60 Minutes
Price Gouging | Targeting Seniors | Jeff Koons
TV Flash files “Price Gouging | Targeting Seniors | Jeff Koons” as the last listed hour of season 55 — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 55, episode 31, aired 2023-05-21, 60 min.
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This leaf is S55E31: listed hour 673 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, last listed hour of season 55. It aired 2023-05-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Church's Fiirm | The Sperm Whales of Dominica | Yannick Nézet-Séguin” (S55E30). Next is “President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado” (S56E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Price Gouging – A 60 MINUTES investigation looks into how the Pentagon, and taxpayers, get taken advantage of by U.S. defense contractors. Bill Whitaker sits down with former top contract negotiator Shay Assad, who says the accountability system in the Dept of Defense is broken, and major defense companies are flush with excess cash to hand out to shareholders. Targeting Seniors – Cyber con artists using artificial intelligence, apps, and social engineering are targeting parents and grandparents, scamming them out of what now totals 10 billion dollars a year in America. Sharyn Alfonsi speaks with victims, law enforcement, and technology consultants about ways to protect seniors from these widespread cons. Jeff Koons – Anderson Cooper profiles Jeff Koons, one of the world's most prominent and polarizing artists. Known for making sculptures and paintings inspired by everyday objects or famous characters, his works can take decades to create and push the boundaries of technology and sometimes taste. Koons shows Cooper some of his latest work at a stone workshop in Pennsylvania and his studio in New York, where he gives 60 MINUTES a look at what he hopes will be a permanent art exhibit on the moon.
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Where does Price Gouging | Targeting Seniors | Jeff Koons sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S55E31 is listed hour 673 of 767 — last listed hour of season 55, season 55 episode 31.
When did 60 Minutes S55E31 air?
Price Gouging | Targeting Seniors | Jeff Koons aired 2023-05-21 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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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