About Us

60 MINUTES, America's most watched television program and #1 newscast for more than half a century, offers hard-hitting investigative reports, newsmaker interviews, feature stories, and in-depth profiles. The CBS newsmagazine made television history by marking 52 consecutive years as America's #1 news program with the close of the 2025-26 broadcast. The 58th season of 60 MINUTES averaged 9.1 million viewers, and reached more than one in three Americans. The program has finished among Nielsen's annual top 10 list for 25 seasons - a record never approached by another program. 60 MINUTES has been honored with almost every broadcast journalism award, including 25 Peabody awards for excellence in television broadcasting and more Emmys than any other primetime broadcast. 60 MINUTES was created in 1968 by Don Hewitt and premiered on CBS that September. The executive producer is Nick Bilton, and the correspondents are Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim. Norah O'Donnell is a contributor. Tune in on Sundays at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and anytime on the 60 Minutes streaming channel . …