60 Minutes is 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
Episodes Season 1 (1968–69)
The first season broadcast nineteen episodes from September 1968 to April 1969 with original content. There was one episode with rebroadcast segments. The two hosts were Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace.
Season 2 (1969–70)
60 Minutess second season from November 1969 to September 1970 with twenty-three episodes with original content and two with repeated segments.
Season 3 (1970–71)
60 Minutess third season, eighteen episodes, from September 15, 1970, to June 8, 1971.
Mike Wallace was a host for the full season. Host Harry Reasoner left the show in December 1970 to co-anchor the ABC Evening News. On the December 8, 1970 show, Morley Safer replaced Reasoner.
Season 6 (1973-74) February 1974, "Oil and the Shah of Iran" interview of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi by Mike Wallace
Season 9 (1976-77) October 24, 1976, "The Shah of Iran", second interview of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi by Mike Wallace, produced by William K. McClure
A Peabody Award was given to CBS "60 Minutes" for work done in 1976.
Season 10 (1977-78) Mike Wallace interviewed Vladimir Horowitz, pianist, on December 26, 1977. During the interview, Horowitz performed the piece “The Stars and Stripes Forever”.
During the summer of 1978, the segment "Three Minutes or So with Andy Rooney" featuring Andy Rooney first aired.
On June 11, 1978, Rooney provided a video essay on advertising.
Season 12 (1979-80)
60 Minutes twelfth season, forty episodes, from September 16, 1979 to June 22, 1980. The correspondents were Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Dan Rather and Harry Reasoner. Weekly commentary provided by Andy Rooney.
Season 27 (1994–95) November 13, 1994 - Interview of the Rolling Stones, rock-n-roll band, by Ed Bradley
Season 42 (2009–10) January 31, 2010 - Interview of Beyoncé, pop singer, by Steven Kroft
Season 43 (2010–11) October 10, 2010 - Interview of Eminem, pop singer, by Anderson Cooper
February 11, 2011 - Interview of Lady Gaga, pop singer, by Anderson Cooper
Season 44 (2011–12) November 20, 2011 - Interview of Taylor Swift, pop singer, by Lesley Stahl
Season 51 (2018–19) September 30, 2018 - Interview of Paul McCartney, pop singer, by Sharyn Alfonsi
Season 55 (2022–23)
60 Minutess 55th season aired from September 1, 2022 to May 21, 2023. Full-time hosts include Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley and Bill Whitaker. Reporters include Sharyn Alfonsi, Anderson Cooper and Jon Wertheim. On May 7, 2023, correspondent Cecilia Vega debuted on the show in the middle of the season. Norah O'Donnell contributed reporting on episode 13.
The 16th episode with the interview of Prince Harry had the highest ratings of the season.
Season 56 (2023–24)
60 Minutess 56th season aired from September 17, 2023, to May 19, 2024. Full-time hosts include Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley and Bill Whitaker. Reporters include Sharyn Alfonsi, Anderson Cooper, Cecilia Vega and Jon Wertheim. With additional reporting by Holly Williams in the Ukraine for episode 2 and 29, Norah O'Donnell in episodes 4, 19, 31 and 33, Jonathan LaPook in episodes 4 and 27, and Margaret Brennan in episode 6.
Season 56 introduced a new feature ending each episode called "The Last Minute". The one-minute editorial provides an update on a previous story. The episode with the highest ratings was the first episode of the season.
Season 57 (2024–25)
60 Minutes 57th season aired from September 15, 2024, to May 18, 2025. Full-time hosts included Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley and Bill Whitaker. Reporters include Sharyn Alfonsi, Anderson Cooper, Cecilia Vega and Jon Wertheim. Additional coverage is provided by Norah O'Donnell in Washington, D.C. for episode 2, Holly Williams in Kyiv for episode 9, and Margaret Brennan on cryptocurrencies for episode 13.
The seventh episode on October 27, 2024, received the highest ratings of the season.
Season 58 (2025–26)
60 Minutes 58th season started on September 28, 2025, with the same line-up of correspondents as season 57. The correspondents included in order of appearance during the first episode: Scott Pelley, Bill Whitaker, Anderson Cooper, Sharyn Alfonsi, Jon Wertheim, Cecilia Vega and Lesley Stahl. Additional reporting was provided by Margaret Brennan in episode 3, Norah O'Donnell in episodes 5, 6, 25, and 27, Holly Williams in episodes 15 and 23, and Major Garrett in episode 29.
The sixth episode on November 2, 2025 received the highest rating for the season. It was the highest rated episode since January 10, 2021 in season 53.
Season 59 (2026)
60Minutes 59thseason began on September13, 2026. Three correspondents from the previous season Leslie Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Werithem will be joined by Ross Douthat and Norah O'Donnell. Douthat was a former opinion columnist at The New York Times. O'Donnell's role on the show changed from contributor to correspondent.
See also Battle of Tora Bora#Delta Force commander's account Betty Ford's August 1975 60 Minutes interview Brown & Williamson#60 Minutes "Inside CECOT" The Insider (film)
Notes
References Books Complete transcripts of all 114 stories in the twelfth season from 1979 to 1980. Program Log starts on page 242.
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