Episode guide
60 Minutes: Season 1
7 episodes · premiered Sep 24, 1968
60 Minutes' first season aired as a bi-weekly broadcast hosted by Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner, debuting on September 24, 1968, and alternating weeks with other CBS News productions on Tuesday evenings at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The first edition was described by Reasoner in the opening as a "kind of a magazine for television."
- Episode 1: September 24, 1968 Sep 24, 1968 · 44m 60 Minutes offers a beside-the-scenes look at presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey during their parties' summer nominating conventions then interviews three prominent…
- Episode 2: October 8, 1968 Oct 8, 1968 · 44m An exclusive interview with Richard Nixon, the Republican Party candidate for president, a look at highlights from an original musical comedy produced by Theatre Atlanta, and an…
- Episode 3: October 22, 1968 Oct 22, 1968 · 44m An exclusive interview with Democratic Party presidential candidate and current Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, an interview with controversial Independent presidential candidate George…
- Episode 4: November 12, 1968 Nov 12, 1968 · 44m A look back at last week's election of Richard Nixon as President, a profile of NFL football star quarterback Joe Namath of the New York Jets and a look at some footage of the Soviet…
- Episode 5: November 26, 1968 Nov 26, 1968 · 44m An interview with former nun and current president of Webster College, Jacqueline Grennan, who left the Roman Catholic Church after challenging its stance on birth control; a trip to the…
- Episode 6: December 10, 1968 Dec 10, 1968 · 44m An investigation into how sexual assaults are becoming more common in U.S. prisons,a look at cheating in football, shoplifting, and a profile of former ambassador Averell Harriman.
- Episode 7: December 24, 1968 Dec 24, 1968 · 44m Interviews of Coretta Scott King, Bernice King, Dexter King, Yolanda King, family of the late activist Martin Luther King, Jr. during Christmas in Atlanta, Georgia; Report on illiteracy in…