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Seasons

Season 1 (1968) - (7 Episodes)

Season 2 (1969) - (1 Episodes)

Season 3 (1970) - (1 Episodes)

Season 4 (1971) - (1 Episodes)

Season 5 (1972) - (1 Episodes)

Season 6 (1974) - (1 Episodes)

Season 7 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

Season 16 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

Season 22 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

Season 24 (Unknown Year) - (2 Episodes)

Season 25 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

Season 26 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

Season 27 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

Season 28 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

Season 30 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

Season 31 (Unknown Year) - (1 Episodes)

Season 33 (Unknown Year) - (3 Episodes)

Season 34 (2001) - (12 Episodes)

Season 35 (2002) - (3 Episodes)

Season 36 (2003) - (10 Episodes)

Season 37 (2004) - (7 Episodes)

Season 38 (2005) - (5 Episodes)

Season 39 (2006) - (3 Episodes)

Season 40 (2007) - (52 Episodes)

Season 41 (2008) - (50 Episodes)

Season 42 (2009) - (46 Episodes)

Season 43 (2010) - (51 Episodes)

Season 44 (2011) - (53 Episodes)

Season 45 (2012) - (48 Episodes)

Season 46 (2013) - (51 Episodes)

Season 47 (2014) - (52 Episodes)

Season 48 (2015) - (55 Episodes)

Season 49 (2016) - (23 Episodes)

Season 50 (2017) - (55 Episodes)

Season 51 (2018) - (51 Episodes)

Season 52 (2019) - (50 Episodes)

Season 53 (2020) - (51 Episodes)

Season 54 (2021) - (56 Episodes)

Season 55 (2022) - (54 Episodes)

Season 56 (2023) - (55 Episodes)

Season 57 (2024) - (57 Episodes)

Season 58 (2025) - (10 Episodes)

Season 1 (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."

Episodes:

Ep. 1: September 24, 1968 (1968-09-24)

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 European political thinkers about the elections before soliciting the opinion of native son and Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator Art Buchwald. A conversation with U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark follows during which he attempts to explain the forces at work in the country's rapidly changing relationship with law enforcement officers. A presentation of the short subject documentary "Why Man Creates" concludes this inaugural episode.
Ep. 2: October 8, 1968 (1968-10-08)

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 examination of U.S. Defense research into germ and gas warfare.
Ep. 3: October 22, 1968 (1968-10-22)

An exclusive interview with Democratic Party presidential candidate and current Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, an interview with controversial Independent presidential candidate George Wallace, and the second part of an investigative story on U.S. Defense germ and gas warfare research.
Ep. 4: November 12, 1968 (1968-11-12)

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 invasion of Czechoslovakia shot in Prague.
Ep. 5: November 26, 1968 (1968-11-26)

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 famous Laurent Restaurant with food critic Craig Claiborne; an interview with recently re-elected Senator Edmund Muskie.
Ep. 6: December 10, 1968 (1968-12-10)

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.
Ep. 7: December 24, 1968 (1968-12-24)

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 the U.S.; Interview with Ethel Kennedy the widow of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy; Essay by Andy Rooney on "What Jesus Christ looked like?"