60 Minutes
Lloyd's of London/Brezhnev's Daughter/The Reverend Sharpton
TV Flash files “Lloyd's of London/Brezhnev's Daughter/The Reverend Sharpton” as hour 65 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 25, episode 25, aired 1993-03-07, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S25E25: listed hour 65 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 25 of 37 in season 25. It aired 1993-03-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Sharks Don't Get Cancer/Field of Dreams/Callahan” (S25E24). Next is “How Did He Get Here?/Tearing of the Green/Massacre at El Mozote” (S25E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Lloyd's of London/Brezhnev's Daughter/The Reverend Sharpton sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S25E25 is listed hour 65 of 767 — hour 25 of 37 in season 25, season 25 episode 25.
When did 60 Minutes S25E25 air?
Lloyd's of London/Brezhnev's Daughter/The Reverend Sharpton aired 1993-03-07 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is 1980s 60 Minutes different from today's?
The grammar is the same: multi-segment hour, stopwatch motif, investigations plus profiles. In the 1980s it frequently outrated sitcoms — proof news could dominate prime time.
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Why this series still plays
The template of TV newsmagazine power — for the craft of the package and the history of broadcast investigation. Hewitt's stopwatch, Wallace's ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney's endnotes: Sunday night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Appointment news before the infinite scroll. Tick, tick, tick.
Tick, tick, tick — not a theme song, a weapon. CBS's 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt's stopwatch since 1968, was an 1980s Nielsen bully that outrated sitcoms on Sunday night: investigative pieces, profiles, commentator segments, correspondent star power. Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Andy Rooney's endnotes. **Ambush interviews and gotcha lore made Wallace a fearsome brand.** The museum guard wants the package as civic virtue. The flash is the ambush. Appointment news before the…
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- Mike Wallace as Correspondent
Mike Wallace’s ambush made 60 Minutes Sunday-night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms — Hewitt’s stopwatch, Safer and Bradley and Rooney’s endnotes, 1960s-into-1980s newsmagazine power. Appointment news before the internet stole…
- Morley Safer as Correspondent
Morley Safer’s packages helped 60 Minutes outrate sitcoms on Sunday night — Hewitt’s stopwatch, Wallace’s ambush, Bradley and Rooney’s endnotes, 1960s-into-1980s newsmagazine power. Appointment news before the internet stole the clock. TV…
- Harry Reasoner as Correspondent
Harry Reasoner was a 60 Minutes correspondent when the stopwatch became civic theater — Hewitt's newsmagazine power, Wallace ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney's endnotes, Sunday night investigation that outrated sitcoms. Appointment…
- Ed Bradley as Correspondent
Ed Bradley made 60 Minutes correspondent craft look like Sunday-night theater — Hewitt's stopwatch, investigative packages that outrated sitcoms, and a presence that treated the story as a public square. Appointment news before the…
- Diane Sawyer as Correspondent
Diane Sawyer worked 60 Minutes as correspondent steel — Hewitt’s stopwatch, Wallace’s ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney’s endnotes, Sunday-night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Template of TV newsmagazine power. TV Flash…
Also in season 25
- S25E01 Gay Cops/Class of '71/Growing Up in L.A.
- S25E02 Saddam's Banker/Clean Air, Clean Water, Dirty Fight/Movie Mavericks
- S25E03 Hire/Mr. President/The Cure That Killed
- S25E04 Made in the USA/Acceptable Risks/Your Kidding!
- S25E05 Hell on Earth/Larry King/Senor Presidente?
- S25E06 Why Did He Quit?/The Battlefield/As Simple as Black & White