Season 1

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  7.5/1012 votes

  September 24, 1968

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1968

  60 Minutes offers a beside-the-scenes look at presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey during their parties' summer nominating conventions then interviews three prominent European political thinkers about the elections before soliciting the opinion of native son and Pulitzer Prize-winning commentator Art Buchwald. A conversation with U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark follows during which he attempts to explain the forces at work in the country's rapidly changing relationship with law enforcement officers. A presentation of the short subject documentary "Why Man Creates" concludes this inaugural episode.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  October 8, 1968

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1968

  An exclusive interview with Richard Nixon, the Republican Party candidate for president, a look at highlights from an original musical comedy produced by Theatre Atlanta, and an examination of U.S. Defense research into germ and gas warfare.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  6.2/109 votes

  October 22, 1968

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/1968

  An exclusive interview with Democratic Party presidential candidate and current Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, an interview with controversial Independent presidential candidate George Wallace, and the second part of an investigative story on U.S. Defense germ and gas warfare research.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  November 12, 1968

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/12/1968

  A look back at last week's election of Richard Nixon as President, a profile of NFL football star quarterback Joe Namath of the New York Jets and a look at some footage of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia shot in Prague.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  November 26, 1968

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1968

  An interview with former nun and current president of Webster College, Jacqueline Grennan, who left the Roman Catholic Church after challenging its stance on birth control; a trip to the famous Laurent Restaurant with food critic Craig Claiborne; an interview with recently re-elected Senator Edmund Muskie.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  December 10, 1968

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/10/1968

  An investigation into how sexual assaults are becoming more common in U.S. prisons,a look at cheating in football, shoplifting, and a profile of former ambassador Averell Harriman.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown