60 Minutes was created by Don Hewitt, who described wanting to create a show that had the sensibility of documentaries but that “packaged reality as attractively as Hollywood packages fiction.” Each program was intended to feature three segments of about 15 minutes in length that would be eclectic in nature, covering politics, foreign affairs, and popular culture.
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