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60 Minutes

1968 · Rated 7.1/10

Next: S59 E3, Who Needs Humans? | The Thom Tillis Tightrope | Saint Francis in the Cloud · 2026-10-04

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.

Cast

Scott Pelley Co-Host

Bill Whitaker Co-Host

Lesley Stahl Co-Host

Jon Wertheim Correspondent

Sharyn Alfonsi Correspondent

Anderson Cooper Correspondent

Cecilia Vega Correspondent

Season 59

E1 Shot Down Over Iran | The Pardon Economy | Battering Ram 2026-09-13 · 60 min Shot Down Over Iran - After a U.S. fighter jet was shot down over Iran 34 days into the war, the Air Force and American special forces rescued the two-man crew in one of the riskiest and most complex operations of its kind in U.S. military history. In his first interview, one of the rescued Air Force officers speaks to correspondent Norah O'Donnell about his harrowing ejection from the F-15E fighter and spending two days alone on the ground in Iran—injured, stranded, with a bounty on his head and the enemy closing in. 60 MINUTES tells the story of the two-day search and rescue operation that was completed on Easter Sunday, April 5. Keith Sharman is the producer. The Pardon Economy - Presidents have pardoned criminals since the time of George Washington. It's a constitutional power that has been controversial from the start—but perhaps never more so than during the Trump presidency. Lesley Stahl and 60 MINUTES investigate the world of lawyers and lobbyists who have created a new pardon economy. Shachar Bar-On and Michael Kaplan are the producers. Battering Ram - Correspondent Jon Wertheim reports from the sidelines of a Los Angeles Rams' preseason practice and sits down with the organization's highest-profile voices: Head Coach Sean McVay, General Manager Les Snead, and MVP quarterback Matthew Stafford. 60 MINUTES gets an inside look at the Los Angeles Rams, hailed as a superteam and an early favorite to win the Super Bowl. Aaron Weisz and Ian Flickinger are the producers.

E2 Patrick Clancy | The Data Center Next Door | Shergar, Where Are You? 2026-09-20 · 60 min Patrick Clancy - Interview with Patrick Clancy, whose ex-wife, Lindsay Clancy, was on trial in one of America's most high-profile murder cases for the killing of their three children. The Data Center Next Door - Examining the boom in AI data centers - and the growing tension between economic development and community pushback. Shergar, Where Are You? - Theories about the disappearance of Shergar, a champion racehorse kidnapped in Ireland in the early 1980s.

E3 Who Needs Humans? | The Thom Tillis Tightrope | Saint Francis in the Cloud 2026-10-04 · 60 min Who Needs Humans? - What does the AI revolution mean for the future of work? Correspondent Jon Wertheim goes inside a company at the forefront of training AI in subjects humans have spent careers mastering, and reports on the perils and promise of AI in the workplace. David M. Levine and Meghan Lisson are the producers. The Thom Tillis Tightrope - Retiring North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis speaks exclusively with 60 MINUTES about the political advisors he believes are responsible for undermining President Trump's second term. In his only interview ahead of the release of his new book, "How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents," Tillis joins correspondent Ross Douthat for a candid conversation about the ups and downs of his relationship with President Trump, the state of the Senate and the Republican Party, and how his upbringing shaped his political outlook. Graham Messick is the producer. Saint Francis in the Cloud - In 1997, a pair of powerful earthquakes struck the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, the magnificent resting place of one of Christianity's most beloved figures. The quakes cratered part of the roof leaving countless art treasures permanently damaged. Now a team of art historians and software engineers are using 21st century technologies to restore the 13th century basilica. Correspondent Bill Whitaker reports on an ambitious AI and gigapixel photography project designed to preserve the great church in the future and open its treasures to the virtual world. Heather Abbott is the producer.

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