60 Minutes season 3

No. of episodes18

Original networkCBS

Original releaseSeptember 15, 1970 –
June 8, 1971

60 Minutes
Season 3
Logo of 60 Minutes, a CBS news magazine television show broadcast continuously since 1968]
No. of episodes	18
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 15, 1970 (1970-09-15) – June 8, 1971 (1971-06-08)
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60 Minutes's third season, eighteen episodes, from September 15, 1970, to June 8, 1971.^[1]

Mike Wallace was a host for the full season. Host Harry Reasoner left the show in December 1970 to co-anchor the ABC Evening News.^[2] On the December 8, 1970 show, Morley Safer replaced Reasoner.^[3]^[4]

No. in season	Title	Topic(s)	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	"When Porgy Came Home, If Cable TV Comes to Your House, Kurt Vonnegut^[5]"	TBA	September 15, 1970 (1970-09-15)	N/A
"When Porgy Came Home " Porgy and Bess in Charleston, North Carolina with scenes from production overlaid with current scenes from the streets featured in the song "Catfish Row" "If Cable TV Comes to Your House" - interviews with Fred W. Friendly and FCC Chair Dean Burch on prospects for cable TV Profile of Kurt Vonnegut, writer
2	"Police, William F. Buckley, Fidel Castro^[5]"	TBA	September 29, 1970 (1970-09-29)	N/A
"Police" training police officienrs in New Haven, Connecticut on how to handle verbal abuse "Profile of William F. Buckley" "Cuba" Films of Fidel Castro speech
3	"Henry Kissinger, Will Rogers, Medgar Evers^[5]"	TBA	October 13, 1970 (1970-10-13)	N/A
"Profile of Dr. Henry Kissinger including shots from the Western White House, Nixon's private residence in California and a Presidential visit to Mexico^[6] "Will Rogers' USA" play on Will Rogers portrayed by James Whitmore Profile of Medgar Evers, civil rights activist who was assassinated in 1963 with recent developments in his case
4	"Leila Khaled, Nuclear China, Detroit small cars^[5]"	TBA	October 27, 1970 (1970-10-27)	N/A
Interview with Leila Khaled^[7]^[8] "Nuclear China" development in the of nuclear power and weapons in China "Detroit small cars" - report on American automakers shifting to smaller cars
5	"Charles de Gaulle, Marijuana Farming^[5]"	TBA	November 10, 1970 (1970-11-10)	N/A
"Charles de Gaulle" story from two years ago being repeated upon French President's death (Repeat from Nov 12, 1968)^[9] "Marijuana Farming" report on marijuana farms in Kansas
6	"Walter Nickel, Cannery Row, George McGovern, Aaron Copland at 70^[5]"	TBA	November 24, 1970 (1970-11-24)	N/A
"Interview with Walter J. Nickel", the United States Secretary of the Interior "Cannery Row" Interview with George McGovern, Senator for South Dakota "Aaron Copland at 70" profile of American composer with private party thrown by Leonard Bernstein for 200 friends with a piano duet by host and guest of honor^[10] Commentaries by James J. Kilpatrick and Bill Moyers
7	"Training Sky Marshals, Pierre Trudeau, Denisovich^[5]"	TBA	December 8, 1970 (1970-12-08)	N/A
"Training Sky Marshals" - report on training for U. S. Sky Marshals, a counter terrorism group to prevent airline hijackings Interview with Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", film based on novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
8	"Unsafe Toys, Faces of Jerusalem, Renaissance^[5]"	TBA	December 22, 1970 (1970-12-22)	N/A
"Unsafe Toys" report on toy safety and a study of 2,000 dangerous toys^[11] "Faces of Jerusalem" "Renaissance" drug rehabilitation center in Westport, Connecticut Commentaries by James J. Kilpatrick and Tom Wicker
9	"Jews in Iron Curtain, Housing, Fellini^[5]^[12]"	TBA	January 5, 1971 (1971-01-05)	N/A
"Jews in Iron Curtain" treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union and Bucharest, Romania^[13]^[14] "A National Scandal" report on problems with mortgage loans administered by Federal Housing Administration with comments by Wright Patman, U. S. Representative from Texas "Fellini on Fellini" interview of Federico Fellini, film director while making his film The Clowns^[12]
10	"Underground Press, Carmelite Nuns, Helen Leavitt^[15]^[16]"	TBA	January 19, 1971 (1971-01-19)	N/A
"Notes from the Underground" - underground press with Nicholas von Hoffman's critique of story "Carmelite Nuns " Carmelite Nuns of Santa Clara, California^[17] "Helen Leavitt" Washington, D.C. activist and author of Superhighway-Superhoax, champions use of public funds for mass transportation instead of highways to counteract the Highway lobby
11	"Italian State Dinner, Ron Lyle^[18]"	TBA	February 2, 1971 (1971-02-02)	N/A
"Italian State Dinner" President Nixon hosts Prime Minister Emilio Colombo at state dinner for Italy at the White House "Ron Lyle" American boxer
12	"Crum, Gulf of Tonkin, Emmy Award^[18]^[19]"	TBA	March 16, 1971 (1971-03-16)	N/A
"How to succeed in the PX business without really trying" - Interview with William J. Crum on PX scandal^[20] "Gulf of Tonkin" Coverage Gulf of Tonkin incident from 1964 which led to the escalation of the Vietnam war "Emmy Award"
13	"Thievery on the Waterfront, Tobacco Industry, Australian Women^[18]^[21]^[22]"	TBA	March 30, 1971 (1971-03-30)	N/A
"Thievery on the Waterfront" - organized crime at New York City area seaports and airports^[23]^[24] "Tobacco industry" Government subsidies to the tobacco industry counter government programs to prevent tobacco use "Australian Women"
14	"George Scott, My Lay, Run Run Shaw^[18]"	TBA	April 13, 1971 (1971-04-13)	N/A
Interview with George Scott where the actor explains to Morley Safer why he plans to refuse the Academy Award for "Patton" if he may win^[25]^[26] "My Lay Revisited" Morley Safer visits the village where a massacre by American soldiers took place in March 1968^[27] "Run Run Shaw" Hong Kong filmmaker and business person
15	"Chiang Kai-shek, Heart Health, Ping-Pong Diplomacy^[18]"	TBA	April 27, 1971 (1971-04-27)	N/A
Profile of Chiang Kai-shek "Can You Avoid a Heart Attack?" look into heart Health^[28] "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" report on table tennis improving relationships between People's Republic of China and the United States
16	"LBJ Library, Swiss Banks, Mark-48 Torpedo^[18]"	TBA	May 11, 1971 (1971-05-11)	N/A
"LBJ Library" description of newly opened presidential library for Lyndon B. Johnson "Swiss Banks" report on Banking in Switzerland "Mark-48 Torpedo" update
17	"John Kerry, Middle East Oil Tankers, Eugene McCarthy^[18]"	TBA	May 25, 1971 (1971-05-25)	N/A
Interview with John Kerry "Tankers and Tycoons" - Middle East Oil Tankers covering Petroleum_transport with oil tankers in the area of Suez Canal "Profile of Eugene McCarthy"
18	"Immigration to Canada, People We Met^[18]"	TBA	June 8, 1971 (1971-06-08)	N/A
"Immigration to Canada" "People We Met" Review of personal interviews from the current and previous seasons including Henry Kissinger (October 13, 1970) Walter Nickel (November 24, 1970) James Whitmore (October 13, 1971) Abraham Ribicoff, Jack Bybee, William Crum (March 16, 1971) people on the waterfront (March 30, 1971) Fedrico Fellini (January 5, 1971) Sister Teresa (January 19, 1971) Hughes Rudd (September 15, 1970) Mrs. Lucy Winchester (March 2, 1971) Tricia Nixon (May 26, 1970)

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Notes

↑ Coffey 1993, p. 242.
↑ Boyer, Edward J. (August 7, 1991). "Veteran CBS News Figure Harry Reasoner Dies at 68 : Broadcasting: The commentator, who preferred a light touch, helped to launch '60 Minutes.'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
↑ Evensen, Bruce J. "Reasoner, Harry". The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.
↑ Irwin, Joan (December 5, 1970). "Reasoner Makes a Move". The Montreal Star. p. 136.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Coffey 1993, p. 245.
↑ "Dr. Henry Kissinger Guests on 60 Minutes". The Columbus Ledger. October 10, 1970. p. 34.
↑ Incorrectly transcribed as Lila Whaled in the book Coffey (1993)
↑ Reporter: Harry Reasoner on CBS News broadcast reports on Khaled."Jordan / Fighting / Khaled". tvnews.vanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt Television News Archive. October 27, 1970. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
↑ "CBS's "60 Minutes" Looking for Harry Reasoner Replacement". Statesman Journal. November 13, 1970. p. 37.
↑ "Best Bets on TV". The Record. November 24, 1970. p. 12.
↑ Smith, Cecil (December 7, 1970). "Reasoner to Make His Bow on ABC". Los Angeles Times. p. 97.
1 2 Lowry, Cynthia (January 6, 1971). "Monthly Feature Shows on TV Prestiage Items". Corpus Christi Times. p. 28.
↑ "Today's TV Tips". The Waco Times-Herald. January 5, 1971. p. 3. Rare first-hand look at Jews behind iron Curtain at time when treatment of Jews in Soviet Union has prompted international outcry.
↑ ""Jews Behind the Iron Curtain" (Bucharest, Romania), January 5, 1971 (File) Box 1". Mike Wallace CBS 60 Minutes papers, 1922-2007. Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 03171 Aa 2; UAm.
↑ Coffey 1993, pp. 245–246.
↑ "Today's TV Previews". The Star-Ledger. January 19, 1971. p. 23.
↑ "Tonight's Television". The Ithaca Journal. January 19, 1971. p. 16.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Coffey 1993, p. 246.
↑ O'Connor, John J. (March 28, 1971). "There's Gold in That There Trash TELEVISION". The New York Times. p. 186.
↑ "Man Who Was Cited in PX Inquiry Assails Accuser". The New York Times. March 17, 1971.
↑ "CBS 10". The Arizona Republic. March 30, 1971. p. 55.
↑ "Tonight's Best Viewing". The Buffalo News. March 30, 1971. p. 20.
↑ "TV Key Previews". Portland Press Herald. March 30, 1971. p. 13. "Thievery on the Waterfront" ... focus on the New York City waterfront, which includes its three airports
↑ Jones, Jimmie (March 30, 1971). "Television". Vallejo Times-Herald. p. 4.
↑ "Best Bets for Viewing". The Macon Telegraph. April 13, 1971. p. 5.
↑ Jones, Paul (April 13, 1971). "George Scott to Tell Why He Scorns Oscor". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 10.
↑ "My Lai Revisited". CBS News. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016.
↑ "Mike Wallace CBS 60 Minutes papers, 1922-2007 (majority within 1968-2007)". Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 03171 Aa 2; UAm. April 27, 1971 (File), Box 1
↑ Coffey (1993), p. 235 for ranking and p. 234 for viewers

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