1968 opener for 60 Minutes, 'a kind of a magazine for television'

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Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace open the first-ever broadcast of 60 Minutes by acknowledging the show's unprecedented format. 60 Minutes will begin its 50th season Sunday, September 24th at 7:30 pm on CBS.

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"60 Minutes," the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast begun in 1968 is still a hit in 2016, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. "60 Minutes" has won more Emmy Awards than any other primetime broadcast, including a special Lifetime Achievement Emmy. It has also won every major broadcast journalism award over its tenure, including 20 Peabody and 15 DuPont Columbia University awards for excellence in television broadcasting. Other distinguished awards won multiple times include the George Polk, RTNDA Edward R. Murrow, Investigative Reporters and Editors, RFK Journalism, Sigma Delta Chi and Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Reporting. "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS Sept. 24, 1968. CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager is the program's executive producer. The correspondents and contributors of "60 Minutes" are Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Steve Kroft, Lara Logan, Scott Pelley, Morley Safer, Bob Simon, Lesley Stahl and Bill Whitaker. "60 Minutes" airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
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You know you've become an adult when you voluntarily watch 60 Minutes :-P

ilovebeinagirl
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The ticking of the 1968-69 stopwatch sounded like the ticking of a windup watch, I LOVE IT!

ericsamuelson
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Would be great if we could see the entire first episode instead of just clips.

honeycone
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I love seeing these aincient video tapes. Amazing they look as good as they do.

scottstrang
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Omg I have been needing this so badly. It has been almost impossible to pinpoint the exact model numbers for each stopwatch they used. Now I've got it!! Thank you!

jphili
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This is truly a historic moment in television history!

joemartin
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Premiered on this day 65 years ago today!! ⏱

spwash
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When are they going to start using a digital clock, or an iPhone display?

jgrab