Editing 60 Minutes (section)

==Ratings and recognition==

===Nielsen ratings===

Based on viewership [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]], ''60 Minutes'' is the most successful program in U.S. television history since it was moved into its present timeslot in 1975. For five seasons it was the year's top program, a feat matched by the [[situation comedy|sitcoms]] ''[[All in the Family]]'' and ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', and surpassed only by the reality competition series ''[[American Idol]]'', which had been the #1 show for eight consecutive seasons from the 2003–2004 television season up to the 2010–2011 season. ''60 Minutes'' was a top ten show for 23 seasons in a row (1977–2000), an unsurpassed record, and has made the Top 20 for every season since the 1976–1977 season, except from 2005 to 2008.<ref name=CBS>{{cite news|title=60 Minutes: Milestones|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-milestones/|work=CBS|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|date=August 20, 1999|access-date=May 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602120101/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/08/20/60minutes/main59202.shtml|archive-date=June 2, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>

''60 Minutes'' first broke into the Nielsen Top 20 during the 1976–77 season. The following season, it was the fourth-most-watched program, and by the 1979–80 season, it was the number one show.<ref name=CBS/> During the 21st century, it remained among the top 20 programs in the Nielsen ratings, and the highest-rated news magazine.<ref>{{cite news|title=At '60 Minutes,' clock ticking on change|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2003-08-10-media-mix_x.htm|last=Johnson|first=Peter|work=[[USA Today]]|date=August 11, 2003|access-date=May 22, 2007}}</ref>

On November 16, 2008, the edition featuring an interview with President-elect [[Barack Obama]], earned a total viewership of 25.1 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Early Sunday Tidbits: NFL, Barack Obama Score for CBS, Cowboys Lead NBC|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/17/early-sunday-tidbits-nfl-barack-obama-score-for-cbs-cowboys-lead-nbc/8222|last=Seidman|first=Robert|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Zap2It (Tribune Media)|date=November 17, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202124912/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2008/11/17/early-sunday-tidbits-nfl-barack-obama-score-for-cbs-cowboys-lead-nbc/8222/|archive-date=December 2, 2014}}</ref>

On October 6, 2013, the broadcast (which was delayed by 44 minutes that evening due to a [[Denver Broncos]]–[[Dallas Cowboys]] NFL game) drew 17.94 million viewers; retaining 63% of the 28.32 million viewers of its lead-in, and making it the most watched ''60 Minutes'' broadcast since December 16, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time' & 'The Simpsons' Adjusted Up + Final NFL Ratings & Unscrambled CBS|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/08/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-the-simpsons-adjusted-up-final-nfl-ratings-unscrambled-cbs/207509|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011231306/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/08/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-the-simpsons-adjusted-up-final-nfl-ratings-unscrambled-cbs/207509/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2013|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Zap2It (Tribune Media)|date=October 8, 2013|access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title='60 Minutes' is #3 for the Week and is Sunday's Most-Watched Prime Program|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/08/60-minutes-is-3-for-the-week-and-is-sundays-most-watched-prime-program/207682|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013080849/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/10/08/60-minutes-is-3-for-the-week-and-is-sundays-most-watched-prime-program/207682/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2013|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Zap2It (Tribune Media)|date=October 8, 2013|access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref>

On December 1, 2013, the broadcast (delayed 50 minutes due to a Broncos–[[Kansas City Chiefs]] game) was watched by 18.09 million viewers, retaining 66% of its NFL lead-in (which earned 28.11 million viewers during the 7:00&nbsp;p.m. hour).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Amazing Race' & 'The Mentalist' Adjusted Up|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/04/sunday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-the-mentalist-adjusted-up/219665|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207013346/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/12/04/sunday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-the-mentalist-adjusted-up/219665/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2013|last=Kondolojy|first=Amanda|work=TV by the Numbers|publisher=Zap2It (Tribune Media)|date=December 4, 2013|access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref>

On March 25, 2018, the edition featuring [[Stormy Daniels]] giving details on her alleged affair with President [[Donald Trump]] drew 22.1 million viewers, the most since the 2008 Obama interview. The broadcast was delayed due to the [[2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament#Midwest Regional|NCAA men's basketball regional final]] on CBS between [[2017-18 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]] and [[2017-18 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]] going to overtime.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/26/media/anderson-cooper-stormy-daniels-60-minutes-ratings/index.html |title=Anderson Cooper's Stormy Daniels interview draws highest ratings for '60 Minutes' in 10 years |publisher=[[CNN Money]]|first=Brian |last=Stelter |date=March 26, 2018 |access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2018/03/25/duke-vs-kansas-overtime-60-minutes-stormy-daniels-interview-twitter-reactions |title=Twitter Joked About Duke vs. Kansas Overtime Delaying 60 Minutes' Stormy Daniels Interview |magazine=Sports Illustrated |first=Chris |last=Chavez |date=March 25, 2018 |access-date=March 26, 2018}}</ref>

===Recognition===

====Emmy Awards====
{{as of|2017|June|26|df=US}}, ''60 Minutes'' had won a total of 138 [[Emmy Award]]s, a record for U.S. primetime programs.<ref name="CBS"/><ref name="Emmy">{{cite web|title=About Us – 60 Minutes|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/about-us/|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref>

====Peabody Awards====
[[File:Henry Schuster at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards for 60 Minutes-Lifeline.jpg|thumb|Henry Schuster at the 68th Annual [[Peabody Awards]] for 60 Minutes-Lifeline]]
The program has won 20 [[Peabody Award]]s for segments including "All in the Family", an investigation into abuses by government and military contractors; "The CIA's Cocaine", which uncovered CIA involvement in drug smuggling, "Friendly Fire", a report on incidents of [[friendly fire]] in the [[Gulf War]]; "The Duke Rape Case", an investigation into accusations of rape at an off campus lacrosse team party in 2006; and "The Killings in Haditha", an investigation into the killing of Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines.<ref>{{cite web|title=60 Minutes' History of Peabody Awards|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/60-minutes-history-of-peabody-wins|last=Unruh|first=Wes|work=Peabody Awards|access-date=September 11, 2014|archive-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042231/http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/60-minutes-history-of-peabody-wins|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Other awards====
The show received an Investigative Reporter and Editor medal for their segment "The Osprey", documenting a Marine cover-up of deadly flaws in the [[V-22 Osprey]] aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thejewishvoice.com/2018/10/24/48-hours-producer-susan-zirinsky-said-60-minutes-frontrunner/|title='48 Hours' Producer Susan Zirinsky Said to be '60 Minutes' Frontrunner'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226162321/http://thejewishvoice.com/2018/10/24/48-hours-producer-susan-zirinsky-said-60-minutes-frontrunner/|archive-date=December 26, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Exoneration====
In 1983, a report by Morley Safer, "Lenell Geter's in Jail", helped exonerate a Texas man who was wrongly convicted and imprisoned for armed robbery.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Way of the Gun|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2001-11-15/news/the-way-of-the-gun/|last=Stowers|first=Carlton|work=[[Dallas Observer]]|date=November 15, 2001|access-date=July 8, 2013|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019114614/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2001-11-15/news/the-way-of-the-gun/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Longest-running primetime show===
{{as of|2021}}, ''60 Minutes'' is the longest continuously running program of any genre scheduled during American network prime time. It has aired at 7:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays since December 7, 1975 (although since 2012, it moves to 7:30&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays if CBS has a late NFL game).

''[[Meet the Press]]'' debuted in 1947 in prime time, but it has been a daytime program since 1965. The [[Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney anthology television series]], which premiered in 1954, and the ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'', which has aired since 1951, have aired longer than ''60 Minutes'', but none of them has aired in prime time continually.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}}