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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado
TV Flash files “President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado” as the first listed hour of season 56 — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 56, episode 1, aired 2023-09-17, 60 min.
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This leaf is S56E01: listed hour 674 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, first listed hour of season 56. It aired 2023-09-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Price Gouging | Targeting Seniors | Jeff Koons” (S55E31). Next is “CARE Court | Bankrolling the War | Hanging On” (S56E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy –Ahead of his visit to the United States, 60 MINUTES correspondent Scott Pelleyspeaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the presidential offices in Kyiv as Ukraine continues its counteroffensive and Russia's war wages on. In a wide-ranging interview, Pelley speaks with Zelenskyy about U.S. aid, drone strikes in Russia and the possibility of territorial concessions. Maria Gavrilovic is the producer. Into the Streets –60 MINUTES' Lesley Stahlreports from Israel on Brothers and Sisters in Arms – a group of military reservists, including commando soldiers and pilots, who are at the forefront of the huge rallies in the country. They've been protesting for months over a far-reaching plan by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to weaken Israel's Supreme Court. They say it'll pave the way to autocracy. It's already caused arguably the biggest domestic crisis in the nation's history. Shachar Bar-On is the producer. Prime Time in Colorado – 60 MINUTES correspondent Jon Wertheim heads to the field at the University of Colorado where new head football coach Deion Sanders, aka "Prime Time," is leading a college football shakeup. The controversial and legendary Pro Football Hall of Famer has overhauled the Colorado team roster and led them to victory in their 2023 home opener. Wertheim sits down with Sanders to talk about his path from transforming the football program at Jackson State University, an HBCU, to taking the top coaching job at University of Colorado and what's next for "Coach Prime." Draggan Mihailovich is the producer.
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Where does President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S56E01 is listed hour 674 of 767 — first listed hour of season 56, season 56 episode 1.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado aired 2023-09-17 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 56
- S56E02 CARE Court | Bankrolling the War | Hanging On
- S56E03 The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
- S56E04 The Godfather of AI | General Milley | Rich Paul | 3D Printing
- S56E05 President Biden | Rescue at the Kibbutz | The 50
- S56E06 The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man
- S56E07 Vice President Harris | A Quiet Invasion | The Air We Breathe | The State of the Blues