60 Minutes

{{Short description|American television news magazine program}}
{{About|the CBS news magazine|other TV programs of the same or similar name|60 Minutes (disambiguation)|the unit of time|Hour}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
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| genre                = [[News magazine]]
| creator              = [[Don Hewitt]]
| director             = 
| presenter            = {{ubl|[[Lesley Stahl]]|[[Scott Pelley]]|[[Bill Whitaker (journalist)|Bill Whitaker]]|[[Cecilia Vega]]}}<br />''See [[#Correspondents and hosts|Correspondents]] section''
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| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = {{years ago|1968|09|24}}
| num_episodes         = 2500+
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = {{plainlist |
* [[Don Hewitt]] (1968–2004)
* [[Jeff Fager]] (2004–2018)
* Bill Owens (2019–)
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| camera               = [[Multi-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
| runtime              = 60 minutes, including commercials
| company              = [[CBS News|CBS News Productions]]
| network              = [[CBS]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1968|9|24|mf=yes}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|present}}
| related              = [[60 Minutes (Australian TV program)|''60 Minutes'' (Australia)]]<br />''[[48 Hours (TV series)|48 Hours]]''<br />''[[Face the Nation]]''<br />''[[CBS Overnight News]]''
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'''''60 Minutes''''' is an American television [[news magazine]] broadcast on the [[CBS]] television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by [[Don Hewitt]] and [[Bill Leonard (journalist)|Bill Leonard]], who distinguished it from other news programs by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation. In 2002, ''60 Minutes'' was ranked number six on ''[[TV Guide (magazine)|TV Guide]]''{{'}}s list of the "[[TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time|50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time]]",<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tv-guide-names-top-50-shows/|last=Cosgrove-Mather|first=Bootie|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=April 26, 2002|access-date=March 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207123427/https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/26/entertainment/main507388.shtml|archive-date=February 7, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2013, it was ranked number 24 on the magazine's list of the "60 Best Series of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/tv-guide-magazine-60-best-series-1074962/|title=TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time|date=December 23, 2013|website=TV Guide}}</ref> In 2023, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' ranked ''60 Minutes'' as the twentieth-greatest TV show of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/lists/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time/|title=The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All In reality 60 minutes is really 43 minutes Time|publisher=Variety|date=December 20, 2023}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' has called it "one of the most esteemed news magazines on American television".<ref name=nytloganapology>{{cite news|title=CBS Correspondent Apologizes for Report on Benghazi Attack|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/business/media/cbs-correspondent-apologizes-for-report-on-benghazi-attack.html|last1=Carter|first1=Bill|last2=Schmidt|first2=Michael S.|author-link2=Michael S. Schmidt|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 8, 2013}}</ref>

The program began in 1968 as a bi-weekly television show hosted by [[Mike Wallace]] and [[Harry Reasoner]]. The two sat on opposite sides of the cream-colored set, though the set's color was later changed to black, the color still in use. The show used a large stopwatch during transition periods and highlighted its topics through [[chroma key]]—both techniques are still used. In 1972, the program began airing from 6:00&nbsp;p.m. to 7:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern time]], although this time was sometimes disrupted by broadcasting of [[National Football League|NFL]] games on Sundays. Since then, the show has generally kept the Sunday evening format, although the start time has occasionally been shifted. The program generally starts at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern. If sports programming is airing that afternoon, ''60 Minutes'' starts at 7:30&nbsp;p.m. Eastern or at the game's conclusion.

The show is hosted by correspondents who do not share screen time with each other. Full-time hosts include [[Lesley Stahl]], [[Scott Pelley]], and [[Bill Whitaker (journalist)|Bill Whitaker]]. Several [[spinoff (media)|spinoff]]s have been made, including international formats of the show. It is available on [[Paramount+]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.comingsoon.net/guides/news/1413565-60-mins-streaming-watch-stream-online-via-paramount-plus | title=60 mins Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Paramount Plus | date=November 24, 2023 }}</ref>

==Broadcast history==

===Early years===
[[Image:60 Minutes.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Since the show's inception in 1968, the opening of ''60 Minutes'' features a stopwatch.<ref>{{cite news|title=Timely Donation From '60 Minutes'|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/09/22/national/main18102.shtml|work=CBS News|date=September 22, 1998|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513091334/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/09/22/national/main18102.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Aristo (Heuer) design first appeared in 1978. On October 29, 2006, the background changed to red, the title text color changed to white, and the stopwatch was shifted to the upright position. This version was used from 1992 to 2006 (the Square 721 type was changed in 1998).]]
{{external media| float = right| width = 230px| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?112277-1/30th-anniversary-60-minutes Panel discussion on the 30th anniversary of ''60 Minutes'' at the Newseum, featuring Ed Bradley,  Esther Hartigainer, Don Hewitt, Josh Howard, Steve Kroft, Mary Lieberthal, Andy Rooney, Morley Safer, Philip Scheffler, Lesley Stahl, and Mike Wallace]}}

The program employed a magazine format similar to that of the Canadian program ''[[W5 (TV series)|W5]]'', which had premiered two years earlier. It pioneered many of the most important [[investigative journalism]] procedures and techniques, including re-editing interviews, hidden cameras, and "[[gotcha journalism]]" visits to the home or office of an investigative subject.<ref name="'70s">{{cite book|title=How We Got Here: The '70s|page=[https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/36 36]|last=Frum|first=David|author-link=David Frum|year=2000|publisher=Basic Books|location=New York City, New York|isbn=0-465-04195-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/36}}</ref> Similar programs sprang up in Australia and Canada during the 1970s, as well as on local television news.<ref name="'70s"/>

Initially, ''60 Minutes'' aired as a bi-weekly show hosted by [[Mike Wallace]] and [[Harry Reasoner]] debuting on September 24, 1968, and alternating weeks with other [[CBS News]] productions on Tuesday evenings at 10:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]]. The first edition, described by Reasoner in the opening as a "kind of a magazine for television," featured the following segments:
# A look inside the headquarters suites of presidential candidates [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Hubert Humphrey]] during their respective parties' national conventions that summer;
# Commentary by European writers [[Malcolm Muggeridge]], [[Peter von Zahn]], and [[Luigi Barzini Jr.]] on the American electoral system;
# A commentary by political humor columnist [[Art Buchwald]];
# An interview with then-[[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Ramsey Clark]] about police brutality;
# "A Digression," a brief, scripted piece in which two silhouetted men (one of them [[Andy Rooney]]) discuss the presidential campaign;
# An abbreviated version of an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning short film by [[Saul Bass]], ''[[Why Man Creates]];'' and
# A meditation by Wallace and Reasoner on the relation between perception and reality. Wallace said that the show aimed to "reflect reality".

The first "magazine-cover" [[chroma key]] was a photo of two helmeted policemen (for the Clark interview segment). Wallace and Reasoner sat in chairs on opposite sides of the set, which had a cream-colored backdrop; the more famous black backdrop (which is still used {{as of|2020|lc=y}}) did not appear until the following year. The logo was in [[Helvetica]] type with the word "Minutes" spelled in all lower-case letters; the logo most associated with the show (rendered in Square 721 type with "Minutes" spelled in uppercase) did not appear until about 1974. Further, to extend the magazine motif, the producers added a "Vol. xx, No. xx" to the title display on the chroma key; modeled after the volume and issue number identifications featured in print magazines, this was used until about 1971. The trademark stopwatch, however, did not appear on the inaugural broadcast; it would not debut until several episodes later. [[Alpo (pet food)|Alpo]] dog food was the sole sponsor of the first program.<ref name="60MinutesHD">{{cite web|title=60 Minutes Goes HD With Nominees|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/60-minutes-goes-hd-with-nominees/22031|last=K.|first=Steve|work=[[Adweek|TVNewser]]|publisher=[[Mediabistro.com]]|date=September 17, 2008|access-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref>

Don Hewitt, who had been a producer of the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' with [[Walter Cronkite]], sought out Wallace as a stylistic contrast to Reasoner.<ref name="Madsen">Madsen, p. 14</ref> According to one historian of the show, the idea of the format was to make the hosts the reporters, to always feature stories that were of national importance but focused upon individuals involved with, or in conflict with, those issues, and to limit the reports' airtime to around 13 minutes.<ref name="Madsen"/> However, the initial season was troubled by lack of network confidence, as the program did not garner ratings much higher than that of other CBS News documentaries. As a rule, during that era, news programming during [[prime time]] lost money; networks mainly scheduled [[public affairs (broadcasting)|public affairs]] programs in prime time in order to bolster the prestige of their news departments, and thus boost ratings for the regular evening newscasts, which were seen by far more people than documentaries and the like. ''60 Minutes'' struggled under that stigma during its first three years.

Changes to ''60 Minutes'' came fairly early in the program's history. When Reasoner left CBS to co-anchor [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s [[ABC World News Tonight|evening newscast]] (he would return to CBS and ''60 Minutes'' in 1978), [[Morley Safer]] joined the team in 1970, and he took over Reasoner's duties of reporting less aggressive stories. However, when Richard Nixon began targeting press access and reporting, even Safer, formerly the CBS News bureau chief in [[Saigon]] and [[London]], began to do "hard" investigative reports, and during the 1970–71 season alone, ''60 Minutes'' reported on [[cluster bomb]]s, the [[South Vietnamese Army]], [[draft dodger]]s, [[Nigeria]], the Middle East, and [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="Madsen 15">Madsen, p. 15</ref>

===Effects from the Prime Time Access Rule and Later Years===
[[File:General Schwartz on 60 Minutes.jpg|thumb|Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. [[Norton A. Schwartz]] in an interview with [[Lara Logan]], April 15, 2009]]
By 1971, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) introduced the [[Prime Time Access Rule]], which freed local network affiliates in the top 50 markets (in practice, the entire network) to take a half-hour of prime time from the networks on Mondays through Saturdays and one full hour on Sundays. Because nearly all affiliates found production costs for the FCC's intended goal of increased public affairs programming very high and the ratings (and by association, advertising revenues) low, making it mostly unprofitable, the FCC created an exception for network-authored news and public affairs shows. After a six-month hiatus in late 1971, CBS found a prime place for ''60 Minutes'' in a portion of that displaced time, 6:00&nbsp;p.m. to 7:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern (5:00&nbsp;p.m. to 6:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Central Time Zone|Central Time]]) on Sundays in January 1972.<ref name="Madsen 15"/>

This proved somewhat less than satisfactory, however, because in order to accommodate [[NFL on CBS|CBS]]' telecasts of late afternoon [[National Football League]] (NFL) football games, ''60 Minutes'' went on hiatus during the fall from 1972 to 1975 (and the summer of 1972). This took place because football telecasts were protected contractually from interruptions in the wake of the infamous "[[Heidi Game|Heidi Bowl]]" incident on [[NFL on NBC|NBC]] in November 1968. Despite the irregular scheduling, the program's hard-hitting reports attracted a steadily growing audience, particularly during the waning days of the [[Vietnam War]] and the gripping events of the [[Watergate scandal]]; at that time, few if any other major network news shows did in-depth investigative reporting to the degree carried out by ''60 Minutes.'' Eventually, during the summers of 1973 through 1975, CBS did allow the program back onto the prime time schedule proper, on Fridays in 1973 and Sundays the two years thereafter, as a replacement for programs aired during the regular television season.

It was only when the FCC returned an hour to the networks on Sundays (for news or family programming), which had been taken away from them four years earlier, in a 1975 amendment to the Access Rule, that CBS finally found a viable permanent timeslot for ''60 Minutes''. When the family-oriented drama ''[[Three for the Road (TV series)|Three for the Road]]'' ended after a 12-week run in the fall, the news magazine took its place at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time (6:00&nbsp;p.m. Central) on December 7, 1975, and has been aired at that time since then, making it not only the longest-running prime time program currently in production, but also the television program (excluding daily programs such as evening newscasts or [[breakfast television|morning news-talk]] shows) broadcasting for the longest length of time at a single time period each week in U.S. television history.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}

This move, and the addition of then-[[The White House|White House]] correspondent [[Dan Rather]] to the reporting team, made the program into a strong ratings hit and, eventually, a general cultural phenomenon. This was no less than a stunning reversal of the historically poor ratings performances of documentary programs on network television. By 1976, ''60 Minutes'' became the top-rated program on Sunday nights in the U.S. By 1979, it had achieved the #1 spot among all television programs in the [[Nielsen ratings]], unheard of before for a news broadcast in prime time. This success translated into great profits for CBS; advertising rates increased from $17,000 per 30-second spot in 1975 to $175,000 in 1982.<ref>Madsen, p. 17</ref>

The program sometimes does not start until after 7:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern, due largely to [[CBS Sports]] live sporting events. At the conclusion of an NFL game, ''60 Minutes'' will air in its entirety and delay all subsequent programs. However, in the Pacific time zone, ''60 Minutes'' is always able to start at its scheduled time as live sports coverage ends earlier in the afternoon. The program's success has also led [[CBS Sports]] to schedule events (such as the final round of the [[Masters Tournament]] and the second round and regional final games of the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA men's basketball tournament]]) leading into ''60 Minutes'' and the rest of the network's primetime lineup for the night (as CBS never airs any sports programming on Sundays in primetime except for the AFC Divisional Round, AFC Championship Game, or the Super Bowl).

Starting in the 2012–2013 season, in order to accommodate a new NFL scheduling policy that the second game of a doubleheader start at 4:25&nbsp;p.m., CBS changed the scheduled start time of ''60 Minutes'' to 7:30&nbsp;p.m. Eastern time (or game conclusion) for Eastern and Central Time Zone stations which are receiving a game in that window. The start time remains at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern/Pacific (or game conclusion if a late single game is airing in the eastern markets) on stations which are not broadcasting a late game in a given week (or for Western time zones even if a Doubleheader airs) .<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS Responds to NFL Doubleheaders by Pushing Sunday Series Back 30 Minutes|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/good-wife-mentalist-amazing-race-premieres-schedule-nfl-369481|last=O'Connell|first=Michael|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 11, 2012}}</ref> In the 2023–2024 season, the show began to have occasional 90 minute episodes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/for-several-episodes-this-fall-60-minutes-will-become-90-minutes/ | title=For several episodes this fall, '60 Minutes' will become 90 minutes - CBS Texas | website=[[CBS News]] | date=September 16, 2023 }}</ref>

===Radio broadcast and Internet distribution===
''60 Minutes'' is also simulcast on several former [[CBS Radio]] flagship stations such as [[KYW-AM|KYW]] in Philadelphia, [[WBBM (AM)|WBBM]] in [[Chicago]], [[WWJ (AM)|WWJ]] in [[Detroit]], [[KCBS (AM)|KCBS]] in [[San Francisco]] (all owned by [[Audacy, Inc.]]) and [[WBZ (AM)|WBZ]] in [[Boston]] (owned by [[iHeartMedia]]). Anchorage-based station [[KFQD]] airs ''60 Minutes'' as part of its affiliation with local CBS station [[KAUU]]. When it airs locally on their sister CBS Television Network affiliate, even in the Central and Eastern time zones, the show is aired at the top of the hour at 7:00&nbsp;p.m./6:00&nbsp;p.m. Central (barring local sports play-by-play pre-emptions and breaking news coverage) no matter how long the show is delayed on CBS Television, resulting in radio listeners often hearing the show on those stations ahead of the television broadcast. An audio version of each broadcast without advertising began to be distributed via [[podcast]] and the [[iTunes Store]], starting with the broadcast on September 23, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=CBS Making 60 Minutes Available as Free Podcast|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/cbs-making-60-minutes-available-free-podcast/30717|last=Weprin|first=Alex|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|date=September 20, 2007|access-date=March 29, 2012}}</ref> Video from ''60 Minutes'' (including full episodes) is also made available for streaming several hours after the program's initial broadcast on CBSNews.com and [[Paramount+]].

==Format==
''60 Minutes'' normally has three long-form news stories without superimposed graphics. There is a [[Television advertisement|commercial break]] between two stories. Each story is introduced from a set with a backdrop resembling pages from a magazine story on the same topic. The program undertakes its own investigations and follows up on investigations instigated by national newspapers and other sources. Unlike its competitor ''[[20/20 (American TV program)|20/20]]'', as well as traditional local and national news programs, the ''60 Minutes'' journalists never share the screen with (or speak to) other ''60 Minutes'' journalists on camera at ''any'' time. This creates a strong psychological sense of intimacy between the journalist and the television viewer.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

===Reporting tone===
''60 Minutes'' blends the journalism of the seminal 1950s CBS series ''[[See It Now]]'' with [[Edward R. Murrow]] (for which Hewitt served as director in its first years) and the personality profiles of another Murrow program, ''Person to Person''. In Hewitt's words, ''60 Minutes'' blends "higher Murrow" and "lower Murrow".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ajrarchive.org/Article.asp?id=4620|title=What Would Murrow Do?|last=Potter|first=Deborah|date=October 2008|work=American Journalism Review|publisher=Phillip Merrill College of Journalism|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref>

==="Point/Counterpoint" segment===
For most of the 1970s, the program included ''Point/Counterpoint'', in which a [[liberalism|liberal]] and a [[conservatism|conservative]] commentator debated an issue. This segment originally featured [[James J. Kilpatrick]] representing the conservative side and [[Nicholas von Hoffman]]<ref name="sentinelsource.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.sentinelsource.com/opinion/my-gifted-counterpoint-on-minutes-wrote-like-an-angel-by/article_cf66570c-f7aa-5f2a-9b2f-b636f24420cd.html|title=My gifted counterpoint on '60 Minutes' wrote like an angel|last=Kilpatrick|first=James J.|date=July 5, 2005|work=[[The Keene Sentinel]]}}</ref> for the liberal, with [[Shana Alexander]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/shana-alexander-famed-for-point-counterpoint-dies/|title=Shana Alexander, famed for "Point/Counterpoint," dies|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|date=June 26, 2005|work=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> taking over for von Hoffman after he departed in 1974.<ref name="sentinelsource.com"/> The segment was an innovation that caught the public imagination as a live version of competing editorials. In 1979, Alexander asked Hewitt to raise the $350 a week pay; Hewitt declined, and the segment ended.<ref name="sentinelsource.com"/>

''Point/Counterpoint'' was lampooned by the NBC comedy series ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', which featured [[Jane Curtin]] and [[Dan Aykroyd]] as debaters, with Aykroyd announcing the topic, Curtin making an opening statement, then Aykroyd typically retorting with, "Jane, you ignorant slut" and Curtin responding "Dan, you pompous ass";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/point-counterpoint-lee-marvin-and-michelle-triola/2846665|title=Point Counterpoint: Lee Marvin and Michelle Triola|date=March 17, 1979|website=nbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/pictures/50-greatest-saturday-night-live-sketches-of-all-time-20140203/point-counterpoint-0207143|title=50 Greatest 'SNL' Sketches of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 3, 2014|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090852/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/pictures/50-greatest-saturday-night-live-sketches-of-all-time-20140203/point-counterpoint-0207143|url-status=dead}}</ref> in the film ''[[Airplane!]]'' (1980), in which the ''faux'' Kilpatrick argues in favor of the plane crashing stating "they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into"; and in an earlier [[sketch comedy]] film, ''[[The Kentucky Fried Movie]]'', where the segment was called "Count/Pointercount".

A similar concept was revived briefly in March 2003 featuring [[Bob Dole]] and [[Bill Clinton]], former opponents in the [[1996 United States presidential election|1996 presidential election]]. The pair agreed to do ten segments, called "Clinton/Dole" and "Dole/Clinton" in alternating weeks, but did not continue into the 2003–2004 fall season. Reports indicated that the segments were considered too gentlemanly, in the style of the earlier "Point/Counterpoint", and lacked the feistiness of ''[[Crossfire (U.S. TV program)|Crossfire]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title='60 Minutes' may veto Clinton-Dole face-offs|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2003-05-06-media-mix_x.htm|last=Johnson|first=Peter|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=May 6, 2003}}</ref>

===Andy Rooney segment===
From 1978 to 2011, the program usually ended with a (usually light-hearted and humorous) commentary by [[Andy Rooney]] expounding on topics of wildly varying import, ranging from international politics, to economics, and to personal philosophy on everyday life. One recurring topic was measuring the amount of [[coffee]] in coffee cans.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Pound of Coffee?|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/07/60minutes/rooney/main543240.shtml|last=Rooney|first=Andy|author-link=Andy Rooney|work=CBS News|date=July 6, 2003|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513084802/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/07/60minutes/rooney/main543240.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Rooney's pieces, particularly one in which he referred to actor [[Mel Gibson]] as a "wacko", on occasion led to complaints from viewers.  In 1990, Rooney was suspended without pay for three months by then-CBS News President David Burke, because of the negative publicity around his saying that "too much [[alcoholic beverages|alcohol]], too much food, drugs, homosexual unions, [[tobacco|cigarettes]] [are] all known to lead to premature death."<ref>{{cite news|date=November 5, 2011|title=Andy Rooney Dead at 92|work=[[CBS News]]|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andy-rooney-dead-at-92/3/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516192850/https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57319150/andy-rooney-dead-at-92/|archive-date=May 16, 2012}}</ref> He wrote an explanatory letter to a [[gay]] organization after being ordered not to do so. After four weeks without Rooney, ''60 Minutes'' lost 20% of its audience. CBS management concluded that it was in their best interest to have Rooney return immediately.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zoglin|first1=Richard|author-link=Richard Zoglin|last2=Whitaker|first2=Leslie|date=March 12, 1990|title=Andy Rooney: The Return of a Curmudgeon|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,969591,00.html|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=October 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420185234/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,969591,00.html|archive-date=April 20, 2012}}</ref>

Rooney published several books documenting his contributions to the program, including ''Years Of Minutes'' and ''A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney''. Rooney retired from ''60 Minutes'', delivering his final commentary on October 2, 2011; it was his 1,097th commentary over his 34-year career on the program. He died one month later on November 4, 2011. On November 13, 2011, ''60 Minutes'' featured an hour-long tribute to Rooney and his career, and included a rebroadcast of his final commentary segment.

===Opening sequence===
The opening sequence features a ''60 Minutes'' "magazine cover" with the show's trademark, an [[TAG Heuer|Aristo]] [[stopwatch]], intercut with preview clips of the episode's stories. The sequence ends with each of the correspondents and hosts introducing themselves. The last host who appears (currently [[Scott Pelley]]) then says, "Those stories tonight on ''60 Minutes''". When Rooney was a prominent fixture, the final line was "Those stories and Andy Rooney, tonight on ''60 Minutes''". Before that, and whenever Rooney did not appear, the final line was "Those stories and more, tonight on ''60 Minutes''".

The stopwatch counts off each of the broadcast's 60 minutes, starting from zero at the beginning of each show. It is seen during the opening title sequence, before each commercial break, and at the tail-end of the closing credits, and each time it appears it displays (within reasonable accuracy) the elapsed time of the episode to that point.

On October 29, 2006, the opening sequence changed from a black background, which had been used for over a decade, to white. Also, the gray background for the Aristo stopwatch in the "cover" changed to red, the color for the title text changed to white, and the stopwatch itself changed from the diagonal position it had been oriented in for 31 years to an upright position.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}

===Web content===
Videos and transcripts of ''60 Minutes'' editions, as well as clips that were not included in the broadcast are available on the program's website. In September 2010, the program launched a website called "60 Minutes Overtime", in which stories broadcast on-air are discussed in further detail.<ref>{{cite news|title=Introducing "60 Minutes Overtime"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20016663-10391709.html|work=CBS News|date=September 26, 2010|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=November 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120194926/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20016663-10391709.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Previously the show had a partnership with [[Yahoo!]] for distribution of extra content.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9D0DE0DB1130F934A1575AC0A9669D8B63.html|title = MEDIA DECODER; Site for '60 Minutes' to Take Viewers into the Back Stories}}</ref>

==Correspondents and hosts==
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===Correspondents and commentators===
;Hosts
* [[Lesley Stahl]] (host, 1991–, co-editor)
* [[Scott Pelley]] (host, 2003–)
* [[Anderson Cooper]] (2006–) (also at [[CNN]])
* [[Bill Whitaker (journalist)|Bill Whitaker]] (host, 2014–)
* [[Sharyn Alfonsi]] (2015–)
* [[Jon Wertheim]] (2017–)
* [[Cecilia Vega]] (host, 2023–)
;Part-time correspondents
* [[Jonathan LaPook]] (medical correspondent, 2013–)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/team/jonathan-lapook-md/ | title=Jon LaPook, M.D. - CBS News | website=[[CBS News]] | date=December 20, 2022 }}</ref>
* [[Norah O'Donnell]] (2015–)

===Former correspondents and hosts===
;Former hosts
* [[Mike Wallace]] † (host, 1968–2006; correspondence emeritus 2006–2008)
* [[Harry Reasoner]] † (host, 1968–1970, 1978–1991)
* [[Morley Safer]] † (part-time correspondent, 1968–1970; host, 1970–2016)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-morley-safer-dies-at-84/|title=60 Minutes' Morley Safer Dies At 84|work=[[CBS News]]|date=May 19, 2016|access-date=May 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221022822/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-morley-safer-dies-at-84/|archive-date=February 21, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Dan Rather]] (part-time correspondent, 1968–1975; host, 1975–1981 and 2005–2006) (at [[AXS TV]] since)
* [[Ed Bradley]] † (part-time correspondent, 1976–1981; host, 1981–2006)<ref>{{cite news|title=Tributes To Trailblazer Ed Bradley|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/09/national/main2165871.shtml|last=Filo|first=John P.|work=[[CBS News]]|date=November 9, 2006|access-date=November 9, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117210746/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/09/national/main2165871.shtml|archive-date=November 17, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Diane Sawyer]] (part-time correspondent, 1981–1984; host, 1984–1989) (at [[ABC News]] since)
* [[Meredith Vieira]] (part-time correspondent, 1982–1985 and 1991–1993; host, 1990–1991)
* [[Bob Simon]] † (1996–2015)<ref>{{cite news|title=Bob Simon of '60 Minutes' killed in car crash|url=https://nypost.com/2015/02/11/60-minutes-bob-simon-killed-in-car-crash/|last=Celona|first=Larry|work=[[New York Post]]|date=February 11, 2015|access-date=February 14, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Christiane Amanpour]] (part-time correspondent, 1996–2000; host, 2000–2005)
* [[Lara Logan]] (part-time correspondent, 2005–2012; host, 2012–2018)<ref name="Presenter">{{cite news|title='60 Minutes' Gets Younger, and Its Viewers Do Too|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/business/media/60-minutes-gets-younger-and-its-viewers-do-too.html|last=Stelter|first=Brian|author-link=Brian Stelter|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 6, 2012|access-date=November 19, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Steve Kroft]] (host, 1989–2019; co-editor, 2019)<ref>{{cite web|title='60 Minutes' Steve Kroft to retire from show on Sunday|url=https://www.kelownacapnews.com/entertainment/60-minutes-steve-kroft-to-retire-from-the-show-on-sunday/|agency=Associated Press|work=Kelowna Capital News|date=May 17, 2019|access-date=May 18, 2019}}</ref>
* [[John Dickerson (journalist)|John Dickerson]] (2019–2021)

;Former part-time correspondents
* [[Walter Cronkite]] † (1968–1981) 
* [[Charles Kuralt]] † (1968–1979)
* [[Roger Mudd]] † (1968–1980)
* [[Bill Plante]] † (1968–1995) 
* [[Eric Sevareid]] † (1968–1969)
* [[John Hart (journalist)|John Hart]] (1969–1975) (retired)
* [[Bob Schieffer]] (1973–1996)
* [[Morton Dean]] (1975–1979) (retired)
* [[Marlene Sanders]] † (1978–1987)
* [[Charles Osgood]] † (1981–1994)
* [[Forrest Sawyer]] (1985–1987)
* [[Connie Chung]] (1990–1993) (retired)
* [[Paula Zahn]] (1990–1999)
* [[John Roberts (journalist)|John Roberts]] (1992–2005) (at Fox News Channel since)
* [[Russ Mitchell]] (1995–1998) (at [[WKYC-TV|WKYC]] in [[Cleveland]] since)
* [[Carol Marin]] (1997–2002)<ref>{{cite web|title=Carol Marin|url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/about-us/Carol_Marin.html|publisher=[[WMAQ-TV]]|access-date=March 29, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426175153/http://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/about-us/Carol_Marin.html|archive-date=April 26, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Vicki Mabrey]] (1999–2005)
* [[Katie Couric]] (2006–2011)
* [[Charlie Rose]] (2008–2017)
* [[Byron Pitts]] (2009–2013)<ref>{{cite news|title=Correspondent Byron Pitts Departing CBS News for ABC News|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/correspondent-byron-pitts-departing-cbs-425528|last=Guthrie|first=Marisa|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 31, 2013}}</ref> (at [[ABC News]] since)
* [[Sanjay Gupta]] (2011–2014) (at CNN since)
* [[Alison Stewart]] (2012)
* [[Clarissa Ward]] (2012–2015) (at CNN since)
* [[Oprah Winfrey]] (2017–2018)

===Commentators===
Commentators for ''60 Minutes'' have included:
* [[James J. Kilpatrick]] ꝋ (conservative debater, 1971–1979)
* [[Nicholas von Hoffman]] ꝋ (liberal debater, 1971–1974)
* [[Shana Alexander]] ꝋ (liberal debater, 1975–1979)
* [[Andy Rooney]] ꝋ (commentator, 1978–2011)
* [[Stanley Crouch]] ꝋ (conservative commentator, 1996)
* [[Molly Ivins]] ꝋ (liberal commentator, 1996)
* [[P. J. O'Rourke]] ꝋ (conservative commentator, 1996)
* [[Jimmy Tingle]] (humorist/commentator, 1999–2000)
* [[Bill Clinton]] (liberal debater, 2003)
* [[Bob Dole]] ꝋ (conservative debater, 2003)

ꝋ = <small>Deceased</small>

== Producers ==
;Executive producers	
* [[Don Hewitt]] (1968–2004)
* [[Jeff Fager]] (2004–2018)
* Bill Owens (2019–)

;Other producers
{{Div col |colwidth=10em}} 
* [[Madeline Amgott]]
* [[Joel Bach]]
* [[Lowell Bergman]]
* [[Frank Braun]]
* [[Robert Chandler (network executive)|Robert Chandler]]
* [[Adam Ciralsky]]
* [[Leslie Cockburn]]
* [[George Crile III]]
* [[Shawn Efran]]
* [[Solly Granatstein]]
* [[Jim Hougan]]
* [[Neeraj Khemlani]]
* [[Jon Klein (CNN)|Jon Klein]]
* [[Peter W. Klein]]
* [[Andrew Lack (executive)|Andrew Lack]]
* [[Barry Lando]]
* [[Charles Lewis (journalist)|Charles Lewis]]
* [[Lucy Spiegel]]
* [[Mary Mapes]]
* [[Jim Margolis (producer)|Jim Margolis]]
* [[Abigail Pogrebin]]
* [[Richard S. Salant]]
* [[Patricia Shevlin]]
* [[Charlene Leonora Smith]]
* [[Sanford Socolow]]
* [[Mary Ellen Synon]]
* [[Adrian Taylor (producer)|Adrian Taylor]]
* [[Len Tepper]]
* [[Joseph Wershba]]
* [[Holly Williams (journalist)|Holly Williams]]
* [[Palmer Williams]]
* [[Nieves Zuberbühler]]
{{Div col end}}

==Ratings and recognition==

===Nielsen ratings===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season !! Time (Eastern) !! Rank !! {{abbr|Avg.|Average}} rating{{efn|In households; before 1997}}/<br />Avg. viewers{{efn|In millions; after 1997}}
|--
| [[1968–69 United States network television schedule|1968–1969]] || rowspan="3"|Tuesday 10:00&nbsp;p.m.|| rowspan="8" colspan="2" {{n/a}}
|-
| [[1969–70 United States network television schedule|1969–1970]]
|-
| [[1970–71 United States network television schedule|1970–1971]]
|-
| [[1971–72 United States network television schedule|1971–1972]] || Sunday 6:00&nbsp;p.m.
|-
| [[1972–73 United States network television schedule|1972–1973]] || Sunday 6:00&nbsp;p.m. <small>(January–June 1973)</small><br/>Friday 8:00&nbsp;p.m. <small>(June–September 1973)</small>
|-
| [[1973–74 United States network television schedule|1973–1974]] || Sunday 6:00&nbsp;p.m. <small>(January–June 1974)</small><br/>Sunday 9:30&nbsp;p.m. <small>(July–September 1974)</small>
|-
| [[1974–75 United States network television schedule|1974–1975]] || Sunday 6:00&nbsp;p.m. <small>(September 1974 – June 1975)</small><br/>Sunday 9:30&nbsp;p.m. <small>(July–September 1975)</small>
|-
| [[1975–76 United States network television schedule|1975–1976]] || rowspan="37"|Sunday 7:00&nbsp;p.m.
|-
| [[1976–77 United States network television schedule|1976–1977]] || 18 || 21.9{{efn|Tied with ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]''}}
|-
| [[1977–78 United States network television schedule|1977–1978]] || 4 || 24.4{{efn|Tied with ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' and ''[[All in the Family]]''}}
|-
| [[1978–79 United States network television schedule|1978–1979]] || 6 || 25.5
|-
| [[1979–80 United States network television schedule|1979–1980]] || 1 || 28.4
|-
| [[1980–81 United States network television schedule|1980–1981]] || 3 || 27.0
|-
| [[1981–82 United States network television schedule|1981–1982]] || 2 || 27.7
|-
| [[1982–83 United States network television schedule|1982–1983]] || 1 || 25.5
|-
| [[1983–84 United States network television schedule|1983–1984]] || 2 || 24.2
|-
| [[1984–85 United States network television schedule|1984–1985]] || rowspan="2"|4 || 22.2
|-
| [[1985–86 United States network television schedule|1985–1986]] || 23.9
|-
| [[1986–87 United States network television schedule|1986–1987]] || 6 || 23.3
|-
| [[1987–88 United States network television schedule|1987–1988]] || 8 || 20.6
|-
| [[1988–89 United States network television schedule|1988–1989]] || 5 || 21.7
|-
| [[1989–90 United States network television schedule|1989–1990]] || 7 || 19.7
|-
| [[1990–91 United States network television schedule|1990–1991]] || 2 || 20.6
|-
| [[1991–92 United States network television schedule|1991–1992]] || rowspan="3"|1 || rowspan="2"|21.9
|-
| [[1992–93 United States network television schedule|1992–1993]]
|-
| [[1993–94 United States network television schedule|1993–1994]] || 20.9
|-
| [[1994–95 United States network television schedule|1994–1995]] || 6 || 17.2
|-
| [[1995–96 United States network television schedule|1995–1996]] || 9 || 14.2
|-
| [[1996–97 United States network television schedule|1996–1997]] || 11 || 13.3
|-
| [[1997–98 United States network television schedule|1997–1998]] || rowspan="2"|8 || 19.8
|-
| [[1998–99 United States network television schedule|1998–1999]] || 18.7
|-
| [[1999–2000 United States network television schedule|1999–2000]] || 11 || 17.1
|-
| [[2000–01 United States network television schedule|2000–2001]] || rowspan="2"|17 || 15.8
|-
| [[2001–02 United States network television schedule|2001–2002]] || 14.9
|-
| [[2002–03 United States network television schedule|2002–2003]] || 19 || 13.4
|-
| [[2003–04 United States network television schedule|2003–2004]] || 18 || 14.1
|-
| [[2004–05 United States network television schedule|2004–2005]] || 19 || 13.9
|-
| [[2005–06 United States network television schedule|2005–2006]] || rowspan="2"|26 || 13.6
|-
| [[2006–07 United States network television schedule|2006–2007]] || 13.2
|-
| [[2007–08 United States network television schedule|2007–2008]] || 23 || 12.8
|-
| [[2008–09 United States network television schedule|2008–2009]] || 13 || 14.3
|-
| [[2009–10 United States network television schedule|2009–2010]] || 19 || 13.3
|-
| [[2010–11 United States network television schedule|2010–2011]] || rowspan="2"|14 || 13.4
|-
| [[2011–12 United States network television schedule|2011–2012]] || 13.0
|-
| [[2012–13 United States network television schedule|2012–2013]] || rowspan="8"|Sunday 7:00&nbsp;p.m. OR <br /> 7:30&nbsp;p.m. ([[NFL on CBS|if CBS has 4:25&nbsp;p.m. NFL game]]) || 15 || 12.4
|-
| [[2013–14 United States network television schedule|2013–2014]] || 14 || 12.1
|-
| [[2014–15 United States network television schedule|2014–2015]] || 19 || 12.4
|-
| [[2015–16 United States network television schedule|2015–2016]] || 15 || 12.3
|-
| [[2016–17 United States network television schedule|2016–2017]] || 12 || 12.4
|-
| [[2017-18 United States network television schedule|2017–2018]] || 15 || 11.6
|-
| [[2018-19 United States network television schedule|2018–2019]] || 19 || 10.7
|-
| [[2019-20 United States network television schedule|2019–2020]] || 15 || 10.5
|}
{{notelist}}

Based on viewership [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]], ''60 Minutes'' is the most successful program in U.S. television history since it was moved into its present timeslot in 1975. For five seasons it was the year's top program, a feat matched by the [[situation comedy|sitcoms]] ''[[All in the Family]]'' and ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', and surpassed only by the reality competition series ''[[American Idol]]'', which had been the #1 show for eight consecutive seasons from the 2003–2004 television season up to the 2010–2011 season. ''60 Minutes'' was a top ten show for 23 seasons in a row (1977–2000), an unsurpassed record, and has made the Top 20 for every season since the 1976–1977 season, except from 2005 to 2008.<ref name=CBS>{{cite news|title=60 Minutes: Milestones|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/08/20/60minutes/main59202.shtml|work=CBS|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|date=August 20, 1999|access-date=May 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602120101/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/08/20/60minutes/main59202.shtml|archive-date=June 2, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''60 Minutes'' first broke into the Nielsen Top 20 during the 1976–77 season. The following season, it was the fourth-most-watched program, and by the 1979–80 season, it was the number one show.<ref name=CBS/> During the 21st century, it remained among the top 20 programs in the Nielsen ratings, and the highest-rated news magazine.<ref>{{cite news|title=At '60 Minutes,' clock ticking on change|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2003-08-10-media-mix_x.htm|last=Johnson|first=Peter|work=[[USA Today]]|date=August 11, 2003|access-date=May 22, 2007}}</ref>

On November 16, 2008, the edition featuring an interview with President-elect [[Barack Obama]], earned a total viewership of 25.1 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Early Sunday Tidbits: NFL, Barack Obama Score for CBS, Cowboys Lead NBC|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/17/early-sunday-tidbits-nfl-barack-obama-score-for-cbs-cowboys-lead-nbc/8222|last=Seidman|first=Robert|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Zap2It (Tribune Media)|date=November 17, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202124912/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/17/early-sunday-tidbits-nfl-barack-obama-score-for-cbs-cowboys-lead-nbc/8222/|archive-date=December 2, 2014}}</ref>

On October 6, 2013, the broadcast (which was delayed by 44 minutes that evening due to a [[Denver Broncos]]-[[Dallas Cowboys]] NFL game) drew 17.94 million viewers; retaining 63% of the 28.32 million viewers of its lead-in, and making it the most watched ''60 Minutes'' broadcast since December 16, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time' & 'The Simpsons' Adjusted Up + Final NFL Ratings & Unscrambled CBS|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/08/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-the-simpsons-adjusted-up-final-nfl-ratings-unscrambled-cbs/207509|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011231306/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/08/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-the-simpsons-adjusted-up-final-nfl-ratings-unscrambled-cbs/207509/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2013|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Zap2It (Tribune Media)|date=October 8, 2013|access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title='60 Minutes' is #3 for the Week and is Sunday's Most-Watched Prime Program|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/08/60-minutes-is-3-for-the-week-and-is-sundays-most-watched-prime-program/207682|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013080849/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/08/60-minutes-is-3-for-the-week-and-is-sundays-most-watched-prime-program/207682/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2013|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Zap2It (Tribune Media)|date=October 8, 2013|access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref>

On December 1, 2013, the broadcast (delayed 50 minutes due to a Broncos-[[Kansas City Chiefs]] game) was watched by 18.09 million viewers, retaining 66% of its NFL lead-in (which earned 28.11 million viewers during the 7:00&nbsp;p.m. hour).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Amazing Race' & 'The Mentalist' Adjusted Up|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/04/sunday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-the-mentalist-adjusted-up/219665|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207013346/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/04/sunday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-the-mentalist-adjusted-up/219665/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2013|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Zap2It (Tribune Media)|date=December 4, 2013|access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref>

On March 25, 2018, the edition featuring [[Stormy Daniels]] giving details on her alleged affair with President [[Donald Trump]] drew 22.1 million viewers, the most since the 2008 Obama interview. The broadcast was delayed due to the [[2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#Midwest Regional|NCAA men's basketball regional final]] on CBS between [[2017-18 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] and [[2017-18 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]] going to overtime.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/26/media/anderson-cooper-stormy-daniels-60-minutes-ratings/index.html |title=Anderson Cooper's Stormy Daniels interview draws highest ratings for '60 Minutes' in 10 years |publisher=[[CNN Money]]|first=Brian |last=Stelter |date=March 26, 2018 |access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2018/03/25/duke-vs-kansas-overtime-60-minutes-stormy-daniels-interview-twitter-reactions |title=Twitter Joked About Duke vs. Kansas Overtime Delaying 60 Minutes' Stormy Daniels Interview |magazine=Sports Illustrated |first=Chris |last=Chavez |date=March 25, 2018 |access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref>

===Recognition===

====Emmy Awards====
{{as of|2017|June|26|df=US}}, ''60 Minutes'' had won a total of 138 [[Emmy Award]]s, a record for U.S. primetime programs.<ref name="CBS"/><ref name="Emmy">{{cite web|title=About Us – 60 Minutes|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/about-us/|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref>

====Peabody Awards====
[[File:Henry Schuster at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for 60 Minutes-Lifeline.jpg|thumb|Henry Schuster at the 68th Annual [[Peabody Awards]] for 60 Minutes-Lifeline]]
The program has won 20 [[Peabody Award]]s for segments including "All in the Family", an investigation into abuses by government and military contractors; "The CIA's Cocaine", which uncovered CIA involvement in drug smuggling, "Friendly Fire", a report on incidents of [[friendly fire]] in the [[Gulf War]]; "The Duke Rape Case", an investigation into accusations of rape at an off campus lacrosse team party in 2006; and "The Killings in Haditha", an investigation into the killing of Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines.<ref>{{cite web|title=60 Minutes' History of Peabody Awards|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/60-minutes-history-of-peabody-wins|last=Unruh|first=Wes|work=Peabody Awards|access-date=September 11, 2014|archive-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042231/http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/60-minutes-history-of-peabody-wins|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Other awards====
The show received an Investigative Reporter and Editor medal for their segment "The Osprey", documenting a Marine cover-up of deadly flaws in the [[V-22 Osprey]] aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thejewishvoice.com/2018/10/24/48-hours-producer-susan-zirinsky-said-60-minutes-frontrunner/|title='48 Hours' Producer Susan Zirinsky Said to be '60 Minutes' Frontrunner'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226162321/http://thejewishvoice.com/2018/10/24/48-hours-producer-susan-zirinsky-said-60-minutes-frontrunner/|archive-date=December 26, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Exoneration====
In 1983, a report by Morley Safer, "Lenell Geter's in Jail", helped exonerate a Texas man who was wrongly convicted and imprisoned for armed robbery.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Way of the Gun|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2001-11-15/news/the-way-of-the-gun/|last=Stowers|first=Carlton|work=[[Dallas Observer]]|date=November 15, 2001|access-date=July 8, 2013|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019114614/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2001-11-15/news/the-way-of-the-gun/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Longest-running primetime show===
{{as of|2021}}, ''60 Minutes'' is the longest continuously running program of any genre scheduled during American network prime time. It has aired at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays since December 7, 1975 (although since 2012, it moves to 7:30&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays if CBS has a late NFL game).

''[[Meet the Press]]'' debuted in 1947 in prime time, but it has been a daytime program since 1965. The [[Walt Disney anthology television series]], which premiered in 1954, and the ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'', which has aired since 1951, have aired longer than ''60 Minutes'', but none of them has aired in prime time continually.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}

==Controversies==
The show has been praised for landmark journalism and received many awards. However, it has also become embroiled in some controversy, including (in order of appearance):

===Audi unintended acceleration===
On November 23, 1986, ''60 Minutes'' aired a segment [[greenlight|greenlit]] by Hewitt, concerning the [[Audi 5000]] automobile, a popular [[Germany|German]] luxury car. The story covered a supposed problem of "unintended acceleration" when the brake pedal was pushed, with emotional interviews with six people who sued [[Audi]] (unsuccessfully) after they crashed their cars, including one woman whose six-year-old son had been killed. In the ''60 Minutes'' segment footage was shown of an [[Audi 5000]] with the accelerator "moving down on its own", accelerating the car. It later emerged that an expert witness employed by one of the plaintiffs modified the accelerator with a concealed device, causing the "unintended acceleration".<ref>{{cite news|title=Audi Investigated for Unintended Acceleration|url=http://www.automobile.com/audi-investigated-for-unintended-acceleration.html|work=Automobile.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121217135715/http://www.automobile.com/audi-investigated-for-unintended-acceleration.html|archive-date=December 17, 2012}}</ref> Independent investigators concluded that this "unintended acceleration" was most likely due to driver error, where the driver let their foot slip off the brake and onto the accelerator. Tests by [[Audi]] and independent journalists showed that even with the [[Wide open throttle|throttle wide open]], the car would simply stall if the brakes were actually being used.<ref>{{cite news|title=Audi's Runaway Trouble With the 5000|last=Yates|first=Brock|work=[[Washington Post Magazine]]|date=December 21, 1986}}</ref>

The incident devastated Audi sales in the United States, which did not rebound for 15 years. The initial incidents which prompted the report were found by the [[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]] and [[Transport Canada]] to have been attributable to operator error, where car owners had depressed the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal. CBS issued a partial retraction, without acknowledging the test results of involved government agencies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manufacturing the Audi Scare|url=http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cjm_18.htm|last=Huber|first=Peter|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|publisher=[[Manhattan Institute for Policy Research]]|date=December 18, 1989}}</ref> Years later, ''[[Dateline NBC]]'', a rival to ''60 Minutes'', was found guilty of similar tactics regarding the fuel tank integrity of [[Dateline NBC#General Motors vs. NBC|General Motors pickup trucks]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title='Dateline' Disaster: NBC and General Motors feud over a staged car accident|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305709,00.html|last=Fretts|first=Bruce|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=July 29, 2013|archive-date=June 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604205808/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305709,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Jeep rollovers===
A segment aired in December, 1980, concerning the alleged [[Jeep CJ|Jeep CJ-5]] ''high rollover risk'' as demonstrated in [[Insurance Institute for Highway Safety]] testing. The demonstration was a [[Jeep]] rolling over during an extreme turn at 20&nbsp;mph, something that would not cause other cars to roll over. It was deemed by ''60 Minutes'' reporters as the "most dangerous thing on four wheels". After the show aired, many people were concerned about the safety of the vehicle, and following sales plummeted. This tarnished the reputation of the [[Jeep CJ]]; the model was discontinued in 1986. Years after the incident occurred, it was found that the [[Insurance Institute for Highway Safety]] had attempted to roll the car 435 times, only having 8 rollovers. The show had also failed to mention/show that there were weights hanging on spots of the vehicle that had caused the vehicle to have a higher rollover risk.<ref>{{cite web|title=It Didn't Start With Dateline NBC|url=http://walterolson.com/articles/crashtests.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225014108/http://walterolson.com/articles/crashtests.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-02-25|last=Walter|first=Olson|work=[[Walterson]]|publisher=[[National Review]]|date=June 21, 1993}}</ref>

===Alar===
In February 1989, ''60 Minutes'' aired a report by the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]] claiming that the use of [[daminozide]] (Alar) on [[apple]]s presented an unacceptably high health risk to consumers. Apple sales dropped and CBS was sued unsuccessfully by apple growers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Judge Dismisses Apple Growers' Suit Against CBS|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE4D61F31F937A2575AC0A965958260|work=The New York Times|date=September 14, 1993|access-date=July 21, 2007|quote=A Federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit that apple growers in Washington State filed against CBS after "60 Minutes" broadcast a report linking the chemical Alar to cancer. The report, broadcast Feb. 26, 1989, said the use of Alar increased the risk of cancer in humans, particularly children, and cited a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council.}}</ref> Alar was subsequently banned for use on food crops in the U.S. by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA).

===Werner Erhard===
On March 3, 1991, ''60 Minutes'' broadcast "[[Werner Erhard]]," which dealt with controversies involving Erhard's personal and business life. A year after the ''60 Minutes'' piece aired, Erhard filed a lawsuit against CBS, claiming that the broadcast contained several "false, misleading and defamatory" statements about him. One month after filing the lawsuit, Erhard filed for dismissal.<ref name="docket">''Werner Erhard vs. Columbia Broadcasting System'', (Filed: March 3, 1992) Case Number: 1992-L-002687. Division: Law Division. District: First Municipal. [[Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County|Cook County Circuit Court]], Chicago, Illinois.</ref> Erhard later told [[Larry King]] in an interview that he dropped the suit after receiving legal advice telling him that in order to win it, he had to prove not only that CBS knew the allegations were false but also that CBS acted with [[Malice (law)|malice]].<ref name=Westword>{{cite magazine|title=It Happens|url=http://www.westword.com/1996-04-18/news/it-happens/8|last=Jackson|first=Steve|magazine=[[Westword]]|date=April 18, 1996|access-date=March 29, 2012|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629105950/http://www.westword.com/1996-04-18/news/it-happens/8/|url-status=dead}}</ref> After numerous independent journalists exposed untruths and factual inaccuracies in the story<ref>The Story of Our Lives, Vanora Bennett, The London Times, Saturday, July 15, 2000</ref><ref>Est Is Back, More Popular Than Ever, Oliver Libaw, ABC News, August 13, 2002</ref> the segment was removed by CBS from its archives, with a disclaimer: "This segment has been deleted at the request of CBS News for legal or [[copyright]] reasons."<ref>{{cite web|title=est, WERNER ERHARD, AND THE CORPORATIZATION OF SELF-HELP|url=http://www.believermag.com/issues/200305/?read=article_snider|last=Snider|first=Suzanne|work=[[Believer Magazine]]|date=May 2003}}</ref>

===Brown & Williamson===
In 1995, former [[Brown & Williamson]] Vice President for Research and Development [[Jeffrey Wigand]] provided information to ''60 Minutes'' producer [[Lowell Bergman]] that B&W had systematically hidden the health risks of their cigarettes (see [http://jeffreywigand.com/pascagoula.php transcription]). Furthermore, it was alleged that B&W had introduced foreign agents (such as [[Fiberglass#Health hazards|fiberglass]] and [[Ammonia#Stimulant|ammonia]]) with the intent of enhancing the effect of [[nicotine]]. Bergman began to produce a piece based upon the information, but ran into opposition from Don Hewitt who, along with CBS lawyers, feared a billion dollar lawsuit from Brown and Williamson for [[tortious interference]] for encouraging Wigand to violate his [[non-disclosure agreement]]. A number of people at CBS would benefit from a sale of CBS to [[Westinghouse Electric (1886)|Westinghouse Electric Corporation]], including the head of CBS lawyers and CBS News. Also, because of the interview, the son of CBS President [[Laurence Tisch]] (who also controlled [[Lorillard Tobacco Company|Lorillard Tobacco]]) was among the people from the [[Big Tobacco|big tobacco companies]] at risk of being caught having committed perjury. Due to Hewitt's hesitation, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' instead broke Wigand's story. The ''60 Minutes'' piece was eventually aired with substantially altered content and minus some of the most damning evidence against B&W. The [[Investigative journalism|exposé]] of the incident was published in an article in ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' by [[Marie Brenner]], entitled "The Man Who Knew Too Much".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Man Who Knew Too Much|url=http://www.mariebrenner.com/articles/insider/man1.html|last=Brenner|first=Marie|author-link=Marie Brenner|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|publisher=MarieBrenner.com|date=May 1996|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040805231342/http://www.mariebrenner.com/articles/insider/man1.html|archive-date=August 5, 2004}}</ref>

''The New York Times'' wrote that "the traditions of Edward R. Murrow and "60 Minutes" itself were diluted in the process,"<ref>{{cite news|title=Self-Censorship at CBS|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/12/opinion/self-censorship-at-cbs.html|work=The New York Times|date=November 12, 1995}}</ref> though the newspaper revised the quote slightly, suggesting that ''60 Minutes'' and CBS had "betrayed the legacy of Edward R. Murrow". The incident was turned into a seven-times [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-nominated feature film entitled ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'', directed by [[Michael Mann (director)|Michael Mann]] and starring [[Russell Crowe]] as Wigand, [[Al Pacino]] as Bergman, and [[Christopher Plummer]] as Mike Wallace. Wallace denounced the portrayal of him as inaccurate to his stance on the issue.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-10/15/046r-101599-idx.html | title=The Explosive Film That Ticked Off '60 Minutes' | last=Shales | first=Tom | date=October 15, 1999 | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | access-date=June 20, 2016}}</ref>

===U.S. Customs Service===
In 1997, ''60 Minutes'' alleged that agents of the [[U.S. Customs Service]] ignored drug trafficking across the [[Mexico–United States border]] at [[San Diego]].<ref>{{cite news|title=I'd Rather Be Blogging: CBS stonewalls as 'guys in pajamas' uncover a fraud.|url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110005611|last=Fund|first=John|author-link=John Fund|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=September 13, 2004}}</ref> The only evidence was a memorandum apparently written by Rudy Camacho, who was the head of the San Diego branch office. Based on this memo, CBS alleged that Camacho had allowed trucks belonging to a particular firm to cross the border unimpeded. Mike Horner, a former Customs Service employee, had passed the memos on to ''60 Minutes'', and even provided a copy with an official stamp. Camacho was not consulted about the piece, and his career was devastated in the immediate term as his own department placed suspicion on him. In the end, it turned out that Horner had forged the documents as an act of revenge for his treatment within the Customs Service. Camacho sued CBS and settled for an undisclosed amount of money in damages. Hewitt was forced to issue an on-air retraction.<ref>{{cite news|title=Another 60 Minutes' Apology on a Drug Smuggling Story|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/04/13/another-60-minutes-apology-on-a-drug-smuggling-story/b7ac7cd2-42d5-4161-80f8-3b7d5dc5ed48/|last=de Moraes|first=Lisa|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=April 13, 1999|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref>

===Kennewick Man===
A legal battle between archaeologists and the [[Umatilla people|Umatilla]] tribe over the remains of a skeleton, nicknamed [[Kennewick Man]], was reported by ''60 Minutes'' on October 25, 1998, to which the Umatilla tribe reacted negatively. The tribe considered the segment heavily biased in favor of the scientists, cutting out important arguments, such as explanations of the [[Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kennewick Man issue damages relationships|url=http://www.umatilla.nsn.us/kman3.html|last=Minthorn|first=Antone|work=Board of Trustees Chairman [[Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation]]|date=November 5, 1998|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616122302/http://www.umatilla.nsn.us/kman3.html|archive-date=June 16, 2006}}</ref> The report focused heavily on the racial politics of the controversy and also added inflammatory arguments, such as questioning the legitimacy of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] sovereignty<ref>{{cite web|title=Bones of Contention|url=http://www.common-place.org/vol-01/no-02/kennewick/kennewick-2.shtml|last=Fabien|first=Ann|work=Common-Place.org|access-date=May 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928031812/http://www.common-place.org/vol-01/no-02/kennewick/kennewick-2.shtml|archive-date=September 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> – much of the racial focus of the segment was later reported to have been either unfounded and/or misinterpreted.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Who Were The First Americans?|url=http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1169905,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512072626/http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1169905,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2006|last1=Lemonick|first1=Michael D.|last2=Dorfman|first2=Andrea|author-link=Michael D. Lemonick|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=March 13, 2006}}</ref>

===Timothy McVeigh===
On March 12, 2000, ''60 Minutes'' aired an interview with [[Oklahoma City bombing|Oklahoma City bomber]] [[Timothy McVeigh]]. At the time, McVeigh had already been convicted and sentenced to death for the bombing of the [[Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building]] in April 1995, and the subsequent deaths of 168 people. On the program, McVeigh was given the opportunity to vent against the government.<ref>{{cite news|title=McVeigh Vents On '60 Minutes'|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/03/13/national/main171231.shtml|work=CBS News|date=March 13, 2000|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=May 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513084808/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/03/13/national/main171231.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following the program, a federal policy called the Special Confinement Unit Media Policy was enacted prohibiting face-to-face interviews with [[death row]] inmates.<ref>{{cite web|title=Journalism, Edward R. Murrow, First Amendment &#124; Communicator &#124; Ban on Face-To-Face Interviews with Federal Death Row Inmates Stands |url=http://www.rtdna.org/pages/posts/ban-on-face-to-face-interviews-with-federal-death-row-inmates-stands876.php |publisher=[[Radio Television Digital News Association]] |date=March 12, 2010 |access-date=March 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318180807/http://www.rtdna.org/pages/posts/ban-on-face-to-face-interviews-with-federal-death-row-inmates-stands876.php |archive-date=March 18, 2012 }}</ref> A federal inmate challenged the policy in ''Hammer v. [[John Ashcroft|Ashcroft]]'', under which the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit]] upheld the prison policy. In March 2010, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] declined to hear an appeal in the case, and the policy limiting media access to death row inmates remains in place. CBS refuses to show the entire interview, and has stated no reasons.<ref>{{cite news|title=High court won't hear appeal, ban on death row interviews stands|url=http://www.rcfp.org/browse-media-law-resources/news/high-court-wont-hear-appeal-ban-death-row-interviews-stands|last=Andrews|first=Curry|publisher=[[Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press]]|date=March 8, 2010}}</ref>

===Viacom/CBS cross-promotion===
In recent years, the program has been accused of promoting books, films, and interviews with celebrities who are published or promoted by sister businesses of media conglomerate Viacom (which owned CBS from 2000 to 2005 and since 2019; both companies' shares since 2000 were majority-owned by [[National Amusements]] even during their fourteen-year separation) and publisher [[Simon & Schuster]] (which remained a part of CBS Corporation after the 2005 CBS/Viacom split and continued on after its re-merger with Viacom), without disclosing the journalistic conflict-of-interest to viewers.<ref>{{cite news|title=All in the Family: Who says 60 Minutes doesn't pay for interviews?|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/preston_regan200404020931.asp|last1=Preston|first1=Bryan|last2=Regan|first2=Chris|work=[[National Review]]|date=April 2, 2004|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604144909/http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/preston_regan200404020931.asp|archivedate=June 4, 2004|accessdate=July 10, 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Killian documents controversy===
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The Killian documents controversy involved six documents critical of President [[George W. Bush]]'s service in the [[Texas Air National Guard]] from 1972 to 1973. Four of these documents were presented as authentic in a ''60 Minutes Wednesday'' broadcast aired on September 8, 2004, less than two months before the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], but it was later found that CBS had failed to authenticate the documents. Subsequently, several typewriter and typography experts concluded the documents are forgeries, as have some media sources. No forensic document examiners or typography experts authenticated the documents, which may not be possible without original documents. The provider of the documents, Lt. Col. Bill Burkett, claimed to have burned the originals after faxing copies to CBS.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}} The whole incident was turned into a feature-length film entitled ''[[Truth (2015 film)|Truth]]''.

==="The Internet Is Infected" episode and the false hacker photo===
On March 29, 2009, a segment titled "The Internet Is Infected" aired on ''60 Minutes'', which featured an interview with Don Jackson, a data protection professional for [[Dell SecureWorks|SecureWorks]]. Jackson himself declared in the program that "a part of [his] job is to know the enemy". However, during the interview, Jackson showed a photo of Finnish upper-level comprehensive school pupils and misidentified them as Russian hackers.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS's 60 Minutes airs photo of Finnish children as "Russian hackers" |url=http://finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=21336&group=General |work=NewsRoom Finland |publisher=Virtual Finland, [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)|Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland]] |date=April 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214223232/http://finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=21336&group=General |archive-date=February 14, 2015 }}</ref> In the photo, one of the children wears a jacket with the coat of arms of Finland on it. Another one wears a cap which clearly has the logo of [[Karjala]], a Finnish brand of beer, on it. The principal of the school in [[Taivalkoski]] confirmed that the photo was taken at the school about five years before the program was broadcast.<ref name=kaleva>{{cite news|title=Amerikkalaisohjelma leimasi taivalkoskelaisnuoret venäläisiksi nettirikollisiksi|url=http://www.kaleva.fi/plus/index.cfm?j=789464|work=[[Kaleva (newspaper)|Kaleva]]|date=March 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403070919/http://www.kaleva.fi/plus/index.cfm?j=789464|archive-date=April 3, 2009}}. {{in lang|fi}}</ref>

The photo's exact origins are unknown, but it is widely known in Finland, having been originally posted to the Finnish social networking site IRC-Galleria in the early 2000s. It spread all over Finnish internet communities, and even originated a couple of patriotically titled (but intentionally misspelled) mock sites.<ref name=kaleva/><ref>{{cite news|title=Amerikkalaisohjelma leimasi suomalaisnuoret nettirikollisiksi|url=http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Amerikkalaisohjelma+leimasi+suomalaisnuoret+nettirikollisiksi/1135244835194|work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]|date=March 31, 2009|language=fi|access-date=April 5, 2009|archive-date=April 3, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403074544/http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Amerikkalaisohjelma+leimasi+suomalaisnuoret+nettirikollisiksi/1135244835194|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''60 Minutes'' later issued a correction and on-air apology.{{When|date=April 2009}}

===Benghazi report===
After the [[2012 Benghazi attack]], ''60 Minutes'' aired a report by correspondent [[Lara Logan]] on October 27, 2013, in which British military contractor Dylan Davies, identified by CBS under the pseudonym "Morgan Jones", described racing to the Benghazi compound several hours after the main assault was over, scaling a 12-foot wall and knocking out a lone fighter with the butt of a rifle. He also claimed to have visited a Benghazi hospital earlier that night where he saw Ambassador [[J. Christopher Stevens|Christopher Stevens]]' body.

In the days following the report, Davies' personal actions were challenged.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/60-minutes-broadcast-helps-propel-new-round-of-back-and-forth-on-benghazi/2013/10/31/fbfcad66-4258-11e3-a751-f032898f2dbc_story.html|title='60 Minutes' broadcast helps propel new round of back-and-forth on Benghazi|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 31, 2013|first=Karen|last=DeYoung}}</ref> The FBI, which had interviewed Davies several times and considered him a credible source,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/14/why-dylan-davies-disappeared.html|title=Why Dylan Davies Disappeared|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=November 14, 2013|first=Eli|last=Lake}}</ref> said the account Davies had given them was different from what he told ''60 Minutes''. Davies stood by his story,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/business/media/cbs-news-defends-its-60-minutes-benghazi-report.html|title=CBS News Defends Its '60 Minutes' Benghazi Report|first=Bill|last=Carter|date=November 5, 2013|work=The New York Times}}</ref> but the inconsistency ultimately prompted ''60 Minutes'' to conclude it was a mistake to include Davies in their report. The show issued a correction.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/business/media/60-minutes-airs-apology-on-benghazi.html|title='60 Minutes' Airs Apology on Benghazi|first1=Brian|last1=Stelter|first2=Bill|last2=Carter|date=November 10, 2013|work=The New York Times}}</ref>

After the correction, a journalistic review was conducted by Al Ortiz, CBS News' executive director of standards and practices. Ortiz determined that red flags about Davies' account were missed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/lara-logan-60-minutes-leave_n_4344883.html|title=CBS News' Lara Logan Taking Leave Of Absence Over Discredited '60 Minutes' Benghazi Report|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=November 26, 2013|first=Michael|last=Calderone}}</ref> Davies had told the program and written in his book that he told an alternative version of his actions to his employer, who he said had demanded that he stay inside his Benghazi villa as the attack unfolded. That alternative version was shared with U.S. authorities; 60 Minutes was unable to prove the story Davies had told them was true.<ref name=CBSNews>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-asks-lara-logan-to-take-leave-after-flawed-benghazi-report/|title=CBS asks Lara Logan to take Leave after Flawed Benghazi Report|work=[[CBS News]]|date=November 26, 2013}}</ref>

Davies' book, ''The Embassy House'', was published two days after the ''60 Minutes'' report, by Threshold Editions, part of the Simon and Schuster unit of CBS. It was pulled from shelves once ''60 Minutes'' issued its correction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/08/simon-amp-schuster-pulls-discredited-benghazi-b/196812|title=Simon & Schuster Pulls Discredited Benghazi Book|publisher=[[Media Matters for America]]|date=November 8, 2013|first=Eric|last=Hananoki}}</ref>

On November 26, 2013, Logan was forced to take a leave of absence due to the errors in the Benghazi report.<ref name="CBSNews"/> Logan returned to work months later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/b2f1f89aaa9d4569b744f1ec7d571e67|title = CBS News' Lara Logan back at work|website = [[Associated Press]]| date=June 4, 2014 }}</ref>

===NSA report===
On December 15, 2013, ''60 Minutes'' aired a report on the workings of [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) that was widely criticized<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title='60 Minutes' Trashed For NSA Piece|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/16/60-minutes-nsa_n_4452568.html|last=Mirkinson|first=Jack|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|date=December 16, 2013}}</ref> as misleading<ref>{{cite news|title=NSA goes on 60 Minutes: the definitive facts behind CBS's flawed report|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/16/nsa-surveillance-60-minutes-cbs-facts|last=Ackerman|first=Spencer|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 16, 2013}}</ref> and a biased "puff piece".<ref>{{cite news|title=60 Minutes Gift Wrapped a Puff Piece for the NSA|url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/12/60-minutes-hearts-the-nsa.html|last=Coscarelli|first=Joe|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=December 16, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=When '60 Minutes' Checks Its Journalistic Skepticism at the Door|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/23/business/media/when-60-minutes-checks-its-journalistic-skepticism-at-the-door.html|last=Carr|first=David|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 23, 2013}}</ref> Complaints included that the Agency's perspective was presented unchallenged and that privacy campaigners were not invited to present the counter-arguments to the Agency's claims.<ref name=":0" /> The story was reported by [[John Miller (journalist)|John Miller]], who once worked in the office of the [[Director of National Intelligence]].

===Tesla automaker report===
On March 30, 2014, ''60 Minutes'' presented a story on the [[Tesla Model S]] luxury electric [[automobile]], with Scott Pelley conducting an interview with CEO [[Elon Musk]] concerning the car brand as well as his company [[SpaceX]]. Within a day, the automotive [[weblog|blog]] site [[Jalopnik]] reported that the sounds accompanying footage of the car shown during the story were actually sounds from a traditional gasoline engine dubbed over the footage, when in reality the electric car makes no such sounds.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS Says It Made 'Audio Editing Error' With Tesla On 60 Minutes|url=http://jalopnik.com/cbs-says-it-made-audio-editing-error-with-tesla-on-60-1555657624|last=Estrada|first=Zac|work=Jalopnik.com|date=March 31, 2014}}</ref> CBS released a statement explaining that the sound was the result of an audio editing error, and subsequently removed the sound from the online version of the piece. However, several news outlets, as well as Jalopnik itself, expressed doubt over the authenticity of this explanation, noting the similar scandal involving [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla Motors]] and the ''New York Times'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=CBS' '60 Minutes' admits to faking Tesla car noise|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/04/06/tesla-motor-sound-cbs-apology/7320361/|surname=Woodyard|given=Chris|work=[[USA Today]]|department=Money|date=April 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071859/http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/04/06/tesla-motor-sound-cbs-apology/7320361/|archive-date=2014-04-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='60 Minutes' Admits 'Audio Error' In Tesla Story|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/60-minutes-error-sound-car-cbs-engine-audio_n_5070297.html|agency=Associated Press|publisher=The Huffington Post (AOL)|date=April 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407104851/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/60-minutes-error-sound-car-cbs-engine-audio_n_5070297.html|archive-date=April 7, 2014}}</ref>

===Sexual harassment===
After the resignation of CBS news head [[Les Moonves]], an investigation into sexual harassment at CBS, including ''60 Minutes'', uncovered evidence of long-running sexual harassment issues stemming from behavior of producers [[Jeff Fager]] and [[Don Hewitt]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Abrams|first1=Rachel|last2=Koblin|first2=John|date=December 6, 2018|title=At '60 Minutes,' Independence Led to Trouble, Investigators Say (Published 2018)|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/business/media/60-minutes-jeff-fager-don-hewitt.html|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Feldman|first=Kate|title=Longtime '60 Minutes' producer Don Hewitt reportedly sexually assaulted employee repeatedly, reached settlement for more than $5M|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/ny-ent-60-minutes-don-hewitt-sexual-assault-20181206-story.html|access-date=October 22, 2020|work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]}}</ref>

===Florida COVID-19 vaccine rollout===
In April 2021, Sharyn Alfonsi's story in ''60 Minutes'' on [[Florida Governor]] [[Ron DeSantis]] and the state's [[COVID-19]] vaccine rollout faced criticism for suggesting that a donation by the supermarket chain [[Publix]] to DeSantis' re-election campaign influenced Florida's partnership with Publix stores for [[vaccine]] distribution.<ref name="CNN backlash">{{Cite web|last=Darcy|first=Oliver|title='60 Minutes' faces backlash from Democrats and Publix for critical story on Florida's vaccine rollout|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/05/media/60-minutes-gov-ron-desantis-publix/index.html|access-date=2021-04-06|website=CNN|date=April 5, 2021 }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Morrow|first=Brendan|date=2021-04-05|title=Democratic mayor accuses 60 Minutes of airing 'intentionally false' story on Florida's vaccine rollout|url=https://news.yahoo.com/democratic-mayor-accuses-60-minutes-205225085.html|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Yahoo! News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-05|title=Publix refutes '60 Minutes' story that questions Florida's COVID-19 vaccine distribution|url=https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/publix-refutes-60-minutes-story-that-questions-floridas-covid-19-vaccine-distribution|access-date=2021-04-06|website=WTXL|language=en}}</ref> Subsequently, [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]] Mayor [[Dave Kerner]] accused ''60 Minutes'' of reporting "intentionally false" information,<ref name=":2" /> while Karol Markowicz of the New York Post characterized Alfonsi as coming off as a "political activist" in the segment.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-06|title=The media tried to smear Ron DeSantis. It backfired {{!}} Opinion|url=https://www.newsweek.com/media-tried-smear-ron-desantis-it-backfired-opinion-1581410|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Newsweek|language=en}}</ref> A spokesperson for ''60 Minutes'' defended the story for having included DeSantis' response to the accusation.<ref name="CNN backlash"/> [[PolitiFact]] stated that by omitting DeSantis' remarks on why the state partnered with Publix to distribute vaccines, the clip could be considered to be "deceptive editing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/apr/07/unpacking-edits-60-minutes-report-ron-desantis-flo/|title = PolitiFact - Unpacking the edits in '60 Minutes' report on Ron DeSantis, Florida vaccines}}</ref>

=== Facial recognition report ===
On May 16, 2021, [[Anderson Cooper]]'s story in ''60 Minutes'' on the flaws in facial recognition technology used by the police resulting in incorrect identification of people of color received backlash for denying credit to the black female researchers who pioneered the field. The segment was criticized by the [[Algorithmic Justice League]] for "deliberately excluding the groundbreaking and award-winning work of prominent black women AI researchers [[Joy Buolamwini]], [[Timnit Gebru|Dr. Timnit Gebru]], and [[Deborah Raji|Inioluwa Deborah Raji]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Black Women Did The Work. Then They Were Denied The Credit.|url=https://campaigns.organizefor.org/petitions/black-women-did-the-work-then-they-were-denied-the-credit|access-date=2021-05-22|website=OrganizeFor|language=en-US}}</ref> The segment was called out for its hypocrisy for failing to credit black women for their pioneering work in a segment highlighting how facial recognition software often leaves out black, Asian, and female faces. CBS later issued a statement explaining that these researchers were not included due to time restrictions of the segment.<ref>{{Cite web|title=An editor's note on our report, "Facial Recognition"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facial-recognition-editor-note/|access-date=2021-05-22|website=CBS News|date=May 18, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Spin-offs==
The main ''60 Minutes'' show has created a number of spin-offs over the years.

===''30 Minutes''===
{{Main|30 Minutes (TV program)}}
''30 Minutes'' was a news magazine aimed at children that was patterned after ''60 Minutes'', airing as the final program in CBS's Saturday morning lineup from 1978 to 1982. It was hosted by [[Christopher Glenn]] (who also served as the voice-over for the interstitial program ''[[In the News]]'' and was an anchor on the CBS Radio Network), along with Betsy Aaron (1978–1980) and Betty Ann Bowser (1980–1982).

===''60 Minutes More''===
''60 Minutes More'' was a spin-off that ran for one season from 1996 to 1997 on the channel [[CBS Eye on People]]. The episodes featured popular stories from the past that were expanded with updates on the original story. Each episode featured three of these segments.<ref name="more">{{cite news|title=60 Minutes More|url=http://www.film.com/tv/60-minutes-more/21327868|publisher=Film.com|access-date=February 15, 2011}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===''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.

===''60 Minutes on CNBC''===
In 2011, [[CNBC]] began airing a ''60 Minutes'' spin-off of its own, called ''60 Minutes on CNBC''. Hosted by Lesley Stahl and Steve Kroft, it aired updated business-related reports seen on the original broadcasts and offers footage that was not included when the segments first aired. It ended in 2015.

===''60 Minutes Sports''===
{{Main|60 Minutes Sports}}
In 2013, CBS's sister [[premium television]] network [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] premiered ''60 Minutes Sports'', a monthly spin-off focused on sports-related stories and classic interviews from the show's archives. Personalities from [[CBS Sports]] also contributed to the program; correspondents included [[Sharyn Alfonsi]] and [[Armen Keteyian]]. The spin-off was considered a competitor to [[HBO]]'s ''[[Real Sports]]''. It was cancelled in January 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/tv/story/2012/09/13/60-minutes-plans-sports-version-for-showtime/57776812/1|title=60 Minutes plans sports version for Showtime|last=Levin|first=Gary|work=[[USA Today]]|date=September 13, 2012|access-date=September 20, 2012|archive-date=September 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918070103/http://www.usatoday.com/life/tv/story/2012/09/13/60-minutes-plans-sports-version-for-showtime/57776812/1|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="lat-showtimecbs">{{Cite news|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/13/entertainment/la-et-ct-60-showtime-20120913|title=CBS and Showtime team up on '60 Minutes' sports magazine|last=Flint|first=Joe|date=September 13, 2012|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=September 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/60-minutes-sports-canceled/316402|title=60 Minutes Sports Canceled|website=[[Adweek|TVNewser]]|date=January 7, 2017 |access-date=September 11, 2017}}</ref>

===''60 in 6''===
In June 2020, the show launched ''60 in 6'' on [[Quibi]], featuring original weekly 6-minute programs. Correspondents were [[Enrique Acevedo]], [[Seth Doane]], [[Wesley Lowery]], and [[Laurie Segall]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Murphy|first1=J. Kim|date=March 6, 2020|title=TV News Roundup: Netflix Releases 'Ozark' Season 3 Trailer|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ozark-season-3-trailer-netflix-roundup-1203525599/|access-date=October 22, 2020|website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 29, 2020|title=Here's what's coming to Quibi in June 2020|url=https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/05/29/quibi-june-2020/|access-date=October 22, 2020|website=MobileSyrup}}</ref> It was originally set to launch in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Steinberg|first1=Brian|date=March 19, 2020|title='60 Minutes' Chief Presses to Keep Show Ticking Into the Future|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/60-minutes-bill-owens-cbs-news-qibi-coronavirus-1203539110/|access-date=October 22, 2020|website=Variety}}</ref> On the June 21, 2020, broadcast of ''60 in 6'', Doane covered the show's exposure to [[COVID-19]] in a piece titled "CBS News Battles COVID-19".<ref name="quibicovid">{{cite AV media |date=June 22, 2020 |title=CBS News Battles COVID-19 60 in 6 FULL EPISODE Quibi |medium=Television production |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRol8Rn2WMM |access-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004010023/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRol8Rn2WMM |archive-date=October 4, 2020 |location=United States |publisher=Quibi}}</ref> The piece revealed that CBS News had flown in staffers, including from [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] and [[Rome, Italy|Rome]], in early March 2020 to begin filming promotional material for ''60 in 6''. This brought COVID-19-positive people in close contact with CBS employees; as a result, [[CBS Broadcast Center]] and several other buildings in Manhattan were temporarily closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heavy.com/news/2020/03/cbs-building-coronavirus-evacuated-nyc/|date=March 11, 2020|title=CBS News Buildings Evacuated After Coronavirus Outbreak|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312130601/https://heavy.com/news/2020/03/cbs-building-coronavirus-evacuated-nyc/|archive-date=March 12, 2020|website=heavy.com|publisher=Heavy, Inc.|last=Bicks|first=Emily}}</ref> [[Quibi]] went bankrupt in December 2020 and the program concluded with it.

===''60 Minutes+''===
In March 2021, [[Paramount+]] premiered ''60 Minutes+'', a weekly spin-off aimed at a younger audience. The correspondents from ''60 in 6'' returned for this spin-off, as well as producer Jonathan Blakely.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 24, 2021|title=60 Minutes+, a New Streaming Version of the Sunday Classic, Debuts on Paramount+|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-plus-paramount-plus-2021-02-24/|access-date=June 18, 2021|website=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> In January 2022, the show was cancelled after 30 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|title='60 Minutes+' Streaming Spinoff Canceled After One Season By Paramount Plus|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/60-minutes-streaming-spinoff-canceled-one-season-paramount-plus-1234911923/|last=Petski|first=Denise|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=January 13, 2022|access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref>

==25th anniversary edition==
For the ''60 Minutes'' 25th anniversary program in 1993, [[Charles Kuralt]] revisited notable stories and celebrity appearances and also interviewed Don Hewitt and correspondents, both the active and some former ones.

==International versions==

===Australia===
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The Australian version of ''60 Minutes'' premiered on February 11, 1979. It still airs each Sunday night at 7:30&nbsp;p.m. on the [[Nine Network]] and affiliates. Although Nine Network has the rights to the format, {{as of|2007|lc=y}}, it does not have rights to stories from the U.S. program, which is owned by competitor [[10 News First|10 News Australia]] after [[Network Ten]]'s acquisition by CBS in 2017. Nevertheless, stories from the flagship ''60 Minutes'' program in the U.S. often air on the Australian program by subleasing them from Ten. In 1981, ''60 Minutes'' won a [[Logie Award]] for their investigation of lethal abuses at the Chelmsford psychiatric hospital in [[Sydney]].<ref name="1978-1981">{{cite web|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/logie1978_81.html|title=1978–1981 Logie Awards|publisher=Australiantelevision.net|access-date=June 21, 2020}}</ref><ref name="winners">{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-logie-awards/winners/article/-/5400980/1981/ |title=1981 – The Logie Awards |publisher=[[Yahoo!7]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128195506/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/the-logie-awards/winners/article/-/5400980/1981/ |archive-date=January 28, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Germany===
In the mid-1980s, an edited version (approx. 30 minutes in length) of the U.S. broadcast edition of ''60 Minutes'', entitled "60 Minutes: CBS im Dritten" ("60 Minutes: CBS on Channel 3") was shown for a time on [[WDR Fernsehen|Westdeutsches Fernsehen]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} (regional channels were also called "Channel 3" to distinguish it from ARD and ZDF, the two national channels at the time). This version retained the English-language track of the original, but also featured German dubbing.

===New Zealand===
{{Main|60 Minutes (New Zealand TV program)}}

The New Zealand version of ''60 Minutes'' has aired on national television since 1989, when it was originally launched on [[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]]. In 1992, the rights were acquired by [[TVNZ]], who began broadcasting it in 1993. The network aired the program for nine years before dropping it in 2002 for its own program, entitled ''Sunday'', which is currently the highest-rated current affairs show broadcast on New Zealand television, followed by ''[[20/20 (New Zealand television series)|20/20]]''. ''60 Minutes'' was broadcast by rival network TV3, before switching to the Sky Television owned Prime channel in 2013, when the contract changed hands.

===Brazil===
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In 1992, the [[GNT]] channel (now [[GloboNews]]) brought its original version with dubbed subtitles from that country. And later, in 2004, Rede Bandeirantes, planned a licensed localized version, but the plan was cancelled. And even so that year, it returned as a frame, i.e. a rubric in the program ''[[Domingo Espetacular]]'' on [[Rede Record]], a competitor of [[Rede Globo]]'s program ''[[Fantástico]]''.

===Portugal===
[[SIC Notícias]] acquired the broadcasting rights to the program in 2001. The original episodes were shown in [[Portugal]] with introductory and final comments by journalist [[Mário Crespo]], who conducted the program until 2014. It is presently hosted by anchors of the aforementioned network on a rotational basis, who eventually adopted the previous model.

===Chile===
The news program of [[Televisión Nacional de Chile|National Broadcasting of Chile (TVN)]], the public television network in that country, was named ''60 Minutos'' ("60 Minutes") from 1975 to 1988, but the program had no association with the US version and no investigative reporting.{{Citation needed|date=November 2013}}

===Other versions===
* A [[Mexico|Mexican]] version, which featured [[Juan Ruiz Healy]] serving as anchor, aired in the late 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{Citation |title=60 Minutos |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772303/ |type=Documentary, News |publisher=Televisa S.A. de C.V. |access-date=2023-01-23}}</ref>
* A [[Peru]]vian version aired in the early 1980s, called ''60 Minutos''. However, in the late 1980s there was also a similarly named series, but unrelated to the series produced by CBS News.
* The [[Japan]]ese version, ''CBS Document'', aired from 1988 to 2010. Its primary presenter was [[Peter Barakan]]. It continued in a slightly different format, under the name ''CBS 60 Minutes'', until 2014; Barakan hosted this version as well.
* Edited reruns of ''60 Minutes'' interviews have aired on various cable channels in the United States, including [[TV Land]] and [[ESPN Classic]].
* In [[Thailand]], ''60 Minutes (Thailand)'' was broadcast on [[Modernine TV|TV 9]] (from 1995 to 1997) and [[Channel 7 (Thailand)|BBTV Channel 7]] (from 1999 to 2001).
* In [[Catalonia]], ''60 Minutes'' has been broadcast by [[TV3 (Catalonia)]] for 27 seasons.
* In [[France]], [[M6 (TV channel)|M6]] launched ''66 minutes'' in 2006, a television magazine with a similar concept and format.<ref>{{Citation |title=66 minutes |date=2006-10-01 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7592984/ |type=News |publisher=C. Productions |access-date=2023-01-23}}</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[This Hour Has Seven Days]]'', and ''[[W5 (TV program)|W5]]'' both of which pre-date ''60 Minutes'' by a couple of years, are similar in journalistic style and format
* [[Betty Ford's August 1975 60 Minutes interview]]

== Citations ==
{{Reflist}}

== General and cited sources==
* ''[[Who's Who in America]] 1998'', "Hewitt, Don S." Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, NJ, 1998. p.&nbsp;1925.
* ''Who's Who in America 1998'', "Wallace, Mike." Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, NJ, 1998. p.&nbsp;4493.
* Madsen, Axel. ''60 Minutes: The Power and the Politics of America's Most Popular TV News Show.'' Dodd, Mead and Company: New York City, 1984.

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|title=60 Minutes: 25 Years of Television's Finest Hour|last=Coffey|first=Frank|publisher=General Publishing Group, Inc.|location=Santa Monica, California|year=1993|isbn=1-881649-04-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/60minutes25years00coff}}. With introduction by [[Don Hewitt]].

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{Official website|http://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/}}
* {{IMDb title|0123338|60 Minutes}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes TV|id=60-minutes|title=60 Minutes}}
* [https://www.c-span.org/video/?163061-1/tell-story ''Booknotes'' interview with Don Hewitt on ''Tell Me a Story: 50 Years and 60 Minutes in Television'', April 1, 2001.]
* [https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/60-minutes-plus/ 60 Minutes+ on Paramount+]

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