60 Minutes: Season 1
60 Minutes' first season premiered on September 24, 1968, as a bi-weekly broadcast hosted by Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner. The program alternated weeks with other CBS News productions on Tuesday evenings at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The hosts described the show as a "kind of a magazine for television." The season consisted of twenty episodes that aired until April 1969. The show featured an ever-changing team of CB
Season overview
60 Minutes' first season premiered on September 24, 1968, as a bi-weekly broadcast hosted by Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner. The program alternated weeks with other CBS News productions on Tuesday evenings at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The hosts described the show as a "kind of a magazine for television." The season consisted of twenty episodes that aired until April 1969. The show featured an ever-changing team of CBS News correspondents contributing segments on various topics, including hard news coverage, politics, lifestyle, and pop culture.
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
September 24, 1968
Sep 24, 1968 · 44 min
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 pr
October 8, 1968
Oct 8, 1968 · 44 min
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 ex
October 22, 1968
Oct 22, 1968 · 44 min
An exclusive interview with Democratic Party presidential candidate and current Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, an interview with controversial Independent presidential candidat
November 12, 1968
Nov 12, 1968 · 44 min
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 Sovi
November 26, 1968
Nov 26, 1968 · 44 min
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
December 10, 1968
Dec 10, 1968 · 44 min
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.
December 24, 1968
Dec 24, 1968 · 44 min
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 illi