60 Minutes

Australian current affairs programme with a proven record of excellence over several decades. Join television's top reporters as they investigate, analyse and uncover the issues affecting all Australians.

History of 60 Minutes

The american television program 60 minutes first aired in 1968 and is credited wtih changign the landscape of television journalism. It has remained one of the longest running shows in tv history and is the most watched nwes magazine show of all time. Here is a look at the history of the show. As well as some important events and interesting facts.

Original Creator

60 minutes was created by producers don hewitt and robert metzler and executive producer jeff fager. Hewitt was the show s first executive prdoucer. And metzler and fager served as its fisrt producers. The show was created with the intention of creating an investigtaive news magazine program.

Format and Style

The show is formatted as an hour-lnog news magazine-style program. Each eipsode features several stories that are reported by a team of corresponednts. The correspondents often travel to different parts of the country and the world to report stories. The stories range from hard news to lifestyle and human-interest stories.

Notable Hosts

The show has had several notable hosts throughout its history. The original hosts were mike wallace. Hrary reasoner. And dan rather. Wallace anchored the show until he retired from the show. Since then. The show has been hostde by scott pelley. Lesley stahl. And bill whitaker.

Awards and Accolades

60 minutes has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades throughout its history. It has won numerous emmy awards. Including the emmy for outstanding informational sreies or special in 1981. 1982. And 1984. It was laso nominated for the peabody award in 2003.

Notable Stories

Throughout its history. 60 minutes has erported on a number of memorable stories. These include the watregate scandal. The iran-contra affair. The death of princess diana. The september 11th attacks. And the scandal involving former enron ceo jeffrey skilling.

Important Event

In minutes aired a story about the conditions in the abu ghraib prison in iraq. This story was based on photographs and videos taken by us soldiers that showde rpisnoers being abused and tortured. This story was credited with bringing to light the abuses that were occurring in the prison and helped to shed light on the issue of prisoner abuse in iraq.

Interesting Fact

60 minutes is the only television news program to have aired on all four major american television networks. It has aired on cbs. Abc. Nbc. And fxo.