1 HOUR, THREE GREAT STORIES
It’s Sunday night and millions of Americans know what the sound of the stopwatch means: they’ll get those stories and more, next on “60 Minutes.” The stories that have been told since the show’s premiere in 1968 are legion. Envisioned as television’s version of Life magazine, investigations, features and profiles are all tales spun by a roster of correspondents who are master storytellers.
1993 TV INDUCTEE
“In all these hours of entertainment, couldn’t you find 60 minutes for a news magazine?”
DON HEWITT’S PITCH TO CBS
Those correspondents have elevated a pantheon of broadcast journalists while honing their unique skills as unpredictable interrogators, poetic narrators or confidantes. The show has shaped the careers of greats like Dan Rather, Andy Rooney, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Steve Kroft, Lesley Stahl, Bob Simon, and Anderson Cooper
“60 Minutes” has not changed dramatically over the years, though it has done much to change television journalism. Presidents, prime ministers and ordinary people alike have shared the screen as CBS’s unique newsmagazine has chronicled what is interesting about our world. The stopwatch ticks on, marking the passage of our times.
Various members of the CBS '60 Minutes' news team pose for a photo.