| 60 Minutes | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
 Logo of 60 Minutes, a CBS news magazine television show broadcast continuously since 1968] | |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 16, 1969 (1969-09-16) – September 1, 1970 (1970-09-01) |
| Season chronology | |
60 Minutes's second season from November 1969 to September 1970 contained twenty-three original episodes and two episodes with repeated segments.[1] The two hosts were Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace. Additional reporting provided by Hughes Rudd in episode 1 and Cleveland Amory in episode 13.
Episodes
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Topic(s) | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "Moscow After Dark/You're Getting Rich on My Land/Blacks in the construction industry/military punishment[2]" | TBA | September 16, 1969 (1969-09-16) | |
| 22 | 2 | "Youth pandhandlers/Vietnam veterin inguries/Students visit USSR[2]" | TBA | September 30, 1969 (1969-09-30) | |
| 23 | 3 | "Brig at Camp Pendleton/Crowhurst Saga/McCarthy[2][4]" | TBA | October 14, 1969 (1969-10-14) | |
| 24 | 4 | "Third China/Sheen/Eyes Have It[2][5]" | TBA | October 28, 1969 (1969-10-28) | |
| 25 | 5 | "Tensions in Northern Ireland/Avoiding the Draft/Zebra[2]" | TBA | November 11, 1969 (1969-11-11) | |
| 26 | 6 | "Agnew and the Press/Walter Cronkite Goes Home/View from White House[2][6][7]" | TBA | November 25, 1969 (1969-11-25) | |
| 28 | 8 | "Sex Education/Pro Football Betting/Haynesworth[2][8]" | TBA | December 9, 1969 (1969-12-09) | |
| 29 | 9 | "Suicide/Mott/Russian Christians[2][9]" | TBA | December 16, 1969 (1969-12-16) | |
| 30 | 10 | "Black Panther Party/Oral contraceptives/Military art[10]" | TBA | January 6, 1970 (1970-01-06) | |
| 31 | 12 | "Gold mining labor conditions/Crime in Washington, D. C./business of gravestones [10]" | TBA | January 20, 1970 (1970-01-20) | |
| 32 | 13 | "Hollywood cinematic products/Spanish bullfighting/Bernadette Devlin[10][11]" | TBA | February 3, 1970 (1970-02-03) | |
| 33 | 14 | "Cause of avalanches/Federal gun control[10]" | TBA | February 17, 1970 (1970-02-17) | |
| 34 | 15 | "U. S. Defense spending/Record industry/Golda Meir[10]" | TBA | March 3, 1970 (1970-03-03) | |
| 35 | 16 | "Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton/Israel war tension/Auto bumpers[10][12]" | TBA | March 24, 1970 (1970-03-24) | |
| 36 | 17 | "Emilio Pucci/Egypt war tensions/U.S. federal income tax returns[10][13]" | TBA | March 31, 1970 (1970-03-31) | |
| 37 | 18 | "Rosemary Brown's music/Garbage crisis/Poll on Bill of Rights[10]" | TBA | April 14, 1970 (1970-04-14) | |
| 38 | 19 | "Unemployment in the U.S./Bernie Cornfield/Interviews on Bill of Rights[10]" | TBA | April 28, 1970 (1970-04-28) | |
| 39 | 20 | "Mitchell/Nickel/Krogager[10]" | TBA | May 12, 1970 (1970-05-12) | |
| 40 | 21 | "White House Tour/Missing Children/Vietname Debate[10]" | TBA | May 26, 1970 (1970-05-26) | |
| 41 | 22 | "Cry for Help/Stiles/B-1 Bomber[10][17]" | TBA | June 9, 1970 (1970-06-09) | |
| 42 | 23 | "Vietname/Americans in Foreign Jails/Greatest Jazz Band[10]" | TBA | June 16, 1970 (1970-06-16) | |
| 43 | 24 | "Special anthology edition[10]" | TBA | August 18, 1970 (1970-08-18) | |
| 44 | 25 | "Nixon White House Tour/Military Amputees/Crowhurst[10]" | TBA | September 1, 1970 (1970-09-01) | |
Ranking
[edit]The show ranked 92nd for the second season with 12.8 million viewers on average.[19]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Coffey 1993, p. 242.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Coffey 1993, p. 244.
- ↑ Gray, Dick (September 27, 1969). "Atlanta Teens See Russia On News Special?". The Atlanta Journal. p. 33.
- ↑ "'60 Minutes' One of the Best Bets". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. October 14, 1969. p. 4.
- ↑ Doussard, James (October 28, 1969). "Reasoner Loks at 'The Third China'". The Courier-Journal. p. 20.
- ↑ "60 Minutes #829929 - CBS Special for Tuesday, Nov 25, 1969". Vanderbilt Television News Archive. November 25, 1969. 829929. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ↑ Grey, Dick (November 25, 1969). "Grey Matter: Lew, Spiro, Fred, Sophia, Bing...". The Atlanta Journal. p. 14.
- ↑ "Charlotte TV Highlights". The Charlotte Observer. December 9, 1969. p. 15.
- ↑ "TV Key Previews". The Sacramento Bee. December 16, 1969. p. 34.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Coffey 1993, p. 245.
- ↑ Lowry, Cynthia (February 5, 1970). "Grim Choice for Viewer Seeking Actuality Reporting". Fort Lauderdale News. p. 59.
- ↑ "Gray Matter: Netsilik Eskimos Fight For Life". The Atlanta Journal. March 24, 1970. p. 12.
- ↑ "Gray Matter: Video Examines The Income Tax". The Atlanta Journal. March 31, 1970. p. 24.
- ↑ "English Mystic Appears on '60 Minutes'". Ledger-Enquirer. April 11, 1970. p. 36.
- ↑ Pickens, Jennifer (May 22, 2020). "Upstairs at the White House with Tricia Nixon". whitehousehistory.org. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ↑ "Behind-the-Scenes of Tricia Nixon's "60 Minutes" Tour". whitehousehistory.org. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
- ↑ "Grey Matter: Why Do Parents Beat Children?". The Atlanta Journal. June 9, 1970. p. 55.
- ↑ "On '60 Minutes': American Drug Use Is Risky Overseas". The Macon News. June 16, 1970. p. 11.
- ↑ Coffey (1993), p. 235 for ranking and p. 234 for viewers
References
[edit]- Coffey, Frank (1993). 60 Minutes: 25 Years of Television's Finest Hour. General Publishing. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-881649-04-5. Program Log starts on page 242.