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.
#1 - Derivatives/The Language Factor/Washington Station
Season 27 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/5/1995
#2 - Thalidomide/N.O.P.D. Blues/NPR
Season 27 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/4/1995
#3 - DNA/Tin Man/A Sweet Deal
Season 27 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/28/1995
#4 - The Pentagon Turned Its Back on Them/Absolutely Fabulous/Flight 712/Riccardo Muti
Season 27 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/21/1995
#5 - What Really Happened?/Christiane Amanpour/The Axman Cometh
Season 27 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/14/1995
#6 - Operation Star Watch/The Crooner/Chips
Season 27 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/7/1995
#7 - Up Against the Wal-Mart/Battered/The Resister
Season 27 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/30/1995
#8 - President Clinton/The Michigan Militia/Can We Prevent Another One?
Season 27 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/23/1995
#9 - The World According to George/Shoko Asahara/The Catholics
Season 27 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/16/1995
#10 - The Second Wave/Are They Worth It/Stradivari
Season 27 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/9/1995
#11 - Tales from the Dirty War/Welcome Back Mrs. Khadder/No Joy in Mudville
Season 27 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/2/1995
#12 - Last Rights/Michael Marcum/Lisa Herdahl vs Pontotoc County
Season 27 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/26/1995
#13 - Confessions of a Tobacco Lobbyist/Causes Unknown/Kurt Masur
Season 27 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/19/1995
#14 - Gulf War Syndrome/Insurance Fraud/He Says, She Says
Season 27 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/12/1995
#15 - Mr. Robinson/They're Her Elephants/Jennifer and Everardo
Season 27 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/11/1995
#16 - Highway Robbery/Get Real/E-Systems
Season 27 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/26/1995
#17 - President Phil Gramm?/Did He, or Didn't He?/Some of Our Planes Are Missing
Season 27 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/19/1995
#18 - Operation Restore Aristide/Infomercials/Who Shall Overcome?
Season 27 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/12/1995
#19 - What Assault Weapons Ban?/Summer Camp/Tom Daschle Is Missing
Season 27 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/5/1995
#20 - Don't Count Them Out/On the Square?/We Are the Church
Season 27 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/22/1995
#21 - Pelican Bay/Anna Deavere Smith/Life & Death in an Irish Town
Season 27 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/15/1995
#22 - What About Orphanages?/Cecilia/The Vogels
Season 27 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/8/1995
#23 - HIV Positive/70 Years Old/Witness for the Prosecution
Season 27 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/1/1995
#24 - The Sarcophagus/Prince of Broadway/Father & Son
Season 27 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/18/1994