Line #22 Series/SixtyMinutes


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7	->''"Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick..."''
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9	The [[LongRunners longest-running]] PrimeTimeNews show, ''60 Minutes'' has been shown every Sunday night on Creator/{{CBS}} since 1968. Known for the concluding segment in which GrumpyOldMan Andy Rooney used to complain about whatever ticked him off this week until his October 2011 retirement and passing in the next month.
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11	It also has that name with the RunningTimeInTheTitle.
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13	It has seasons like most of American television, so in the off season they air partial re-runs, where they take articles run before and modify them slightly, perhaps slightly updating them (usually in the intro and ending commentaries). However, despite being in a ''really'' crummy timeslot for decades (7 PM Sundays) the only time it was pre-empted for sports was when CBS had the Olympics. If an NFL game runs late, ''60 Minutes'' is shown in its entirety and the rest of the UsefulNotes/PrimeTime lineup timeshifted back as long as necessary, though in the Pacific time zone this isn't necessary, as football is usually over by the time the show is supposed to start.
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15	Australia and New Zealand have their [[TransAtlanticEquivalent own versions]] of ''60 Minutes'' which are similar in style and tone.
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18	!!''60 Minutes'' provides examples of:
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20	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The ticking sound in its initial broadcasts (circa 1968) was noticeably different from the more distinctive ticking sound used in later seasons.
21	* IntroDump: A sample, from the 1980s:
22	-->"I'm Mike Wallace."\
23	"I'm Morley Safer."\
24	"I'm Harry Reasoner."\
25	"I'm Ed Bradley."\
26	"I'm Diane Sawyer. Those stories and Andy Rooney tonight on ''60 Minutes''."[[note]]Up until ''a month'' before his passing in fall 2011, when he retired[[/note]]
27	* NoThemeTune: Outside of the trademark ticking stopwatch, the program has absolutely no BackgroundMusic of any form, which is a rarity in any genre of American television, where BGM is an absolute requirement to set a scene or tenor, letting the stories stand solely on the reporting and interviews.
28	* RunningTimeInTheTitle: One of the better known examples.
29	* SpinOff: Several of them over the years, though unlike ''Series/{{Dateline}}'' and ''Series/TwentyTwenty'', they've been much more carefully done or generally consisting solely of archive content.
30	** The most well-known example was ''60 Minutes II'', a 1999-2005 show which aired mainly on Wednesdays or Fridays. Though the show was ultimately done in by a 2004 controversy, many of the current correspondents, including Scott Pelley and Lara Logan had their start on ''II''.
31	** ''60 Minutes Sports'', airing on CBS's premium network Creator/{{Showtime}} beginning in January 2013 as a competitor to Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''Real Sports''; ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, but produced exclusively for airing on Showtime.
32	** ''60 Minutes on Classic'', a program on Creator/{{ESPN}} Classic consisting solely of sports interviews from the show's archive; notable for being a CBS production on a network associated with Creator/{{ABC}}.
33	** ''60 Minutes on CNBC'', the same as above, only on CNBC and consisting of business-specific interviews. Also notable for being a CBS show on Creator/{{NBC}}, as NBC's news documentary unit has been mainly consumer interest-heavy in regards to business content.
34	** ''60 Minutes on Creator/TVLand'', again the same as above, but highlighting interviews with entertainers such as [[Series/TheTonightShow Johnny Carson]], [[Series/TheCarolBurnettShow Carol Burnett]], [[Series/TheHoneymooners Jackie Gleason]], and [[Series/AllInTheFamily Norman Lear]].
35	** ''30 Minutes'', a late-70's program on CBS that acted as the EdutainmentShow bookend to the network's SaturdayMorningCartoon lineup with kid focused news content.
36	** ''30 Minutes Bay Area'', a half-hour concept show created by Don Hewitt that aired in the mid-2000s on CBS' San Francisco station, KPIX-5; the concept was intended to air on the other CBS O&Os, but for some reason it never was used anywhere else.
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