60 Minutes
Star Power | Hide and Seek | The Guru
TV Flash files “Star Power | Hide and Seek | The Guru” as hour 659 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 55, episode 17, aired 2023-01-15, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S55E17: listed hour 659 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 17 of 31 in season 55. It aired 2023-01-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Prince Harry | A Hans Zimmer Score” (S55E16). Next is “The IMF Report | Investigating Donald Trump | Red Hot Chili Peppers” (S55E18). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Star Power – Scott Pelley goes inside Lawrence Livermore Laboratory's National Ignition Facility, home of the world's largest laser, which recently reported a breakthrough in fusion research. It's a step towards realizing a new source of clean energy. Hide and Seek – The tiny island nation of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean has long been a financial hub of choice for wealthy Russians to move their rubles offshore. But, this practice is now under intense scrutiny by U.S. and EU investigators looking for the hidden overseas wealth of sanctioned Russian oligarchs. Sharyn Alfonsi reports from Cyprus to follow the money and speak with Cyprus politicians and U.S. prosecutors untangling this intricate international flow of funds. The Guru – Anderson Cooper profiles prolific music producer Rick Rubin, a tastemaker who guides his artists to tap into their creativity with the most unorthodox approach – using practices like meditation to shape the work rather than marketing to the masses.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Star Power | Hide and Seek | The Guru sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S55E17 is listed hour 659 of 767 — hour 17 of 31 in season 55, season 55 episode 17.
When did 60 Minutes S55E17 air?
Star Power | Hide and Seek | The Guru aired 2023-01-15 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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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
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- Morley Safer as Correspondent
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- 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
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Also in season 55
- S55E01 President Biden | Ebrahim Raisi
- S55E02 Secretary of State Blinken | Inside the Committee | Rescuing Reefs
- S55E03 Olena Zelenska | What Happened at Grizzly Flats | Captain Kolisi
- S55E04 Taiwan | After Ian | Church and State
- S55E05 The Lost Souls Of Bucha | The Power Of Grimsby | Coach Prime
- S55E06 Dominion | American Prairie | Ina Garten