Referenced By / 60 Minutes

Films - Live-Action

• Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021): Marcel and his grandmother like to watch 60 Minutes together because, as Marcel says, "Lesley Stahl is fearless". Later, Marcel is interviewed on the show when his quest to find a family goes viral.
• My Science Project: Vince advises featuring the time warp device on 60 Minutes.
• The Jewel of the Nile: Omar wants romance writer Joan Wilder to write a puff piece on him. When she discovers his plan of conquest and says she's going to tell the truth, he scoffs: "If I wanted the truth, I'd have hired 60 Minutes!"
• You and Your Stupid Mate: Jeffrey and Philip attempt a publicity stunt that they hope will get them on 60 Minutes.

Western Animation

• Donald Duck: The Clip Show Down And Out With Donald Duck is presented as a "duckumentary" about Donald's fall from grace and return to the spotlight. It features a parody of the 60 Minutes stopwatch using a Donald Duck watch; towards the end, the narrator asks for the watch to be removed because he's gotten sick of its constant ticking.
• Freakazoid!: In a special compilation episode that aired on The WB's Sunday night lineup, the gag credit was "A Thought - Any chance we beat "60 Minutes"? Just wondering."
• Garfield and Friends: In the U.S. Acres segment, "Newsworthy Wade", Wade Duck appears as the subject of an episode of 7 Minutes, hosted by Dick Drake, due to Wade's extreme cowardice.
• Pinky and the Brain: The song "A Meticulous Analysis of History" includes a dig at the show's timeslot being notoriously untouchable for other shows (including their own).
  Brain: An elephant is not required / If I can use the media to be admired
  Pinky: The TV viewers you'll delight / Unless the network puts your show on Sunday night
• The Simpsons:
  • In "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie", after Grampa mumbles incoherently due to Bart breaking his dentures and trying to fix them with tape, Homer threatens to send him to "the crooked home" he and Marge saw on 60 Minutes. ^note At the time of the episode's broadcast, 60 Minutes featured news stories from the early 1990s detailing abuse of elderly residents of nursing homes.
  • The Treehouse of Horror segment "The Shinning" (a Whole-Plot Reference to The Shining) has Homer adopt the intro spiel as a replacement for "Here's Johnny!"
  • In "Weekend at Burnsie's", Homer and Smithers have a conversation together while sharing a joint, and Homer bringing the show up makes Smithers realize he forgot to take Mr. Burns out of his bath.
    Smithers: This suit used to belong to Judy Garland. We could sing a song, if you don't mind being Mickey Rooney.
    Homer: You mean that guy on 60 Minutes who yells all the time?
    Smithers: Sixty minutes? Oh my God, Mr. Burns has been in the tub for an hour!
  • In "On a Clear Day, I Can't See My Sister", a banner in front of Sprawl-Mart reads "Don't watch 60 Minutes this week'', a reference to the show's numerous reports on Walmart about their economic impacts and working conditions.
  • In "You Kent Always Say What You Want", Ned Flanders browses through TV channels in search of content he deems "naughty". An episode of 60 Minutes gets the label for Morley Safer's "questionable pants fold".
• Tiny Toon Adventures:
  • In "Citizen Max", Montana Max appears in an episode of 60 Seconds where he allegedly exposes Buster Bunny as a cheater (in actuality, he framed Buster with a book of stolen test answers).
  • The gag credit for the Spring Break Special is "It's Palm Sunday! - You just missed 60 Minutes."