The WORST episodes of 60 Minutes

Every episode of 60 Minutes ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of 60 Minutes!

60 Minutes has been on the air since 1968, beginning on a Tuesday, but spending most of its time on Sundays, where it remains today. This popular news magazine provides both hard hitting investigations, interviews and features, along with people in the news and current events. 60 Minutes has set unprecedented records in the Nielsen's ratings with a number 1 rating, five times, making it among the most successful TV programs in all of television history. This series has won more Emmy awards than any other news program and in 2003, Don Hewitt, the creator (back in 1968), was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy, along with the 60 Minute correspondents. Added to the 11 Peabody awards, this phenomenally long-lived series has collected 78 awards up to the 2005 season and remains among the viewers top choice for news magazine features.

Last Updated: 8/6/2025Network: CBSStatus: Continuing
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#1 - The Engineer/Yo-Yo Ma/White Collar Blues

Season 28 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1996

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#2 - Easy Money in Hard Times/The Mormons/Spike Lee

Season 28 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/7/1996

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#3 - The Letter/Imus

Season 28 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/31/1996

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#4 - Blowing Smoke/A Woman of Substance/The Bicycle Club

Season 28 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/24/1996

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#5 - The Greatest/American Enterprise/Area 51: Catch 22

Season 28 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/17/1996

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#6 - Mousa Abu Marzook/Mike Nichols/Tipping the Scales

Season 28 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/10/1996

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#7 - The Next First Lady?/Prison Rape/What Makes Steve Run?

Season 28 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/3/1996

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#8 - Change of Address/Family Values/Not Your Average Case of Arson

Season 28 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1996

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#9 - Germ Warfare/A Fine Kettle of Fish/$12 Billion Piggy Bank

Season 28 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1996

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#10 - Say It Isn't So.../Shoot Not to Kill/Too Tough?

Season 28 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1996

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#11 - Jeffrey Wigand, PhD/Richard Leakey

Season 28 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1996

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#12 - Down-Home Diva/Curtain Call/George Burns

Season 28 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1996

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#13 - Starved to Death/Springsteen/January 28, 1986

Season 28 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1996

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#14 - An American Dilemma/Sacks/Kidnapped

Season 28 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1996

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#15 - Farrakhan/Spitting Image

Season 28 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/14/1996

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#16 - Thoralf Sundt, M.D./Subcomandante Marcos/Randy Shilts

Season 28 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/31/1995

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#17 - Welcome Back Mrs. Khadder/Nadja/Jennifer and Everardo

Season 28 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/24/1995

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#18 - Cash Now Die Later/Earthquakes, Riots, and Now the Subway/Capital Hill Nine

Season 28 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1995

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#19 - The President/Who Poisoned Maryann/Pay Attention!

Season 28 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1995

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#20 - Toto Constant/Martha Stewart/The Last Time We Saw Paris

Season 28 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1995

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#21 - Life... By Transplant/Come Blow Your Horn/Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Season 28 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1995

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#22 - Over There/One Voice/A Hole in His Head

Season 28 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1995

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#23 - Cigarettes/Car Talk/Southbury

Season 28 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1995

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#24 - Yitzhak Rabin/Racial Tracking/To Your Health

Season 28 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1995

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#25 - Deadbeat Dad/Madam Speaker/Land Mines

Season 28 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1995