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60 Minutes

★ 7.4 5K votes 1968–present 58 seasons · 2304 episodes Returning Series CBS
Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 10/10DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 9/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 8/10Contemporary lifeRecognizably the present day, ordinary life included.This show: 7/10
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Don Hewitt
Written by
Don Hewitt

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About

"A journalism institution still capable of breaking real news"

60 Minutes is America's longest-running television newsmagazine, mixing hard-hitting investigative journalism with in-depth interviews and human-interest profiles. Each episode splits into several standalone segments, from political exposés to celebrity sit-downs, anchored by a rotating team of veteran correspondents. The pace is measured and reporter-driven rather than flashy, built on old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting and patient storytelling. It's less about spectacle and more about credibility, depth, and the occasional jaw-dropping revelation. Watching it feels like appointment journalism: substantive, sometimes dry, but consistently well-researched and trustworthy in a way few news programs still manage.

Watch it for

the rigorous, decades-spanning tradition of hard-hitting investigative reporting and memorable interviews.

Maybe skip if

you prefer fast-paced entertainment over measured, long-form journalistic storytelling.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 11968
8.024207h
60 Minutes' first season aired as a bi-weekly broadcast 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 p.m. Eastern Time. The first edition was described by Reasoner in the opening as a "kind of a magazine for television."
Season 21969
023
Season 31970
0191h
Season 41971
032
Season 51972
039
Season 61974
031
Season 7
8.035341h
Season 8
033
Season 9
049
Season 10
053
Season 11
0522h
Season 12
03
Season 13
01
Season 14
01
Season 15
01
Season 16
02
Season 17
01
Season 18
02
Season 19
04
Season 20
03
Season 22
031
Season 23
5.91152
Season 24
7.9137521h 50m
Season 25
052
Season 26
051
Season 27
05217m
Season 28
052
Season 29
0521h
Season 30
051
Season 31
05247m
Season 32
7.62254
Season 33
050
Season 342001
053
Season 352002
8.26651
Season 362003
0501h
Season 372004
6.96051
Season 382005
8.211652
Season 392006
8.163491h
Season 402007
0521h
Season 412008
0491h
Season 422009
051
Season 432010
7.527521h
Season 442011
8.2139535h 42m
Season 452012
7.161482h 10m
Season 462013
8.512511h 24m
Season 472014
0531h 26m
Season 482015
6.5135543m
Season 492016
7.28453
Season 502017
7.43525437h 21m
Season 512018
6.82815135h 47m
Season 522019
6.94905122h 4m
Season 532020
7.24735110h
Season 542021
7.7479567h 51m
Season 552022
6.7763548h 8m
Season 562023
7.17195311h
Season 572024
6.2994576h 10m
Season 582025
6.165049
Season 59
01

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Andrew Rooney Self - Commentator (segment: Andy Rooney), Self - Commentator, Self
Lesley Stahl Self - Host, Self - Correspondent, Self - Contributor
Morley Safer Self - Host, Self - Correspondent, Self
Steve Kroft Self - Host, Self - Correspondent, Self - Correspondent (segment: President Obama)
Mike Wallace Self - Host, Self - Correspondent, Self
Ed Bradley Self - Host, Self - Correspondent, Self
Scott Pelley Self - Host, Self - Correspondent, Self - Contributor
Bill Whitaker Self - Host, Self - Contributor, Self - Correspondent
Bob Simon Self - Host, Self - Correspondent (segment: Swimming with Sharks), Self - Correspondent (segment: The Sea Gypsies)
Anderson Cooper Self - Correspondent, Self - Contributor, Self - Correspondent (segment: Michael Phelps)

Crew

Don Hewitt

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