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Left Behind | South Africa's Refugees | Is That Art?

TV Flash files “Left Behind | South Africa's Refugees | Is That Art?” as hour 753 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 58, episode 18, aired 2026-02-22, 60 min.

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This leaf is S58E18: listed hour 753 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 18 of 31 in season 58. It aired 2026-02-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Generally Recognized as Safe | Youngest Survivors” (S58E17). Next is “Iran | Under Siege | Breaking the Cycle” (S58E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Left Behind | South Africa's Refugees | Is That Art? (S58E18)

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Left Behind – Correspondent Cecilia Vega reports from McDowell County, W.Va. – once the nation's largest coal producer, and now one of the poorest places in the country, where the food stamp program started and the opioid crisis took hold. One in three households in McDowell County depends on SNAP benefits. This program has fed families for decades and is facing one of the biggest federal funding cuts in its history. Vega meets members of a community who have witnessed government assistance come and go, and asks what comes next. Ayesha Siddiqi is the producer. South Africa's Refugees – When President Trump said he would "permanently pause migration from all third world countries" to the U.S., there was one exception: the resettlement of white South African refugees, mostly Afrikaners. The president has said white farmers in the country are victims of genocide, a claim the government of South Africa disputes. Correspondent Anderson Cooper travels to the country to hear from South Africans themselves. Michael Gavshon and Nadim Roberts are the producers. Is That Art? – Artificial intelligence is being used to make art that is being embraced by many of the world's most prestigious museums and auction houses, raising an age-old question: what counts as art? Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi steps into the debate, meeting Refik Anadol, the 40-year-old Turkish-American artist considered a pioneer in the world of AI art. Anadol calls it "revolutionary." Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Jerry Saltz calls most of it "crap." And some artists call it "the greatest art heist in history." Michael Baltierra is the producer.

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Where does Left Behind | South Africa's Refugees | Is That Art? sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S58E18 is listed hour 753 of 767 — hour 18 of 31 in season 58, season 58 episode 18.

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Left Behind | South Africa's Refugees | Is That Art? aired 2026-02-22 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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