60 Minutes season 57
Season of television series
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60 Minutes' 57th season aired from September 15, 2024, to May 18, 2025. Full-time hosts included Lesley Stahl, Scott Pelley and Bill Whitaker. Reporters include Sharyn Alfonsi, Anderson Cooper, Cecilia Vega and Jon Wertheim. Additional coverage is provided by Norah O'Donnell in Washington, D.C. for episode 2, Holly Williams in Kyiv for episode 9, and Margaret Brennan on cryptocurrencies for episode 13.
May 18, 2025
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 15, 2024 – May 18, 2025 |
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The seventh episode on October 27, 2024 received the highest ratings of the season.
Episodes
| No. in season | Title | Original release date | Viewers (millions) [1] | |
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| 1 | "The Prosecution of January 6th; Danger in the South China Sea; Dua Lipa[2][3]" | September 15, 2024 | 10.477 | |
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| 2 | "Scourge of Our Time; The Trustbuster; Inside the Archives[12]" | September 22, 2024[13] | 6.601 | |
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| 3 | "After the Hurricane; Vladimir Kara-Murza; Welcome to the W; The Mezcaleros[18][19]" | September 29, 2024 | 9.565 | |
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| 4 | "Election Special[31]" | October 7, 2024[32] | 5.7 | |
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The CBS News invitation to President Donald Trump for an interview was declined after initial acceptance. Correspondent Scott Pelley shared behind-the-scenes coverage on attempts to schedule President Trump for this episode.[44][45][46][47][48] The show moved to Monday night to allow for the American Music Awards 50th anniversary special to air on October 6, 2024.[49] After airing, there was controversy about the preview of the Harris interview shown on "Face the Nation" which used a different edit from one used during the broadcast show.[50][45][51] On October 31, 2024, Trump sued CBS in the Amarillo Division of United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas accusing the broadcaster of deceptive trade practices.[52][53][54][55][56] In February 2025, CBS turned over to the Federal Communications Commission and the public unedited transcripts from the Harris interviews.[57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64] | ||||
| 5 | "Pennsylvania Counts; The Vatican's Orphans; Ballmer's Ballgame[65][66]" | October 13, 2024[67] | 6.975 | |
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| 6 | "Relief, N.C.; Navalny; The Swingiest County; The Cap Arcona[76][77]" | October 20, 2024 | 7.284 | |
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| 7 | "Deportation; Sanctions; Surfmen[87][88]" | October 27, 2024 | 11.193 | |
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| 8 | "Election Truth; Unintended Consequences; The Land of Novo[96][97]" | November 3, 2024 | 8.168 | |
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| 9 | "The Shift; The War Reporter; Robo; Mysterious Russian Deaths[102][103]" | November 10, 2024 | 9.039 | |
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| 10 | "The Promise; Aussiewood; Bhutan[111][112]" | November 17, 2024 | 10.369 | |
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| 11 | "Disruptor U.; Humans in the Loop; Lowriders of New Mexico[120]" | November 24, 2024 | 6.786 | |
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| 12 | "Notre Dame; Smith Island; Kate Winslet; Welcome to the Wedding" | December 1, 2024 | 9.057 | |
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| 13 | "Boeing's Whistleblowers; Big Crypto; A Tutor for Every Student; Thai Elephants[135]" | December 8, 2024 | 5.655 | |
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| 14 | "Road to Damascus; Unveiling; The House of Hermès[142]" | December 15, 2024 | 7.975 | |
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| 15 | "The Pager Plot; The Iron River; Joy to the World[145]" | December 22, 2024 | 8.736 | |
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| 16 | "The Fires; The FBI Director; The Gaza Policy[153]" | January 12, 2025 | 6.099 | |
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| 17 | "What Will Mitch Do?; Robert Lighthizer; A Psychedelic Journey[162]" | February 2, 2025 | 6.938 | |
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| 18 | "28 Days; Policing the Internet; Timothée Chalamet[168]" | February 16, 2025 | 5.592 | |
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| 19 | "The Justice Department; CFPB; John Oliver[173]" | February 23, 2025 | 6.826 | |
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| 20 | "Allies and Enemies; Death Flights[182]" | March 2, 2025 | 5.552[a] | |
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| 21 | "Firing the Watchdogs; The Settlement; A Method to this Madness[189][190]" | March 9, 2025 | 6.076 | |
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| 22 | "Under The Radar; America's Own; Werner Herzog[199][200]" | March 16, 2025 | 6.917 | |
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| 23 | "Death On The Chazy River; Larkin's War; Mr. Clooney Goes To Broadway[205][206]" | March 23, 2025 | 8.072 | |
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| 24 | "Hostages; Voice Of America; Left Behind[212][213]" | March 30, 2025 | 8.884 | |
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| 25 | "The War in Gaza; The Prisoners; Wood to Whiskey[220][221]" | April 6, 2025 | 5.669 | |
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| 26 | "Zelenskyy; Greenland; Banana Ball[225][226]" | April 13, 2025 | 9.626 | |
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After the broadcast, President of the United States Trump criticized the CBS News coverage of Ukraine war and Greenland.[237][238][239] | ||||
| 27 | "Bird Flu; Demis Hassabis; Flight of the Monarch[240]" | April 20, 2025 | 6.332 | |
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| 28 | "NIH; Evidence; Land of the Declining Sons[246]" | April 27, 2025 | 6.689 | |
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| 29 | "The Rule of Law; Freezing the Biological Clock[250][251]" | May 4, 2025 | 6.855 | |
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| 30 | "Fraud; To Walk Again; Jamie Lee Curtis[257][258]" | May 11, 2025 | 6.097 | |
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| 31 | "China's Spies; The Future of Warfare; Sounds of Cajun Country[266][267]" | May 18, 2025 | 6.415 | |
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Season Finale[268]
The segment "The IRS" by Anderson Cooper was not part of the broadcast. This segment was listed before broadcast. The "Sounds of Cajun Country" segment was included.[272][273][267] | ||||
- Broadcast during Super Bowl LIX.
