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60 Minutes

Season 1 1968 - 1969
TV-PG

  • 1968-09-24T23:00:00Z on CBS
  • 44m
  • 7h 20m (10 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • News
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."

10 episodes

Series Premiere

1968-09-24T23:00:00Z

1x01 September 24, 1968

Series Premiere

1x01 September 24, 1968

  • 1968-09-24T23:00:00Z44m

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 prominent European political thinkers about the elections before soliciting the opinion of native son and Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator Art Buchwald. A conversation with U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark follows during which he attempts to explain the forces at work in the country's rapidly changing relationship with law enforcement officers. A presentation of the short subject documentary "Why Man Creates" concludes this inaugural episode.

1968-10-08T23:00:00Z

1x02 October 8, 1968

1x02 October 8, 1968

  • 1968-10-08T23:00:00Z44m

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 examination of U.S. Defense research into germ and gas warfare.

1968-10-22T23:00:00Z

1x03 October 22, 1968

1x03 October 22, 1968

  • 1968-10-22T23:00:00Z44m

An exclusive interview with Democratic Party presidential candidate and current Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, an interview with controversial Independent presidential candidate George Wallace, and the second part of an investigative story on U.S. Defense germ and gas warfare research.

1968-11-13T00:00:00Z

1x04 November 12, 1968

1x04 November 12, 1968

  • 1968-11-13T00:00:00Z44m

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 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia shot in Prague.

1968-11-27T00:00:00Z

1x05 November 26, 1968

1x05 November 26, 1968

  • 1968-11-27T00:00:00Z44m

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 to the famous Laurent Restaurant with food critic Craig Claiborne; an interview with recently re-elected Senator Edmund Muskie.

Season Finale

1968-12-11T00:00:00Z

1x06 December 10, 1968

Season Finale

1x06 December 10, 1968

  • 1968-12-11T00:00:00Z44m

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.

1968-12-25T00:00:00Z

1x07 24 Dec. 1968

1x07 24 Dec. 1968

  • 1968-12-25T00:00:00Z44m

60 Minutes goes to Atlanta, Georgia, to interview the family of the late activist Martin Luther King, Jr. during Christmas. It also interviews Ethel Kennedy the widow of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy and offers an essay by Andy Rooney on what Jesus Christ looked like.

1969-01-08T00:00:00Z

1x08 7 Jan. 1969

1x08 7 Jan. 1969

  • 1969-01-08T00:00:00Z44m

1969-01-15T00:00:00Z

1x09 14 Jan. 1969

1x09 14 Jan. 1969

  • 1969-01-15T00:00:00Z44m

1969-04-23T00:00:00Z

1x10 22 Apr. 1969

1x10 22 Apr. 1969

  • 1969-04-23T00:00:00Z44m
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