Don Hewitt is best known for creating 60 Minutes, one of the most successful and influential news shows in history. But Hewitt had a long career with CBS before 60 Minutes debuted in 1968. He was the producer of the historic first presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy and was responsible for such innovations as the captions that appear on all news shows.
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