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Maduro | Here Come The Humanoids | Alysa Liu

TV Flash files “Maduro | Here Come The Humanoids | Alysa Liu” as hour 749 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 58, episode 14, aired 2026-01-04, 60 min.

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This leaf is S58E14: listed hour 749 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 14 of 31 in season 58. It aired 2026-01-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Sherpas of Everest | Presenting the Kanneh-Masons” (S58E13). Next is “Minneapolis | Inside CECOT | Salties” (S58E15). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Maduro | Here Come The Humanoids | Alysa Liu (S58E14)

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Maduro – After the U.S military's overnight strike on Venezuela and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, correspondent Scott Pelley reports on the recent events and the criminal charges they face. Pelley interviews former DEA special agent Sandy Gonzalez, who helped lead the investigation that led to Maduro's 2020 indictment, Roger Carstens, who was Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs under the previous Trump and Biden administrations, and U.S. Senator Mark Kelly. Maria Gavrilovic, Aaron Weisz, Nicole Young, and Pat Milton are the producers. Here Come The Humanoids – For decades, engineers have been trying to create robots that look and move like humans, and now breakthroughs in AI are giving humanoid robots a new ability to acquire skills through learning. At Hyundai's new auto plant near Savannah, Georgia, correspondent Bill Whitaker watches as Boston Dynamics' humanoid AI-powered robot Atlas learns to perform factory work in a real-world setting for the first time. Marc Lieberman is the producer. Alysa Liu – Very few people retire at age 16, but few people have had careers with as many twists as Alysa Liu. After becoming the youngest U.S. women's figure skating champion at just 13, the phenom shocked the sport by walking away a few years later. Now 20, Liu is back and a favorite to win Olympic gold next month. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi speaks with Liu about coming back on her own terms. Draggan Mihailovich and Nathalie Sommer are the producers.

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Where does Maduro | Here Come The Humanoids | Alysa Liu sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S58E14 is listed hour 749 of 767 — hour 14 of 31 in season 58, season 58 episode 14.

When did 60 Minutes S58E14 air?

Maduro | Here Come The Humanoids | Alysa Liu aired 2026-01-04 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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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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