60 Minutes
Prince V. Spy | Running Dry | Michael Keaton
TV Flash files “Prince V. Spy | Running Dry | Michael Keaton” as hour 617 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 54, episode 6, aired 2021-10-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S54E06: listed hour 617 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 6 of 31 in season 54. It aired 2021-10-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Robert Gates | The Green River Drift | Whither Ye Olde English Pub” (S54E05). Next is “Democracy Lost | A New Model | The Future Of Sapiens” (S54E07). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Prince V. Spy – A former top intelligence official in the Saudi Arabian government says the kingdom's ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, plotted to kill him and has taken his children hostage. Saad Aljabri speaks to Scott Pelley in his first interview. Running Dry – Colorado River water levels have dropped so low that the federal government, for the first time, declared an official shortage of the precious resource. As Bill Whitaker reports, resulting water cuts will hit Arizona hard. But the health of the river is a concern for 40 million people in the West, including Native American tribes and farmers who grow 90 percent of America's winter greens. Michael Keaton – The versatile actor has impressed audiences and critics for four decades. From Beetlejuice to Batman and Birdman, his films have grossed billions. Michael Keaton speaks to Jon Wertheim about his craft, his career, and his latest role as a rural doctor in a town overwhelmed by Oxycontin.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Prince V. Spy | Running Dry | Michael Keaton sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S54E06 is listed hour 617 of 767 — hour 6 of 31 in season 54, season 54 episode 6.
When did 60 Minutes S54E06 air?
Prince V. Spy | Running Dry | Michael Keaton aired 2021-10-24 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.
In the series
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…
Filed against
- 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 54
- S54E01 9.11 the FDNY
- S54E02 Take the Fight to the Night | Rep. Liz Cheney | King of the Deep
- S54E03 The Facebook Whistleblower | Unforgiven | The Final Act
- S54E04 Deepfakes | 1,000 Children | Deep Springs
- S54E05 Robert Gates | The Green River Drift | Whither Ye Olde English Pub
- S54E07 Democracy Lost | A New Model | The Future Of Sapiens