’60 Minutes’ First Aired On This Day In 1968 [VIDEO]

Just about every Sunday, I tune in to watch "60 Minutes", right after the football game. On this day in 1968, this award-winning breakthrough magazine style show debuted on CBS-TV.

Here's more about the original show, according to Wikipedia:

"60 Minutes is an American television newsmagazine program that is broadcast on the CBS television network. Launched in 1968, Don Hewitt created the program and set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation. In 2002, 60 Minutes was ranked at No. 6 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

Initially, 60 Minutes aired as a bi-weekly show hosted by Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, debuting on September 24, 1968, and alternating weeks with other CBS News productions on Tuesday evenings at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The first edition, described by Reasoner in the opening as a "kind of a magazine for television," featured the following segments."

Let's watch the opening moments of the very first edition of "60 Minutes" and an overview of the show's history, recorded in 2013: