60 Minutes

60 Minutes is the name of several television newsmagazines, the first of which has been produced by CBS News since 1968. That show, created and made successful by producer Don Hewitt, has inspired similar shows on Australian television and New Zealand television. The shows begin and end with the image and sound of a ticking stopwatch, an image that in the 1970s became symbolic of investigative journalism on U.S. television.

Australian 60 Minutes

The Australian 60 Minutes premiered February 11, 1979. It airs on Sunday nights on the Nine Network.

Related Topics:
February 11 - 1979 - Nine Network

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The program's correspondents and commentators have included:

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• Tara Brown .... Correspondent (2001-)
• Jennifer Byrne .... Correspondent (1986-1993)
• Richard Carleton .... Correspondent (1987-)
• Tracey Curro .... Correspondent (1993-1997)
• Ellen Fanning .... Correspondent (1999-2001)
• Liz Hayes .... Correspondent (1996-)
• Ian Leslie .... Correspondent (1979-1989)
• Jeff McMullen .... Correspondent (1985-2001)

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• Ray Martin .... Correspondent (1979-1984)
• Mike Munro .... Correspondent (1986-1992)
• George Negus .... Correspondent (1979-1986)
• Peter Overton .... Correspondent (2001-)
• Jana Wendt .... Correspondent (1982-1990,1994)
• Charles Wooley .... Correspondent (1993-)
• Paul Lyneham .... Commentator (????-2000)
• Peter Harvey .... Commentator (2003-)

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