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The Rule of Law | Freezing the Biological Clock

TV Flash files “The Rule of Law | Freezing the Biological Clock” as hour 733 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 57, episode 29, aired 2025-05-04, 60 min.

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This leaf is S57E29: listed hour 733 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 29 of 31 in season 57. It aired 2025-05-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “NIH | Evidence | The Land of Declining Sons” (S57E28). Next is “Fraud | To Walk Again | Jamie Lee Curtis” (S57E30). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — The Rule of Law | Freezing the Biological Clock (S57E29)

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The Rule of Law – On the campaign trail, President Trump vowed to wield the power of the presidency to go after his perceived enemies. Now in the White House, Trump is using executive orders to target some of the biggest law firms in the country that he accuses of "weaponizing" the justice system against him. Correspondent Scott Pelley reports on the law firms picked out by the president and the different ways they're responding to White House pressure. Maria Gavrilovic is the producer. Freezing the Biological Clock – Fertility rates in the United States are currently near historic lows, largely because fewer women are having children in their 20s. As women delay starting families, many are opting for egg freezing, the process of retrieving and freezing unfertilized eggs, to preserve their fertility for the future. Does egg freezing provide women with a way to pause their biological clock? Correspondent Lesley Stahl interviews women who have decided to freeze their eggs and explores what the process entails physically, emotionally and financially. She also speaks with fertility specialists and an ethicist about success rates, equity issues and the increasing market potential of egg freezing. This is a double-length segment. Shari Finkelstein is the producer.

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Where does The Rule of Law | Freezing the Biological Clock sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S57E29 is listed hour 733 of 767 — hour 29 of 31 in season 57, season 57 episode 29.

When did 60 Minutes S57E29 air?

The Rule of Law | Freezing the Biological Clock aired 2025-05-04 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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Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report · Show package

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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