In 2002,60 Sixty Minutes was ranked number six on TV Guides list of the "50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time", and in 2013, it was ranked number 24 on the magazine's list of the "60 Best Series of All Time".
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23 Facts About Sixty Minutes
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The logo was in Helvetica type with the word "Sixty Minutes" spelled in all lower-case letters; the logo most associated with the show did not appear until about 1974.
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However, in the Pacific time zone, 60 Sixty Minutes is always able to start at its scheduled time as live sports coverage ends earlier in the afternoon.
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Video from 60 Sixty Minutes is made available for streaming several hours after the program's initial broadcast on CBSNews.
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Rooney retired from 60 Sixty Minutes, delivering his final commentary on October 2,2011; it was his 1,097th commentary over his 34-year career on the program.
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On November 13,2011,60 Sixty Minutes featured an hour-long tribute to Rooney and his career, and included a rebroadcast of his final commentary segment.
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Opening sequence features a 60 Sixty Minutes "magazine cover" with the show's trademark, an Aristo stopwatch, intercut with preview clips of the episode's stories.
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On November 23,1986,60 Sixty Minutes aired a segment greenlit by Hewitt, concerning the Audi 5000 automobile, a popular German luxury car.
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Years later, Dateline NBC, a rival to 60 Sixty Minutes, was found guilty of similar tactics regarding the fuel tank integrity of General Motors pickup trucks.
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In February 1989,60 Sixty Minutes aired a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council claiming that the use of daminozide on apples presented an unacceptably high health risk to consumers.
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In 1997,60 Sixty Minutes alleged that agents of the US Customs Service ignored drug trafficking across the Mexico–United States border at San Diego.
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On March 12,2000,60 Sixty Minutes aired an interview with Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
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On March 29,2009, a segment titled "The Internet Is Infected" aired on 60 Sixty Minutes, which featured an interview with Don Jackson, a data protection professional for SecureWorks.
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Subsequent to the 2012 Benghazi attack, 60 Sixty Minutes aired a report by correspondent Lara Logan on October 27,2013, in which British military contractor Dylan Davies, identified by CBS under the pseudonym "Morgan Jones", described racing to the Benghazi compound several hours after the main assault was over, scaling a 12-foot wall and knocking out a lone fighter with the butt of a rifle.
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Sixty Minutes claimed to have visited a Benghazi hospital earlier that night where he saw Ambassador Christopher Stevens' body.
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Davies stood by his story, but the inconsistency ultimately prompted 60 Sixty Minutes to conclude it was a mistake to include Davies in their report and a correction was issued.
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Sixty Minutes determined that red flags about Davies' account were missed.
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That alternative version was shared with US authorities and 60 Sixty Minutes was unable to prove the story Davies had told them was true.
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On December 15,2013,60 Sixty Minutes aired a report on the National Security Agency that was widely criticized as false and a "puff piece".
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On March 30,2014,60 Sixty Minutes presented a story on the Tesla Model S luxury electric automobile, with Scott Pelley conducting an interview with CEO Elon Musk concerning the car brand as well as his company SpaceX.
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Main 60 Sixty Minutes show has created a number of spin-offs over the years.
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In 1981,60 Sixty Minutes won a Logie Award for their investigation of lethal abuses at the Chelmsford psychiatric hospital in Sydney.
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New Zealand version of 60 Sixty Minutes has aired on national television since 1989, when it was originally launched on TV3.
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