- 8.5/1025 votes
#1 - 60 Minutes remembers 9.11: The FDNY
Season 54 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/2021
On September 11, 2001, 343 members of the Fire Department of New York perished while trying to rescue people trapped in the World Trade Center. Scott Pelley speaks with firefighters who were there that day and the loved ones of those who never made it home.
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- 7.6/1016 votes
#2 - 9/26/2021: Take the Fight to the Night, Rep. Liz Cheney, King of the Deep
Season 54 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2021
Bill Whitaker reports on the largest helicopter to ever fight fires at night; Liz Cheney tells Lesley Stahl about running for re-election as an anti-Trump Republican in Wyoming; Sharyn Alfonsi talks to Alexey Molchanov about reaching the top of his sport by diving hundreds of feet into the ocean with just one deep breath
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- 8.1/1026 votes
#3 - 10/3/2021: The Facebook Whistleblower, Unforgiven, The Final Act
Season 54 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2021
Facebook whistleblower speaks to 60 Minutes; Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program not living up to its name; Despite his Alzheimer's, Tony Bennett prepares to perform with Lady Gaga.
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- 7.2/105 votes
#4 - 10/10/2021: Deepfakes, A Thousand Children, Deep Springs
Season 54 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2021
Deepfakes: How deepfakes could soon change our world. A Thousand Children: Reuniting families separated at the border. Deep Springs: Deep Springs College.
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- 7.5/1014 votes
#5 - 10/17/2021: Robert Gates, The Green River Drift, Whither Ye Olde English Pub
Season 54 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2021
Robert Gates on Afghanistan, his disagreements with President Biden and polarization in the U.S.; Riding along on the Green River Drift, the longest-running cattle drive left in America; Inside the English pub's comeback from COVID.
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- 7.3/1014 votes
#6 - 10/24/2021: Prince v. Spy, Running Dry, Michael Keaton
Season 54 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/2021
A former Saudi official’s warning about MBS; The Colorado River Basin, ravaged by drought, plans for a drier future; And, Michael Keaton on his career, the characters he's played and suiting back up as Batman.
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- 7.7/1010 votes
#7 - 10/31/2021: Democracy Lost, A New Model, The Future of Sapiens
Season 54 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/2021
How Daniel Ortega tossed democracy aside to maintain power in Nicaragua; A new model of architecture with communities in mind; Yuval Noah Harari on the power of data, artificial intelligence and the future of the human race.
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- 7.1/1011 votes
#8 - 11/7/2021: The Second Amendment Preservation Act, The Longest Running Oil Spill, Carnegie Heroes
Season 54 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/2021
New Missouri state law effectively ends local enforcement of federal gun laws; Containing the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history; What's in the heads of heroes?
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- 7.6/1011 votes
#9 - 11/14/2021: Freight Expectations, Andrew Sullivan, The Get Back Sessions
Season 54 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/2021
Bill Whitaker follows the U.S.’s struggling supply chain; Scott Pelley speaks with Andrew Sullivan; The making of the Beatles’ “Let It Be.”
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- 7.6/1011 votes
#10 - 11/21/2021: Reimagining Police, Supersonic, Caligula’s Gardens
Season 54 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/2021
How Austin is leading the nation in police reform; Startups, NASA pursuing supersonic commercial flight; Roman parking garage excavation uncovers Caligula’s gardens.
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- 7.6/1011 votes
#11 - 11/28/2021: Hazing, Saving the Mountain Gorillas, Rita Moreno
Season 54 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/2021
The hazing of Washington State University freshman Sam Martinez; Saving Rwanda’s mountain gorillas; Rita Moreno: The 60 Minutes Interview.
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- 7.5/1012 votes
#12 - 12/5/2021: Reality Winner, China’s Next Revolution?, Gucci
Season 54 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/2021
Reality Winner: The 60 Minutes Interview; Xi Jinping’s capitalism rollback in China; Inside Alessandro Michele’s Gucci fashion house.
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- 7.8/1013 votes
#13 - 12/12/2021: Negotiating With the Taliban, Let There Be Light, An Island Off an Island
Season 54 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/2021
Inside Afghanistan after U.S. withdrawal; The James Webb Space Telescope; Fogo Island’s comeback story.
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- 7.8/1013 votes
#14 - 12/19/2021: “The Beast,” America’s Dirty Secret, Trevor Noah
Season 54 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/2021
The historic, devastating December 10-11 tornado outbreak; Americans lacking access to proper sewage disposal; Trevor Noah: The 60 Minutes Interview.
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- 7.6/1013 votes
#15 - 12/26/2021: Weather & Wine, Drawing Truth to Power
Season 54 Episode 15 - Aired 12/26/2021
Europe’s wine industry being altered by climate change; Badiucao: The 60 Minutes Interview.
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- 8.5/1018 votes
#16 - 1/2/2022: The Ritchie Boys
Season 54 Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/2022
The full story of a secret U.S. WWII military intelligence unit bolstered by German-born Jews.
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- 5.9/1020 votes
#17 - 1/9/2022: The Big Quit, One Small Step, The Kicker
Season 54 Episode 17 - Aired 1/9/2022
What’s making Americans quit their jobs in record numbers; Conversations spanning the political spectrum; The gridiron’s loneliest warrior: The Kicker.
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- NaN/100 votes
#18 - 1/16/2022: The Betrayal, Chris Stapleton
Season 54 Episode 18 - Aired 1/16/2022
Investigating who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis; Chris Stapleton on his life and career.
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- NaN/100 votes
#19 - 1/30/2022: An Hour of Music
Season 54 Episode 19 - Aired 1/30/2022
Despite his Alzheimer’s, Tony Bennett prepares to perform with Lady Gaga; Documentary “Get Back” shows half-century old, unseen footage of Beatles writing and recording; The story of New Orleans’ St. Augustine High School Marching Band.
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- 7.8/106 votes
#20 - 1/30/2022: A 60 Minutes Wildlife Tour
Season 54 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/2022
The Atlantic great white shark's comeback; The return of wolves to Yellowstone Park; Saving memories of animals with Joel Sartore's Photo Ark
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- 8.1/1012 votes
#21 - 2/6/2022: Death in Training, Breaking Point, Canada’s Unmarked Graves
Season 54 Episode 21 - Aired 2/6/2022
Investigating military vehicle training deaths; Shorthanded hospitals pushed to brink by COVID; The dark legacy of Canada’s residential schools.
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- NaN/100 votes
#22 - 2/13/2022: Cheers!
Season 54 Episode 22 - Aired 2/13/2022
Wine growers in France and England discuss/demonstrate the effect of Climate Change; Pubs in England and the impact of COVID-19.
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- 8.4/1011 votes
#23 - 2/20/2022: The Front, Targeting Americans
Season 54 Episode 23 - Aired 2/20/2022
Inside Ukraine as it faces Russia; “Havana Syndrome” cases on U.S. soil.
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- 7.9/1011 votes
#24 - 2/27/2022: The Grid, Wrongful Detainees, Headlines, Deadlines & Bottom Lines
Season 54 Episode 24 - Aired 2/27/2022
How secure is America’s electric grid; Americans detained by foreign governments; Financial firms gutting local newsrooms.
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- 8.0/1011 votes
#25 - 3/6/2022: Platform 4, State of the Pandemic, Flying Blind
Season 54 Episode 25 - Aired 3/6/2022
Ukrainian refugees reaching Polish train station share their stories; the state of the coronavirus pandemic; legally blind, 15-year-old freeride skier Jacob Smith.
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The Best Episodes of 60 Minutes Season 54
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Season 54 Ratings Summary
"60 Minutes remembers 9.11: The FDNY" is the best rated episode of "60 Minutes" season 54. It scored 8.5/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/12/2021. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "9/26/2021: Take the Fight to the Night, Rep. Liz Cheney, King of the Deep".