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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 31
Editor’s Note: These previously broadcast segments have been updated for this postseason edition. Airs 7:00-8:00 PM, ET/ PT on the CBS Television Network CHINA’S SPIES – Chinese hackers have infiltrated U.S. government systems, the private sector and critical infrastructure, but hacking has not replaced Beijing’s pursuit of old-fashioned human intelligence, aka: spying. Norah O’Donnell reports on Chinese covert agents who monitor and influence events outside their own borders and surveil and intimidate Chinese dissidents right here in America. Keith Sharman and Roxanne Feitel are the p...
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DRAGGAN MIHAILOVICH IS NAMED EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF “60 MINUTES”
60 MINUTES executive producer Tanya Simon today announced Draggan Mihailovich as the next executive editor of the venerable CBS newsmagazine. 60 MINUTES has been America’s #1 news program for more than five decades. “Draggan is a first-rate journalist and storyteller whose pieces have been among the most memorable to air on 60 MINUTES since he joined the broadcast nearly three decades ago. Whether he’s producing investigations, features or profiles of legendary athletes, he thinks big and has the highest standards. I can’t think of a better partner,” said Simon. “This is the honor of my...
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 24
Editor’s Note: These previously broadcast segments have been updated for this postseason edition. Airs 7:00-8:00 PM, ET/ PT on the CBS Television Network EVIDENCE – Evidence has emerged that could change our understanding of the 9/11 terrorist attacks more than two decades ago. A 60 MINUTES investigation has found that crucial information, initially turned over to the FBI shortly after the attacks, was never shared with the bureau’s own field agents or senior intelligence officials. Correspondent Cecilia Vega reports on this evidence, which has come to light amid a lawsuit against the ...
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 17
Editor’s Note: These previously broadcast segments have been updated for this postseason edition. Airs 7:00-8:00 PM, ET/ PT on the CBS Television Network THE PROMISE – Twenty-three years later, over 1,000 families are still waiting for news of loved ones lost in the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11. Correspondent Scott Pelley looks at how efforts to search for and identify their remains have never stopped, driven by the promise made by the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner. Pelley visits their laboratory, which is using new advancements in DNA research and breakthrough t...
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 10
Editor’s Note: These previously broadcast segments have been updated for this postseason edition. Airs 7:00-8:00 PM, ET/ PT on the CBS Television Network THE CAP ARCONA – Correspondent Bill Whitaker reports from Germany’s Baltic Coast on the bombing of the Cap Arcona, a little-known human tragedy in the closing days of World War II in Europe. Once a luxurious German ocean liner, the Cap Arcona was commandeered by the Nazis and, at war’s end, turned into a floating concentration camp. Thousands of prisoners were killed in the aerial attack. Whitaker interviews historians and speaks with...
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, AUG. 3
Editor’s Note: These previously broadcast segments have been updated for this postseason edition. Airs 7:00-8:00 PM, ET/ PT on the CBS Television Network DEMIS HASSABIS – Demis Hassabis, a pioneer in artificial intelligence, is shaping the future of humanity. As the CEO of Google DeepMind, he was first interviewed by correspondent Scott Pelley in 2023, during a time when chatbots marked the beginning of a new technological era. Since that interview, Hassabis has made headlines for his innovative work, including using an AI model to predict the structure of proteins, which earned him a ...
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CBS NEWS NAMES AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST TANYA SIMON EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF “60 MINUTES,” AMERICA’S #1 NEWS PROGRAM
Tanya Simon, an award-winning journalist and producer, has been named executive producer of 60 MINUTES, America’s #1 news program, it was announced today by Tom Cibrowski, president and executive editor of CBS News. Simon, who has three decades of experience, has been with 60 MINUTES for 25 years, most recently serving as interim executive producer. She is the fourth executive producer in the broadcast’s 57-year history, and the first woman in the role. “Tanya Simon understands what makes 60 MINUTES tick. She is an innovative leader, an exceptional producer and someone who knows how to ...
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, JULY 27
Editor’s Note: These previously broadcast segments have been updated for this postseason edition. Airs 7:00-8:00 PM, ET/ PT on the CBS Television Network DEATH FLIGHTS – 60 MINUTES reports on how the flight logs found in a plane in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., uncovered Argentina’s notorious death flights during its dictatorship in the mid-1970s – serving as key evidence of the country’s lethal scheme that “disappeared” thousands of innocent citizens whom they viewed as a threat. Correspondent Jon Wertheim revisits this dark and traumatic period in Argentine history, meeting the pair of inve...
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“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, JULY 20
“60 MINUTES” LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, JULY 20 Editor’s Note: These previously broadcast segments have been updated for this postseason edition. Airs 7:00-8:00 PM, ET/ PT on the CBS Television Network THE VATICAN’S ORPHANS: From 1950 to 1970, the Vatican sent thousands of Italian children to eager American Catholics for adoption. The children entered the United States on orphan visas. The trouble was most of the children were not orphans. They were the children of unwed mothers, many of whom were alive and searching for their children. How the Vatican got into the orphan business is the su...
