60 Minutes
The China Hack | Booms, Busts and Bubbles | The Road to Damascus
TV Flash files “The China Hack | Booms, Busts and Bubbles | The Road to Damascus” as hour 738 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 58, episode 3, aired 2025-10-12, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S58E03: listed hour 738 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 3 of 31 in season 58. It aired 2025-10-12 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Vaccine Court | The Tequila Heist | This is Rob Reiner” (S58E02). Next is “The Dealmakers | Erez Reuveni | Amy Sherald” (S58E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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The China Hack – Correspondent Scott Pelley reports on the threat China's cyber campaign poses to America's critical infrastructure. The former head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, General Tim Haugh, speaks with Pelley – in the general's first television interview since his retirement – about the threat. Aaron Weisz is the producer. Booms, Busts and Bubbles – With Wall Street soaring to record highs and worries of an AI bubble, correspondent Lesley Stahl speaks with Andrew Ross Sorkin – one of the most trusted financial reporters of our time – about his new book, 1929, which examines the market crash a century ago, to explore whether history is about to repeat itself. Shachar Bar-On is the producer. The Road to Damascus – As the deal brokered by the Trump administration between Israel and Hamas raises hope for broader changes in the Middle East, Margaret Brennan interviews Syria's new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda member, in his first U.S. television interview since taking office. Andy Court is the producer.
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Where does The China Hack | Booms, Busts and Bubbles | The Road to Damascus sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S58E03 is listed hour 738 of 767 — hour 3 of 31 in season 58, season 58 episode 3.
When did 60 Minutes S58E03 air?
The China Hack | Booms, Busts and Bubbles | The Road to Damascus aired 2025-10-12 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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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
Mike Wallace’s ambush made 60 Minutes Sunday-night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms — Hewitt’s stopwatch, Safer and Bradley and Rooney’s endnotes, 1960s-into-1980s newsmagazine power. Appointment news before the internet stole…
- Morley Safer as Correspondent
Morley Safer’s packages helped 60 Minutes outrate sitcoms on Sunday night — Hewitt’s stopwatch, Wallace’s ambush, Bradley and Rooney’s endnotes, 1960s-into-1980s newsmagazine power. Appointment news before the internet stole the clock. TV…
- 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
Diane Sawyer worked 60 Minutes as correspondent steel — Hewitt’s stopwatch, Wallace’s ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney’s endnotes, Sunday-night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Template of TV newsmagazine power. TV Flash…
Also in season 58
- S58E01 A Lonely Voice | The Mystery of the Eagle S | Dana White
- S58E02 Vaccine Court | The Tequila Heist | This is Rob Reiner
- S58E04 The Dealmakers | Erez Reuveni | Amy Sherald
- S58E05 On The Brink | Dr. Attia Will See You Now | The Mentalist
- S58E06 President Trump | Officially Amazing
- S58E07 The Family Farm | Collateral Damage | The Indomitable Margaret Atwood