60 Minutes - Season 1

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."

6 Episodes

September 24, 1968

Season 1 - Episode 1

60 Minutes offers a beside-the-scenes look at presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey during their parties' summer nominat...

October 8, 1968

Season 1 - Episode 2

An exclusive interview with Richard Nixon, the Republican Party candidate for president, a look at highlights from an original musical comed...

October 22, 1968

Season 1 - Episode 3

An exclusive interview with Democratic Party presidential candidate and current Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, an interview with controv...

November 12, 1968

Season 1 - Episode 4

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 Jet...

November 26, 1968

Season 1 - Episode 5

An interview with former nun and current president of Webster College, Jacqueline Grennan, who left the Roman Catholic Church after challeng...

December 10, 1968

Season 1 - Episode 6

An investigation into how sexual assaults are becoming more common in U.S. prisons,a look at cheating in football, shoplifting, and a profil...