60 Minutes: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

60 Minutes has been on the air since 1968, beginning on a Tuesday, but spending most of its time on Sundays, where it remains today. This popular news magazine provides both hard hitting investigations, interviews and features, along with people in the news and current events. 60 Minutes has set unprecedented records in the Nielsen's ratings with a number 1 rating, five times, making it among the most successful TV programs in all of television history. This series has won more Emmy awards than any other news program and in 2003, Don Hewitt, the creator (back in 1968), was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy, along with the 60 Minute correspondents. Added to the 11 Peabody awards, this phenomenally long-lived series has collected 78 awards up to the 2005 season and remains among the viewers top choice for news magazine features.

Series details

• Title: 60 Minutes
• Format: News
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1968-09-24
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 61 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 4022

Cast and credited roles

• Scott Pelley — Co-Host
• Bill Whitaker — Co-Host
• Lesley Stahl — Co-Host
• Jon Wertheim — Correspondent
• Sharyn Alfonsi — Correspondent
• Anderson Cooper — Correspondent
• Cecilia Vega — Correspondent
• Steve Kroft — Co-Host
• Lara Logan — Co-Host
• Morley Safer — Co-Host
• Mike Wallace — Co-Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1968-09-24; final listed air date 1969-04-22.
• Season 2: premiered 1969-11-25; final listed air date 1969-11-25.
• Season 5: premiered 1973-04-08; final listed air date 1973-04-08.
• Season 7: premiered 1975-04-27; final listed air date 1975-08-03.
• Season 8: premiered 1976-02-22; final listed air date 1976-06-20.
• Season 9: premiered 1976-12-05; final listed air date 1976-12-05.
• Season 11: premiered 1978-11-12; final listed air date 1979-03-17.
• Season 12: premiered 1980-01-06; final listed air date 1980-06-22.
• Season 16: premiered 1983-12-05; final listed air date 1984-04-02.
• Season 17: premiered 1985-04-01; final listed air date 1985-04-01.
• Season 18: premiered 1986-04-20; final listed air date 1986-05-18.
• Season 19: premiered 1986-09-28; final listed air date 1987-04-19.
• Season 20: premiered 1987-12-06; final listed air date 1987-12-27.
• Season 21: premiered 1989-03-10; final listed air date 1989-03-10.
• Season 22: premiered 1990-02-04; final listed air date 1990-06-03.
• Season 23: premiered 1991-03-03; final listed air date 1991-03-03.
• Season 24: premiered 1991-09-15; final listed air date 1991-09-29.
• Season 25: premiered 1992-09-13; final listed air date 1993-05-30; episode order: 37.
• Season 26: premiered 1993-09-19; final listed air date 1993-09-19.
• Season 27: premiered 1994-09-11; final listed air date 1994-09-11.
• Season 28: premiered 1995-09-17; final listed air date 1995-09-17.
• Season 29: premiered 1996-09-15; final listed air date 1996-09-15.
• Season 30: premiered 1997-09-21; final listed air date 1997-09-21.
• Season 31: premiered 1998-09-20; final listed air date 1999-05-16.
• Season 32: premiered 1999-09-19; final listed air date 1999-09-19.
• Season 33: premiered 2000-10-01; final listed air date 2000-10-01.
• Season 34: premiered 2001-09-23; final listed air date 2001-09-23.
• Season 35: premiered 2002-09-29; final listed air date 2002-09-29.
• Season 36: premiered 2003-09-28; final listed air date 2003-09-28.
• Season 37: premiered 2004-09-26; final listed air date 2005-07-01; episode order: 33.

Source and licence

Adapted from 60 Minutes on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.