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Vaccine Court | The Tequila Heist | This is Rob Reiner

TV Flash files “Vaccine Court | The Tequila Heist | This is Rob Reiner” as hour 737 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 58, episode 2, aired 2025-10-05, 60 min.

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This leaf is S58E02: listed hour 737 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 2 of 31 in season 58. It aired 2025-10-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Lonely Voice | The Mystery of the Eagle S | Dana White” (S58E01). Next is “The China Hack | Booms, Busts and Bubbles | The Road to Damascus” (S58E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Vaccine Court | The Tequila Heist | This is Rob Reiner (S58E02)

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Vaccine Court – With vaccinations increasingly a point of political tension, correspondent Jon Wertheim reports on the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program – a "no fault" vaccine court that balances the public health benefits of widespread vaccination with rare cases of harm to individuals. Founded in the 1980s, the program has paid out billions of dollars to thousands of  Americans. Denise Schrier Cetta is the producer. The Tequila Heist – International crime groups are finding new, sophisticated ways to infiltrate the global supply chain online, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of goods per year. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the growing threat of cargo theft and how 24,000 bottles of Guy Fieri's tequila vanished on their way to the warehouse. Lucy Hatcher is the producer. This is Rob Reiner – Correspondent Lesley Stahl visits Rob Reiner on the New Orleans set of "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues," the long-awaited sequel to his 1984 cult classic, "This Is Spinal Tap." Four decades after launching the now-beloved mockumentary genre with a fully improvised classic, the director of"When Harry Met Sally," "Stand by Me," "A Few Good Men" and "The Princess Bride"reunites the band for an encore. Shari Finkelstein is the producer.

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Where does Vaccine Court | The Tequila Heist | This is Rob Reiner sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S58E02 is listed hour 737 of 767 — hour 2 of 31 in season 58, season 58 episode 2.

When did 60 Minutes S58E02 air?

Vaccine Court | The Tequila Heist | This is Rob Reiner aired 2025-10-05 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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