60 Minutes

===''60 Minutes II''===
{{Main|60 Minutes II}}
In 1999, a second edition of ''60 Minutes'' was started in the United States, titled ''60 Minutes II''. This edition was later renamed ''60 Minutes'' for the fall of 2004 in an effort to sell it as a high-quality program, since some had sarcastically referred to it as ''60 Minutes, Jr.'' CBS News president [[Andrew Heyward]] said, "the [[Roman numeral]] II created some confusion on the part of the viewers and suggested a watered-down version".<ref>{{cite news|title='60 Minutes' times 2|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117905294.html?categoryid=14&cs=1|last=McClintoc|first=Pamela|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 19, 2004|access-date=May 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103014825/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117905294.html?categoryid=14&cs=1|archive-date=November 3, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, a widely known controversy which came to be known as "[[Killian documents controversy|Rathergate]]", regarding a report that aired on September 8, 2004, caused another name change. The program was retitled ''60 Minutes Wednesday'' both to differentiate itself and to avoid tarnishing the Sunday edition, as the editions were editorially independent from one another. It reverted to its original Roman numeral title on July 8, 2005, when the program moved to Fridays in an 8:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time slot to finish its run. The show aired its final broadcast on September 2, 2005.