60 Minutes

America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard news coverage to politics to lifestyle and pop culture.

Seasons

59

Episodes aired

1.030

Latest aired

S58E49

Total runtime

26d 18h

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 September 1968 – December 1968 7 episodes
2. Season 2 September 1969 1 episode
3. Season 3 September 1970 1 episode
4. Season 4 September 1971 1 episode
5. Season 5 October 1972 1 episode
6. Season 6 January 1974 1 episode
7. the show was away for 31 years and 6 months
8. Season 7 July 2005 1 episode
9. Season 16 October 1984 1 episode
10. the show was away for 5 years and 4 months
11. Season 22 March 1990 1 episode
12. the show was away for 2 years
13. Season 24 April 1992 – September 1992 2 episodes
14. Season 25 July 1993 1 episode
15. Season 26 November 1993 – July 1994 2 episodes
16. Season 27 July 1995 1 episode
17. Season 28 September 1995 – December 1995 2 episodes
18. Season 29 December 1996 1 episode
19. Season 30 April 1998 1 episode
20. Season 31 March 1999 2 episodes
21. the show was away for 1 year and 7 months
22. Season 33 November 2000 – May 2001 3 episodes
23. Season 34 September 2001 – December 2001 12 episodes
24. Season 35 June 2002 – November 2002 3 episodes
25. Season 36 September 2003 – June 2004 10 episodes
26. Season 37 September 2004 – February 2005 7 episodes
27. Season 38 January 2005 – April 2006 6 episodes
28. Season 39 September 2006 – July 2007 3 episodes
29. Season 40 September 2007 – September 2008 52 episodes
30. Season 41 September 2008 – May 2010 50 episodes
31. Season 42 September 2009 – September 2010 46 episodes
32. Season 43 September 2010 – September 2011 51 episodes
33. Season 44 September 2011 – September 2012 53 episodes
34. Season 45 September 2012 – September 2013 48 episodes
35. Season 46 September 2013 – September 2014 51 episodes
36. Season 47 September 2014 – September 2015 52 episodes
37. Season 48 June 2015 – September 2016 55 episodes
38. Season 49 September 2016 – March 2017 23 episodes
39. Season 50 September 2017 – September 2018 55 episodes
40. Season 51 September 2018 – September 2019 51 episodes
41. Season 52 September 2019 – September 2020 50 episodes
42. Season 53 September 2020 – September 2021 51 episodes
43. Season 54 September 2021 – September 2022 56 episodes
44. Season 55 September 2022 – September 2023 54 episodes
45. Season 56 September 2023 – September 2024 55 episodes
46. Season 57 September 2024 – September 2025 57 episodes
47. Season 58 September 2025 – September 2026 50 episodes
48. Season 59 September 2026 2 episodes

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  S01E01 September 24, 1968

  September 24 · 44min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  60 Minutes offers a beside-the-scenes look at presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey during their parties' summer nominating conventions then interviews three prominent European political thinkers about the elections before soliciting the opinion of native son and Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator Art Buchwald. A conversation with U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark follows during which he attempts to explain the forces at work in the country's rapidly changing relationship with law enforcement officers. A presentation of the short subject documentary "Why Man Creates" concludes this inaugural episode.

• 2

  S01E02 October 8, 1968

  October 8 · 44min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  An exclusive interview with Richard Nixon, the Republican Party candidate for president, a look at highlights from an original musical comedy produced by Theatre Atlanta, and an examination of U.S. Defense research into germ and gas warfare.

• 3

  S01E03 October 22, 1968

  October 22 · 44min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  An exclusive interview with Democratic Party presidential candidate and current Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, an interview with controversial Independent presidential candidate George Wallace, and the second part of an investigative story on U.S. Defense germ and gas warfare research.

• 4

  S01E04 November 12, 1968

  November 12 · 44min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  A look back at last week's election of Richard Nixon as President, a profile of NFL football star quarterback Joe Namath of the New York Jets and a look at some footage of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia shot in Prague.

• 5

  S01E05 November 26, 1968

  November 26 · 44min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  An interview with former nun and current president of Webster College, Jacqueline Grennan, who left the Roman Catholic Church after challenging its stance on birth control; a trip to the famous Laurent Restaurant with food critic Craig Claiborne; an interview with recently re-elected Senator Edmund Muskie.

• 6

  S01E06 December 10, 1968

  December 10 · 44min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  An investigation into how sexual assaults are becoming more common in U.S. prisons,a look at cheating in football, shoplifting, and a profile of former ambassador Averell Harriman.

• 7

  S01E07 December 24, 1968

  December 24 · 44min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  Interviews of Coretta Scott King, Bernice King, Dexter King, Yolanda King, family of the late activist Martin Luther King, Jr. during Christmas in Atlanta, Georgia; Report on illiteracy in the U.S.; Interview with Ethel Kennedy the widow of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy; Essay by Andy Rooney on "What Jesus Christ looked like?"