York City with Craig Claiborne, food critic for New York Times. Reporting by Morley Safer.
6	"W. Averell Harriman/Prison Assaults/Dirty Football/Shoplifting/Adam Smith [4] "	Incarceration in the United States, US politics, sports and International finance	December 10, 1968 (1968-12-10)
Interview with W. Averell Harriman, former Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Soviet Union, reported by Charles Collingwood Report on homosexual assaults in American prisons with Philadelphia District Attorney Arlen Spector, who discusses the results of an investigation into the problem. “Dirty Football” - cheating in the National Football League “Shoplifting” “The international Money Game"
7	"Family of Martin Luter King, Jr./Ethel Kennedy/Jesus Christ [8] "	US civil rights, education, politics and religion	December 24, 1968 (1968-12-24)
Interviews of Coretta Scott King, Bernice King, Dexter King, Yolanda King, family of the late activist Martin Luther King, Jr. during Christmas in Atlanta, Georgia [9] [10] Report on illiteracy in the U.S. Interview with Ethel Kennedy the widow of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Essay by Andy Rooney on "What Jesus Christ looked like?" [11]
8	"Review 1968/Spiro Agnew/Smothers Brothers/Otto Skorzeny [12] [13] [14] "	International events, US politics, entertainment	January 7, 1969 (1969-01-07)
“The World of '68” - film montage directed by Chuck Braverman Stills and films offer a review of the news events of the past year. [15] Interview with Vice President-elect Spiro Agnew by Mike Wallace Profile of the Smothers Brothers comedy duo, interview by Harry Reasoner including films taken while their The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was produced. Review of comics Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. "The Most Dangerous Man in Europe" - Former Nazi SS colonel Otto Skorzeny relates how he headed the team that spirited Mussolini out of Italy to Germany in September 1943. Interviewed by Robert Trout.
9	"Middle East tensions/American whiskey/Enzymes [12] "	World events, lifestyle	January 21, 1969 (1969-01-21)
Report on Middle East tensions between Israel and regional Arab neighbors, filmed in Israel and Lebanon. “Essay on Whiskey” - how whiskey is made and consumed in America “Enzymes”
10	"Duke and Duchess of Windsor/Airline Hijacking/Eric Hoffer [12] [16] "	TBA	February 4, 1969 (1969-02-04)
"Cottage for Sale" - Interview with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor with a tour of their country home outside Paris which is for sale. "Hijacking" - Report on the current wave of airline hijackings with interview of Assistant Attorney General Will R. Wilson, John Fitzgerald, coordinator of Cuban affairs Division of State Department and Oscar Bakke, associate administrator for aviation safety for the FAA. [16] [17] [18] "Viewpoint" Reactions to the CBS News Special “The Savage Heart: A Conversation with Eric Hoffer” from Jan. 28, 1969. [19] [20] Opinions by Grover Cleveland Hall, Marya Mannes, William F. Buckley, Jr., and Roy Innis [16] ""Why People Murder" - Houston Police Department homicide division on murder statistics and causes of murders Andy Rooney comments on female fashion designs and the mini-skirt.
11	"Welfare/Skiing/Danny the Red/NYC Snow [12] "	TBA	February 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 [12] "	TBA	March 4, 1969 (1969-03-04)
"Carnegie Hall for the Hip” - Report on The Fillmore rock auditorium in San Fransciso. “An Essay on Ugly.” Analysis of President Nixon’s recent news conference. Report on a group of Japanese who toured Pearl Harbor.
13	"Welfare/Palm Beach/John Mitchell/Baseball [12] "	TBA	March 18, 1969 (1969-03-18)
“Welfare in the City.” “Palm Beach with Charlotte Curtis.” Profile of Atty. Gen John Mitchell. Report on an old-timers’ baseball game
14	"H.L. Hunt/Post-war German children/Heroin addiction [12] [21] [22] "	TBA	April 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 [12] "	TBA	April 22, 1969 (1969-04-22)
Interview with Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt. “ Why Man Creates ” - Saul Bass’s animated film on the development of human creativity. “Negative Income Tax” “Nudity in the Arts”
16	"Tora, Tora, Tora/The CLIO Awards [12] [23] [24] "	TBA	May 13, 1969 (1969-05-13)
“Tora Tora, Tora ” - the war film Tora! Tora! Tora! sparks controversy with Hollywood's use of armed forces men and equipment for movie productions including the Navy ship USS Yorktown and nine other ships during the Vietnam War. The Navy request was initially denied by Phil G. Goulding, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs [24] “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 [12] "	TBA	June 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 [12] [25] "	TBA	June 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 at Atelje 212 in Belgrade. [26] [27]
19	"Youth Rebellion / German Gas Warface [12] "	TBA	July 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 [12] "	TBA	July 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)

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

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Topic(s)	Original release date
21	1	"Moscow After Dark/You're Getting Rich on My Land/Blacks in the construction industry/military punishment [12] "	TBA	September 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 United States Attorney General Ramsey Clark and Arthur Goldberg. Report on blacks in the construction industry. Report on military punishment “Letters to the Editor”
22	2	"Youth pandhandlers/Vietnam veterin inguries/Students visit USSR [12] "	TBA	September 30, 1969 (1969-09-30)
Report on young American panhandlers “Rehabilitation of U.S. Amputees” - 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 [28] “Letters to the Editor.”
23	3	"Brig at Camp Pendleton/Crowhurst Saga/McCarthy [12] [29] "	TBA	October 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.”
24	4	"Third China/Sheen/Eyes Have It [12] [30] "	TBA	October 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, America’s Chinatowns examined to learn more about their culture, customs, and foods. Interview with Fulton J. Sheen, a religious leader and TV personality, who resigned as Bishop of Rochester, N.Y. “The Eyes Have It” - Humorous study of eye care and study one staff member getting different prescriptions
25	5	"Tensions in Northern Ireland/Avoiding the Draft/Zebra [12] "	TBA	November 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.
26	6	"Agnew and the Press/Walter Cronkite Goes Home/View from White House [12] [31] [32] "	TBA	November 25, 1969 (1969-11-25)
“Agnew and the Press” - relationship between Spiro Agnew and the press “Walter Cronkite Goes Home to Answer” - Cronkite answers citizens’ questions at a luncheon in St. Joseph, Missouri. Viewpoint Three journalists comment on Agnew and the press with David Brinkley, Howard K. Smith and Eric Sevareid “Letters” - From citizens to CBS written at Agnew's suggestion. “The View from the White House” - Reasoner and Wallace talk to White House communications director Herbert G. Klein and Newsday publisher Bill Moyers.
28	8	"Sex Education/Pro Football Betting/Haynesworth [12] [33] "	TBA	December 9, 1969 (1969-12-09)
Report on sex education in public schools, focusing on Renton, Washington, a town embroiled in controversy over a pilot program impacts school board elections "Betting on the Pros" - report on pro football efforts to maintain integrity with interview of Jack Danahy, NFL security director. Danahy shown training team members for the Atlanta Falcons on how to avoid organized crime Profile of Judge Clement F. Haynesworth
29	9	"Suicide/Mott/Russian Christians [12] [34] "	TBA	December 16, 1969 (1969-12-16)
Report on suicide and suicide prevention featuring interviews with officials at suicide prevention centers in Berkeley, California, Harlem, and Cornell University. “The Mod Millionaire” - Profile of wealthy, young Stewart Mott, focusing on his support of liberal causes. A look at Russia’s dwindling Christian community which is dying out with the passing of the country’s elderly.
30	10	"Black Panther Party/Oral contraceptives/Military art [35] "	TBA	January 6, 1970 (1970-01-06)
"Black Panther Party" - report on status of the Black Panther Party with interviews with national chief of staff David Hilliard, Oakland Police official Charles Gain, and Panther attorney Charles Garry “How Safe Is the Pill?” discussion on oral contraceptive pill "Military art" - artwork created by U.S. Marines who served in Vietnam
31	12	"Gold mining labor conditions/Crime in Washington, D. C./business of gravestones [35] "	TBA	January 20, 1970 (1970-01-20)
Gold mining labor conditions Crime in Washington, D.C. business of gravestones
32	13	"Hollywood cinematic products/Spanish bullfighting/Bernadette Devlin [35] [36] "	TBA	February 3, 1970 (1970-02-03)
“Revolution in the Movies” young audiences and young film makers including mention of "Easy Rider" “The Truth About the Moment of Bullfighting” bullfighting reported by Cleveland Amory Interview with Bernadette Devlin “Letters to the Editor.”
33	14	"Cause of avalanches/Federal gun control [35] "	TBA	February 17, 1970 (1970-02-17)
"Sex Appeals” causes of avalanches Federal Gun Control Film - Gun Control Act of 1968 “Letters to the Editor”
34	15	"U. S. Defense spending/Record industry/Golda Meir [35] "	TBA	March 3, 1970 (1970-03-03)
“The Four Billion Dollar Torpedo” - interviews with Sens. William Proxmire and John Stennis and former Pentagon cost analyst A. Ernest Fitzgerald. “The Record Business" interview with Tom Paxton, American folksinger Interview with Golda Meir "Letters to the Editor”
35	16	"Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton/Israel war tension/Auto bumpers [35] [37] "	TBA	March 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
36	17	"Emilio Pucci/Egypt war tensions/U.S. federal income tax returns [35] [38] "	TBA	March 31, 1970 (1970-03-31)
Interview with Italian fashion designer Emilio Pucci, filmed at the Pucci Palace in Florence Report on the war tensions in Egypt Report on federal income tax returns “Letters to the Editor”
37	18	"Rosemary Brown's music/Garbage crisis/Poll on Bill of Rights [35] "	TBA	April 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, conductor for London Symphony Orchestra and Virgil Thomson, music critic, evaluate Mrs. Brown's work. [39] “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.
38	19	"Unemployment in the U.S./Bernie Cornfield/Interviews on Bill of Rights [35] "	TBA	April 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”
39	20	"Mitchell/Nickel/Krogager [35] "	TBA	May 12, 1970 (1970-05-12)
Interview with Attorney General John N. Mitchell and his wife, Martha Mitchell Interior Secretary Walter Nickel and his wife, Ermalee Hickel Pastor Krogager
40	21	"White House Tour/Missing Children/Vietname Debate [35] "	TBA	May 26, 1970 (1970-05-26)
Tricia Nixon, President Nixon’s daughter, 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. [40] [41] “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
41	22	"Cry for Help/Stiles/B-1 Bomber [35] [42] "	TBA	June 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 R. L. Stiles, radio evangelist from Meet the Master, Inc. Report on the controversy surrounding the B-1 bomber
42	23	"Vietname/Americans in Foreign Jails/Greatest Jazz Band [35] "	TBA	June 16, 1970 (1970-06-16)
“Vietnam: Coming and Going” Mike Wallace interviews soldiers “American Kids in Foreign Jails” - Americans in Spain and Morocco in jail for drug use, interview with U. S. Ambassador to Spain Robert C. Hill [43] The World's Greatest Jazz Band plays 1930’s-style jazz.
43	24	" [35] "	TBA	August 18, 1970 (1970-08-18)
Special anthology edition featuring personalities seen in various 60 MINUTES broadcast of the past season. Atty.Gen. John Mitchell and his wife, Martha (5/12/70) Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (3/24/70) Black Panther Party (1/6/70) Singer Tom Paxton (3/3/70) Interior Sec. Walter Nickel and his wife (5/12/70) Financier Bernie Cornfield (4/28/70) Child abusing mother (6/9/70) A minister who aids runaway children (5/26/70) The World’s Greatest Jazz Band (6/16/70) Pastor Krogager (5/12/70) Teenage Panhandlers (9/30/69) Soldiers flying into and out of Vietnam (6/16/70) A Catholic Irishman wounded in Belfast fighting (11/11/69) Crime in Washington, D.C. (1/20/70) Unemployed J.D. Williams and his wife (Season 2, Episode 10, 4/28/1970)
44	25	"Nixon White House Tour/Military Amputees/Crowhurst [35] "	TBA	September 1, 1970 (1970-09-01)
Repeats of several segments: Tricia Nixon’s tour of the White House (5/26/70) “Rehabilitation of U.S. Amputees” (9/30/69) “The Crowhurst Saga” (10/14/69)

Season 3 (1970–71)

60 Minutes's third season, eighteen episodes, from September 15, 1970 to June 8, 1971.

Host Harry Reasoner left the show in December 1970 to co-anchor the ABC Evening News . ^[44] On the December 8, 1970 show, Morley Safer replaced Reasoner. ^{[45] [46]}

No. in season	Title	Topic(s)	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	"When Porgy Came Home,If Cable TV Comes to Your House,Kurt Vonnegut [35] "	TBA	September 15, 1970 (1970-09-15)	N/A
"When Porgy Came Home " Porgy and Bess in Charleston, North Carolina with scenes from production overlaid with current scenes from the streets featured in the song "Catfish Row" "If Cable TV Comes to Your House" - interviews with Fred W. Friendly and FCC Chair Dean Burch on prospects for cable TV Profile of Kurt Vonnegut, writer
2	"Police,William F. Buckley,Fidel Castro [35] "	TBA	September 29, 1970 (1970-09-29)	N/A
"Police" training police officienrs in New Haven, Connecticut on how to handle verbal abuse "Profile of William F. Buckley" "Cuba" Films of Fidel Castro speech
3	"Henry Kissinger,Will Rogers,Medgar Evers [35] "	TBA	October 13, 1970 (1970-10-13)	N/A
"Profile of Dr. Henry Kissinger including shots from the Western White House, Nixon's private residence in California and a Presidential visit to Mexico [47] "Will Rogers' USA" play on Will Rogers portrayed by James Whitmore Profile of Medgar Evers, civil rights activist who was assassinated in 1963 with recent developments in his case
4	"Leila Khaled,Nuclear China,Detroit small cars [35] "	TBA	October 27, 1970 (1970-10-27)	N/A
Interview with Leila Khaled [48] [49] "Nuclear China" development in the of nuclear power and weapons in China "Detroit small cars" - report on American automakers shifting to smaller cars
5	"Charles de Gaulle,Marijuana Farming [35] "	TBA	November 10, 1970 (1970-11-10)	N/A
"Charles de Gaulle" story from two years ago being repeated upon French President's death (Repeat from Nov 12, 1968 ) [50] "Marijuana Farming" report on marijuana farms in Kansas
6	"Walter Nickel,Cannery Row,George McGovern,Aaron Copland at 70 [35] "	TBA	November 24, 1970 (1970-11-24)	N/A
"Interview with Walter J. Nickel", the United States Secretary of the Interior "Cannery Row" Interview with George McGovern, Senator for South Dakota "Aaron Copland at 70" profile of American composer with private party thrown by Leonard Bernstein for 200 friends with a piano duet by host and guest of honor [51] Commentaries by James J. Kilpatrick and Bill Moyers
7	"Training Sky Marshals,Pierre Trudeau,Denisovich [35] "	TBA	December 8, 1970 (1970-12-08)	N/A
"Training Sky Marshals" - report on training for U. S. Sky Marshals, a counter terrorism group to prevent airline hijackings Interview with Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", film based on novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
8	"Unsafe Toys,Faces of Jerusalem,Renaissance [35] "	TBA	December 22, 1970 (1970-12-22)	N/A
"Unsafe Toys" report on toy safety and a study of 2,000 dangerous toys [52] "Faces of Jerusalem" "Renaissance" drug rehabilitation center in Westport, Connecticut Commentaries by James J. Kilpatrick and Tom Wicker
9	"Jews in Iron Curtain,Housing,Fellini [35] [53] "	TBA	January 5, 1971 (1971-01-05)	N/A
"Jews in Iron Curtain" treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union and Bucharest, Romania [54] [55] “A National Scandal” report on problems with mortgage loans administered by Federal Housing Administration with comments by Wright Patman, U. S. Representative from Texas "Fellini on Fellini" interview of Federico Fellini, film director while making his film The Clowns [53]
10	"Underground Press,Carmelite Nuns,Helen Leavitt [56] [57] "	TBA	January 19, 1971 (1971-01-19)	N/A
"Notes from the Underground" - underground press with Nicholas von Hoffman's critique of story "Carmelite Nuns " Carmelite Nuns of Santa Clara, California [58] "Helen Leavitt" Washington, D.C. activist and author of Superhighway-Superhoax, champions use of public funds for mass transportation instead of highways to counteract the Highway lobby
11	"Italian State Dinner,Ron Lyle [59] "	TBA	February 2, 1971 (1971-02-02)	N/A
"Italian State Dinner" President Nixon hosts Prime Minister Emilio Colombo at state dinner for Italy at the White House "Ron Lyle" American boxer
12	"Crum,Gulf of Tonkin,Emmy Award [59] [60] "	TBA	March 16, 1971 (1971-03-16)	N/A
"How to succeed in the PX business without really trying" - Interview with William J. Crum on PX scandal [61] "Gulf of Tonkin" Coverage Gulf of Tonkin incident from 1964 which led to the escalation of the Vietnam war "Emmy Award"
13	"Thievery on the Waterfront,Tobacco Industry,Australian Women [59] [62] [63] "	TBA	March 30, 1971 (1971-03-30)	N/A
"Thievery on the Waterfront" - organized crime at New York City area seaports and airports [64] [65] "Tobacco industry" Government subsides to the tobacco industry counter government programs to prevent tobacco use "Australian Women"
14	"George Scott,My Lay,Run Run Shaw [59] "	TBA	April 13, 1971 (1971-04-13)	N/A
Interview with George Scott where the actor explains to Morley Safer why he plans to refuse the Academy Award for "Patton" if he may win [66] [67] "My Lay Revisited" Morley Safer visits the village where a massacre by American soldiers took place on March 1968 [68] "Run Run Shaw" Hong Kong filmmaker and business person
15	"Chiang Kai-shek,Heart Health,Ping-Pong Diplomacy [59] "	TBA	April 27, 1971 (1971-04-27)	N/A
Profile of Chiang Kai-shek "Can You Avoid a Heart Attack?" look into heart Health [69] "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" report on table tennis improving relationships between People's Republic of China and the United States
16	"LBJ Library, Swiss Banks, Mark-48 Torpedo [59] "	TBA	May 11, 1971 (1971-05-11)	N/A
"LBJ Library" description of newly opened presidential library for Lyndon B. Johnson "Swiss Banks" report on Banking in Switzerland "Mark-48 Torpedo" update
17	"John Kerry,Middle East Oil Tankers,Eugene McCarthy [59] "	TBA	May 25, 1971 (1971-05-25)	N/A
Interview with John Kerry "Tankers and Tycoons" - Middle East Oil Tankers covering Petroleum_transport with oil tankers in the area of Suez Canal "Profile of Eugene McCarthy"
18	"Immigration to Canada,People We Met [59] "	TBA	June 8, 1971 (1971-06-08)	N/A
"Immigration to Canada" "People We Met" Review of personal interviews from the current and previous seasons including Henry Kissinger (October 13,1970) Walter Nickel (November 24,1970) James Whitmore (October 13, 1971) Abraham Ribicoff, Jack Bybee, William Crum (March 16, 1971) people on the waterfront (March 30, 1971) Fedrico Fellini (January 5, 1971) Sister Teresa (January 19, 1971) Hughes Rudd (September 15, 1970) Mrs. Lucy Winchester (March 2, 1971) Tricia Nixon (May 26, 1970)

See also

• Betty Ford's August 1975 60 Minutes interview
• Brown & Williamson#60 Minutes
• Battle of Tora Bora#Delta Force commander's account

Notes

1. 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. Coffey 1993, p. 242.
3. "TV: C.B.S. News Magazine Opens". New York Times. September 25, 1968.
4. Coffey 1993, p. 243.
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8. Coffey 1993, pp. 243–244.
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11. "What Christ looked like - CBS News". cbsnews.com. December 21, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
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25. "TV Time Previews". Intelligencer Journal . June 24, 1969. p. 10.
26. "Tribe of "Hair": 50th Anniversary in Belgrade". SBS Language. May 23, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2024. A production in Belgrade, (former) Yugoslavia was the only one behind the Iron Curtain.
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29. "'60 Minutes' One of the Best Bets". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. October 14, 1969. p. 4.
30. Doussard, James (October 28, 1969). "Reasoner Loks at 'The Third China'". The Courier-Journal. p. 20.
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33. "Charlotte TV Highlights". The Charlotte Observer . December 9, 1969. p. 15.
34. "TV Key Previews". The Sacramento Bee. December 16, 1969. p. 34.
35. Coffey 1993, p. 245.
36. Lowry, Cynthia (February 5, 1970). "Grim Choice for Viewer Seeking Actuality Reporting". Fort Lauderdale News . p. 59.
37. "Gray Matter: Netsilik Eskimos Fight For Life". The Atlanta Journal. March 24, 1970. p. 12.
38. "Gray Matter: Video Examines The Income Tax". The Atlanta Journal. March 31, 1970. p. 24.
39. "English Mystic Appears on '60 Minutes'". Ledger-Enquirer . April 11, 1970. p. 36.
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42. "Grey Matter: Why Do Parents Beat Children?". The Atlanta Journal. June 9, 1970. p. 55.
43. "On '60 Minutes': American Drug Use Is Risky Overseas". The Macon News . June 16, 1970. p. 11.
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46. Irwin, Joan (December 5, 1970). "Reasoner Makes a Move". The Montreal Star. p. 136.
47. "Dr. Henry Kissinger Guests on 60 Minutes". The Columbus Ledger. October 10, 1970. p. 34.
48. Incorrectly transcribed as Lila Whaled in the book Coffey (1993)
49. Reporter: Harry Reasoner on CBS News broadcast reports on Khaled. "Jordan / Fighting / Khaled". tvnews.vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt Television News Archive. October 27, 1970. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
50. "CBS's "60 Minutes" Looking for Harry Reasoner Replacement". Statesman Journal. November 13, 1970. p. 37.
51. "Best Bets on TV". The Record. November 24, 1970. p. 12.
52. Smith, Cecil (December 7, 1970). "Reasoner to Make His Bow on ABC". The Los Angeles Times. p. 97.
53. Lowry, Cynthia (January 6, 1971). "Monthly Feature Shows on TV Prestiage Items". Corpus Christi Times . p. 28.
54. "Today's TV Tips". The Waco Times-Herald. January 5, 1971. p. 3. Rare first-hand look at Jews behind iron Curtain at time when treatment of Jews in Soviet Union has prompted international outcry.
55. ""Jews Behind the Iron Curtain" (Bucharest, Romania), January 5, 1971 (File) Box 1". Mike Wallace CBS 60 Minutes papers, 1922-2007. Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 03171 Aa 2; UAm.
56. Coffey 1993, pp. 245–246.
57. "Today's TV Previews". The Star-Ledger. January 19, 1971. p. 23.
58. "Tonight's Television". The Ithaca Journal. January 19, 1971. p. 16.
59. Coffey 1993, p. 246.
60. O'Connor, John J. (March 28, 1971). "There's Gold in That There Trash TELEVISION". New York Times. p. 186.
61. "Man Who Was Cited in PX Inquiry Assails Accuser". The New York Times. March 17, 1971.
62. "CBS 10". The Arizona Republic. March 30, 1971. p. 55.
63. "Tonight's Best Viewing". The Buffalo News. March 30, 1971. p. 20.
64. "TV Key Previews". Portland Press Herald. March 30, 1971. p. 13. "Thievery on the Waterfront" ... focus on the New York City waterfront, which includes its three airports
65. Jones, Jimmie (March 30, 1971). "Television". Vallejo Times-Herald. p. 4.
66. "Best Bets for Viewing". The Macon Telegraph. April 13, 1971. p. 5.
67. Jones, Paul (April 13, 1971). "George Scott to Tell Why He Scorns Oscor". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 10.
68. "My Lai Revisited". CBS News. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016.
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References

Books

• Coffey, Frank (1993). 60 minutes : 25 years of television's finest hour. General Publishing. p. 242. ISBN   978-1-881649-04-5. with Program Log starting on page 242.

Database

• "60 Minutes Episodes". The TVDB.

Video Collection

• 60 Minutes: 1997-2014, Alexander Street
• 60 Minutes, The Paley Center for Media

External links

• "60 Minutes". CBS News.