60 Minutes" - the program best American television history

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This is a television program investigated by the CBS production began in 1968. The program directed by Don Hewitt. "60 minutes" keep the top spot with the highest viewing rate for a long time. The program has won numerous awards (including 12 Emmy nominations in 2007) and is considered one of the TV shows the best survey of American television.

The structure of the program

This program was carried out without any meetings held between employees with the director. The program has no outline. The director of the program does not have a desk. The idea of the program emerged from these meetings are not planned and from conversations on the go.

In general, the structure of the program "60 Minutes" is divided into 3 parts. The first section talks about the current hot issues, pressing for public opinion. The second part is the interview with the subject has been prepared. The final part of the program is a piece of investigative reporting. Don Hewitt director of the program using a stopwatch as the main foundation of the program.

Not stopping there, "60 Minutes" is the first program aired regularly (within 40 years) in the history of American television that does not use any type of music yet effective. The only sound that the program uses sound emanating from the Aristo stopwatch at the beginning and end of each part of the program.

This image of a stopwatch appear at the beginning or at the end of each part of the program comes with the ticking made no small effect in increasing the anxiety level of the audience.

The program has three conversation about the topic with different background pictures. The first time the program was aired, cream is used as the background and then be replaced by black, with graphics as a prominent notice on the page.

"60 Minutes" really "hot" for the survey was conducted independently, based on sources from the press or the people who perform devised. With many "relevant" to the topic being investigated, it is a program "underway". They often elusive topic that mentions the program or they refused to participate in the program. The underlying cause is because a lot of topics exploring the wrongdoing or corruption of corporations, politicians, officials and other community service.

Taking the theme of the event is of national importance that affect how the individual people who are related directly to it, or a conflict with the facts. The duration of this part of the program is always restricted within 13 minutes.

Whether the airing time is always changing but the audience tracking program on the increase, particularly in the period of the war in Vietnam and the Watergate incident occurred. At this time, there are very few programs dare to go deeper analysis of this issue outside investigation television program - 60 minutes.

The host special

The program interviewer Mike Wallace microphone during 37 years, in 90 years he was retired.

Mike Wallace is one of the venerable correspondent time and talents in the history of American television. His talent is evident in the program with special talents in the interview survey, time is a storyteller with experience, knowledge, a good investigative reporter. He can do many large-scale interview with celebrity - as an affirmation of the reputation and talent, his experience - as a former chairman of the PRC Jiang Zemin, former General Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Yasser Arfat ...

During his career as the host of "60 Minutes," which sometimes dialogue between characters Mike and interviewed almost moved to "quarrel". As was the case in the program with the participation of Louis Farrakhan, Elijah Muhammad representation - a Muslim leader.

With Louis Farrakhan, Wallace has remarked that the country Nigeria is the worst country in the world. Farrakhan immediately counterattacked: "But Nigeria does not bring the country to throw bombs in Hiroshima or slaughter of millions of Indians!". Not an end, Farrakhan left Wallace asked: "Did you think that a country such as the country worse than us?". "I live in a country like that!" Farrakhan continued.

Wallace often use hidden cameras, to record the actions of the artist and those who do wrong things to do for quality materials, surprise them on stage.

Manufacturers in every sector of the work yourself research and investigation, but Wallace did not just stop there. He was acting, characters pretend to be an investigative been caught. His actions had been some public support but there are mixed opinions. Although he received many awards as a national coroner, a reporter with the discovery of cases of smuggling and corruption, but there are many who believe that the method he used is not fair and even immoral, causing an uproar.

The Wallace Award that achieved in his career expressed his contributions in the broadcast industry in the world. He received 20 Emmy Awards, including a program he made just a few weeks before the event occurs 11/9 refers to terrorism.

In 2003, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Emmy in structure. The most recent award he received the Lifetime Achievement award for journalism from the University of Illinois awarded.

Talented director

Don Hewitt - a program producer for CBS News (Newsletter of the CBS evening) at the same time with "the most honest man in America" - Walter Cronkite assumed the responsibility of directing this exciting program .

The director of the program once confidently stated that: "Whether you are holding a week newspaper, a book to read yet but just you watch the show" 60 Minutes "the morning after drinking tea and talk to other people you can confidently assert that: "the story that I know." "He also said:" Where longing to see this program as an innate desire of man that they do not be abandoned ".

Don Hewitt has also directed TV programs direct the debate to run for president between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. There are 70 million Americans had watched this program.

This event has become a landmark for the presidential election later in the US. Richard Nixon did not listen to the advice of Don Hewitt in the problem of makeup before shooting so as to shape sickly Nixon outward show completely opposite of tanned skin, Kennedy's health. It is "making up" has helped Kennedy "breakfast" in the presidential election of that year (1961).

Hewitt once again confidently say: "Since that event, if you do not have the money to make a TV show aired on, you will not be able to win election to the machinery of government of a democracy The most powerful owners in the world ".

He has brought success to the program of current events and entertainment "60 Minutes" program that has the power to change both the background news reports of American television.

Specifically, in 1968, Hewitt has combined both elements of news and entertainment elements in the program. This change has an impact on the traditional way - as mere news will attract fewer viewers than (the drop in audience meant a gradual reduction of income for the implementation of the program).

Marvin Kalb - Director of the Center of Journalism, Politics, Public Policy at Harvard University's Shorenstein, a former news reporter of CBS and NBC - assessment: "Hewitt has great influence to the broadcast industry."

"When done '60 minutes', Hewitt combines the reliability of a news program with a visual element of entertainment programming. His job as bringing to the screen so the press. "

Don Hewitt wrote that: "The audience can easily understand and have information about film star Marilyn Monroe fascinating images and laboratory atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer that". "We can make that information can be entertaining without altering the nature of the information."

1948, Don Hewitt began working for CBS as deputy director. At that time, radio is still the dominant media, television news is still very underdeveloped. TV news reporters on the air for about 15 minutes just to read the news from a piece of paper.

Hewitt changed the TV with a variety of ideas and techniques of editing. He was a pioneer in television news special about the story. He also devised a job board to help record the narration presenter looking straight at the camera.

Paul Gluck - Former CEO of Philadelphia television station, is now an assistant professor of University Television, Telecommunications, and Mass Media Temply has said: "I think anyone working in the field news producer at us, around the 1970s, the well-known ABC's Roone Arledge and Don Hewitt. Don Hewitt always thinking about how to improve the way the traditional program guide on the TV so the better. He also said that, if the TV presenter's face and voice fit that program, the effectiveness of the program will be enhanced. '

Leslie Moonves - President of the CBS Corporation acknowledged: "In the history of journalism, only a handful of people with creative, dynamic and versatile as Don Hewitt. He really created a lot of methods we can help convey information. Don Hewitt is almost a genius in the field of television.

"It looks like Don Hewitt is a person knowledgeable about why viewers watch TV programs than anyone I know" - Morley Safer - CBS reporter - Don Hewitt spoke about it.

The program director Don Hewitt also received numerous awards including eight Emmys, two solutions Peabogy.

Important contribution to the television industry world

The idea of producing the program "60 Minutes" is derived from the program This Hour Has Seven News Days by Canadian producers to reflect, take the news related to the event, the burning issue of the society, the political, economic.

This Hour Program Has Seven Days is a TV show's controversial CBC radio made in the period from 1964 to 1966, then stopped. Because the leaders of the CBC radio program that violates the ethical standards of journalism, such as the use of video cameras secretly. Also, they said that the broadcast programs will influence political programs by exploiting the issues related to politics, or politicians. However, this is still one of the major TV and the biggest influence on cinema as Canadian made.

TV program "60 Minutes" combines a lot of skills important investigative journalism as: replay the interview, using a camera surreptitiously, or sudden visit of respondents by program. Later, these skills are central broadcasters in the UK, Canada, Australia and the local stations use.

The logo of the program are presented in Helvetica style with the word "minutes" in lowercase. This logo was used until 1974. Then, in the style press, the manufacturer logo is accompanied by the letters "Vol. xx, No. xx ", this approach is applied to the program in 1971.

In 1976, "60 Minutes" had the highest number of viewers of the show aired on Sunday night in the history of American television. In 1979, the program ranked first in the rankings by Nielsen television program implementation. The order was previously only available for the current program. "60 Minutes" is always in the top 10 programs with the highest viewing rate during the year 1977-2000. This is a record for any program is difficult to overcome.