Also, because of the interview, the son of CBS President Laurence Tisch (who also controlled Lorillard Tobacco) was among the people from the big tobacco companies at risk of being caught having committed perjury. Camacho was not consulted about the piece, and his career was devastated in the immediate term as his own department placed suspicion on him. [86][87], After the resignation of CBS news head Les Moonves, an investigation into sexual harassment at CBS, including 60 Minutes, uncovered evidence of long-running sexual harassment issues stemming from behavior of producers Jeff Fager and Don Hewitt.[88][89]. M. Marion Busia. 60 Minutes consists of three long-form news stories without superimposed graphics. It is seen during the opening title sequence, before each commercial break, and at the tail-end of the closing credits, and each time it appears it displays (within reasonable accuracy) the elapsed time of the episode to that point. In fact, the ''CBS Evening News'' has been changing. "60 Minutes," the most successful television broadcast in history. Marines. Personalities from CBS Sports also contributed to the program. Bergman began to produce a piece based upon the information, but ran into opposition from Don Hewitt who, along with CBS lawyers, feared a billion dollar lawsuit from Brown and Williamson for tortious interference for encouraging Wigand to violate his non-disclosure agreement. A number of people at CBS would benefit from a sale of CBS to Westinghouse Electric Corporation, including the head of CBS lawyers and CBS News. The 60 Minutes piece was eventually aired with substantially altered content and minus some of the most damning evidence against B&W. In the 60 Minutes segment footage was shown of an Audi 5000 with the accelerator "moving down on its own", accelerating the car. He also claimed to have visited a Benghazi hospital earlier that night where he saw Ambassador Christopher Stevens' body. This brought COVID-19 positive individuals in close contact with CBS employees and resulted in the shutdown of multiple buildings located in Manhattan, including the CBS Broadcast Center.[99]. television. On December 15, 2013, 60 Minutes aired a report on the National Security Agency (NSA) that was widely criticized[81] as false[82] and a "puff piece. [8] According to one historian of the show, the idea of the format was to make the hosts the reporters, to always feature stories that were of national importance but focused upon individuals involved with, or in conflict with, those issues, and to limit the reports' airtime to around 13 minutes. [50], The incident devastated Audi sales in the United States, which did not rebound for 15 years. Subsequent to the 2012 Benghazi attack, 60 Minutes aired a report by correspondent Lara Logan on October 27, 2013, in which British military contractor Dylan Davies, identified by CBS under the pseudonym "Morgan Jones," described racing to the Benghazi compound several hours after the main assault was over, scaling a 12-foot wall and knocking out a lone fighter with the butt of a rifle. By 1976, 60 Minutes became the top-rated program on Sunday nights in the U.S. By 1979, it had achieved the #1 spot among all television programs in the Nielsen ratings, unheard of before for a news broadcast in prime time. Eugene Chase. [46], The show received an Investigative Reporter and Editor medal for their segment "The Osprey", documenting a Marine cover-up of deadly flaws in the V-22 Osprey aircraft. [39], On October 6, 2013, the broadcast (which was delayed by 44 minutes that evening due to a Denver Broncos-Dallas Cowboys NFL game) drew 17.94 million viewers; retaining 63% of the 28.32 million viewers of its lead-in, and making it the most watched 60 Minutes broadcast since December 16, 2012. Commentators for 60 Minutes have included: Based on ratings, 60 Minutes is the most successful program in U.S. television history since it was moved into its present timeslot in 1975. In 1981, 60 Minutes won a Logie Award for their investigation of lethal abuses at the Chelmsford psychiatric hospital in Sydney.[100][101]. [37], 60 Minutes first broke into the Nielsen Top 20 during the 1976–77 season. Commentator 3 Credits. On October 29, 2006, the opening sequence changed from a black background, which had been used for over a decade, to white. 60 Minutes (TV Series 1968– ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 1968; 53 seasons CBS Talk & Interview Watchlist. [98] The piece mentions that CBS News flew in staffers, including those located in Seattle and Rome in early March 2020 to begin filming promotional material for 60 in 6. If you are wondering, "Who are the actors from 60 Minutes?" Also sign me up for FanMail to get updates on all things movies: tickets, special offers, screenings + more. 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This popular news magazine provides both hard hitting investigations, interviews and features, along with people in the news and current events. Cast. Lesley Stahl. Initially, 60 Minutes aired as a bi-weekly show hosted by Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, debuting on September 24, 1968, and alternating weeks with other CBS News productions on Tuesday evenings at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Due to Hewitt's hesitation, The Wall Street Journal instead broke Wigand's story. [13], For most of the 1970s, the program included Point/Counterpoint, in which a liberal and a conservative commentator debated a particular issue. 60 Minutes cast list, including photos of the actors when available. Within a day, the automotive blog site Jalopnik reported that the sounds accompanying footage of the car shown during the story were actually sounds from a traditional gasoline engine dubbed over the footage, when in reality the electric car makes no such sounds. [78] Davies had said to the program and written in his book that he told an alternative version of his actions to his employer, who he said had demanded that he stay inside his Benghazi villa as the attack unfolded. This segment originally featured James J. Kilpatrick representing the conservative side and Nicholas von Hoffman[14] for the liberal, with Shana Alexander[15] taking over for von Hoffman after he departed in 1974. This version retained the English-language soundtrack of the original, but also featured German subtitles. Grounded in investigative journalism, the program was the first of the TV newsmagazines and became the industry standard for television journalism. This success translated into great profits for CBS; advertising rates increased from $17,000 per 30-second spot in 1975 to $175,000 in 1982.[10]. It later emerged that an expert witness employed by one of the plaintiffs modified the accelerator with a concealed device, causing the "unintended acceleration". 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