This series set the pattern for the TV news magazine. Each episode consists of several stories, each presented by a different reporter. Stories have included investigative pieces, celebrity profiles, background pieces on current events, and general human interest stories. The series has also featured "Point-Counterpoint" debates and humorous commentaries by Andy Rooney.
SERIES INFO Genre: Documentary News Stars: Steve Kroft, Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley, Lara Logan, Bill Whitaker, Anderson Cooper, Charlie Rose, Sanjay Gupta, Norah O'Donnell, Sharyn Alfonsi Series Plot: 60 Minutes has been on the air since 1968, beginning on a Tuesday, but spending most of its time on Sundays, where it remains today.
This popular news magazine provides both hard hitting investigations, interviews and features, along with people in the news and current events.
60 Minutes has set unprecedented records in the Nielsen's ratings with a number 1 rating, five times, making it among the most successful TV programs in all of television history.
This series has won more Emmy awards than any other news program and in 2003, Don Hewitt, the creator (back in 1968), was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy, along with the 60 Minute correspondents.
Added to the 11 Peabody awards, this phenomenally long-lived series has collected 78 awards up to the 2005 season and remains among the viewers top choice for news magazine features.
EPISODE INFO Title: Pegasus- All Bets Are On- Samuel L. Jackson Airdate: 2019-03-24 Episode plot: Lesley Stahl investigates a cutting-edge cyber espionage tool called Pegasus that governments acquire to fight crime and terror- legal sports betting opens up new possibilities for fan engagement, increased revenues for sports leagues, betting during games and say critics, more opportunity for gamblers to corrupt unpaid college athletes- Steve Kroft profiles Samuel L. Jackson's career, which didn't take off until middle age.
Good episode and Print - Thanks for the share TGxTV ... A / V = 8
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