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Choke Point | Laser Focus | Growing Up Behind Walls

TV Flash files “Choke Point | Laser Focus | Growing Up Behind Walls” as hour 756 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 58, episode 21, aired 2026-03-15, 60 min.

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This leaf is S58E21: listed hour 756 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 21 of 31 in season 58. It aired 2026-03-15 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Targeting Americans | Secretary Hegseth” (S58E20). Next is “Elemental Crisis | Turning the Ship Around | The Dog Aging Project” (S58E22). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Choke Point | Laser Focus | Growing Up Behind Walls (S58E21)

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Choke Point – Even in its weakened state after two weeks of war, Iran maintains its chokehold on one of the most important shipping channels in the world: the Strait of Hormuz. Correspondent Cecilia Vega reports on the unprecedented closure of the 21-mile-wide waterway, which has stranded roughly 700 cargo ships and oil tankers in the Persian Gulf - increasing gas prices to their highest level in years. Lucy Hatcher and Jessica Kegu are the producers.  Laser Focus – Iran has made extensive use of cheap drones in the war to menace the U.S. military and allies in the Persian Gulf. One emerging counter-drone solution is laser systems. Correspondent Lesley Stahl visits one Pentagon contractor developing such a system to explore how advanced lasers work and whether they are ready to be deployed. Shachar Bar-On and Jinsol Jung are the producers. Growing Up Behind Walls – Sixteen years after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the government has all but collapsed, and gangs battle for control of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Correspondent Anderson Cooper visits an orphanage in the besieged city where children have been sheltered from the violence for more than four years. Run by bestselling author Mitch Albom, the organization Have Faith Haiti  takes in vulnerable children and, with an emphasis on education and faith, gives them a chance at an extraordinary future. Denise Schrier Cetta is the producer.

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Where does Choke Point | Laser Focus | Growing Up Behind Walls sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S58E21 is listed hour 756 of 767 — hour 21 of 31 in season 58, season 58 episode 21.

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Choke Point | Laser Focus | Growing Up Behind Walls aired 2026-03-15 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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