60 Minutes Television Programs

Last February, facing a challenge from a new Sunday night edition of "Dateline NBC," "60 Minutes" executive producer Don Hewitt announced the first changes on the CBS newsmagazine in many years. In addition to adding more breaking-news stories to the mix, three prominent commentators from print journalism--Molly Ivins, P.J. O'Rourke and Stanley Crouch--were hired to do weekly commentary.

The California wine industry got an unexpected boon in 1991 when CBS' "60 Minutes" spotlighted the so-called French Paradox: a researcher's findings that moderate consumption of wine could protect against heart disease even in individuals who consumed fatty foods. Although it is illegal for winemakers to tout their product as a health food, the industry has since basked in the glow of similar studies and has garnered a substantial amount of favorable publicity.

The California wine industry got an unexpected boon in 1991 when CBS' "60 Minutes" spotlighted the so-called French Paradox: a researcher's findings that moderate consumption of wine could protect against heart disease even in individuals who consumed fatty foods. Although it is illegal for winemakers to tout their product as a health food, the industry has since basked in the glow of similar studies and has garnered a substantial amount of favorable publicity.

Last February, facing a challenge from a new Sunday night edition of "Dateline NBC," "60 Minutes" executive producer Don Hewitt announced the first changes on the CBS newsmagazine in many years. In addition to adding more breaking-news stories to the mix, three prominent commentators from print journalism--Molly Ivins, P.J. O'Rourke and Stanley Crouch--were hired to do weekly commentary.