Don Hewitt

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Robert G. Anderson

Robert G. Anderson on working with Don Hewitt on 60 Minutes, and on the guidance he provided and his vision for the series

01:52

Robert G. Anderson on a profile he did about Jay Leno for 60 Minutes and Don Hewitt's guidance in crafting the stories

01:56

Lowell Bergman

Lowell Bergman on producing the 60 Minutes story "Three Days in Beirut"

08:25

Lowell Bergman on the decision to kill his 60 Minutes piece on Brown & Williamson tobacco

09:29

Lowell Bergman on CBS' decision to finally air the 60 Minutes piece on Brown & Williamson tobacco

06:09

Wade Bingham

Wade Bingham on 60 Minutes executive producer Don Hewitt

02:46

Mili Lerner Bonsignori

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on Don Hewitt asking her to edit the pilot of 60 Minutes

04:04

Ed Bradley

Ed Bradley on meeting Don Hewitt at the Democratic and Republican Conventions in 1976

01:17

Ed Bradley on the powerful, but publicly unseen presence of Don Hewitt on 60 Minutes

01:08

Ed Bradley on Don Hewitt's ability to make 60 Minutes correspondents' stories better, and his "seat of the pants editorial style"

02:29

Ed Bradley on initial resistance from Don Hewitt to his Little Richard interview on 60 Minutes

01:41

Ed Bradley on recognizing the reach of 60 Minutes after Don Hewitt excerpted a segment from CBS Reports and adapted it for 60 Minutes

02:32

Ed Bradley on Don Hewitt, after being swept away by Hewitt during Bradley's interview to record a "tease" for 60 Minutes

01:02

Jeff Fager

Jeff Fager on changes at CBS when Laurence Tisch became CEO in 1986 and how they affected 60 Minutes and the show's creator, Don Hewitt

03:26

Jeff Fager on a conflict between then-CEO of CBS Laurence Tisch and 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt over the story of tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Winger, who alleged that the tobacco industry knew the addictive and deadly nature of cigarettes

04:02

Jeff Fager on why he was excited by working at 60 Minutes and how Don Hewitt's philosophy informed the program: "He couldn't stand being involved in television that was boring."

03:02

Jeff Fager on how Don Hewitt's philosophy of news influenced him as producer of 60 Minutes

02:36

Jeff Fager on producing Steve Kroft's first story for 60 Minutes and producing a story that Don Hewitt hated

03:18

Jeff Fager on becoming executive producer of 60 Minutes, a position which he took over from the show's founder, Don Hewitt

02:16

Jeff Fager on the best advice he received on producing a story, from Don Hewitt

01:42

John Frankenheimer

John Frankenheimer on working on Douglas Edwards and the News

01:08

Steve Kroft

Steve Kroft on his working relationship with Don Hewitt on 60 Minutes

04:06

Sig Mickelson

Sig Mickelson on Don Hewitt's role during CBS News' coverage of the 1952 political conventions

02:29

John Moffitt

John Moffitt on meeting the people at CBS News

01:57

Sheila Nevins

Sheila Nevins on being offered a job by Don Hewitt

00:26

Sheila Nevins on being asked to produce 60 Minutes

01:33

Maury Povich

Maury Povich on Don Hewitt of 60 Minutes being a fan of A Current Affair

00:47

Dan Rather

Dan Rather on 60 Minutes and Don Hewitt

01:52

Dan Rather on working with Don Hewitt on 60 Minutes

02:13

Andy Rooney

Andy Rooney on his workweek on 60 Minutes, and on working with executive producer Don Hewitt

08:37

Morley Safer

Morley Safer on Don Hewitt's role in conceiving the idea for 60 Minutes

05:09

Morley Safer on Don Hewitt's role in approving stories for 60 Minutes

02:38

Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith on his thoughts on Don Hewitt

00:24

Sanford Socolow

Sanford Socolow on Douglas Edwards' news broadcasts (produced by Don Hewitt)

02:06

Sanford Socolow on Don Hewitt's opinions on Eric Sevareid and Harry Reasoner's contributions to CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

02:48

Sanford Socolow on the decision to replace Douglas Edwards with Walter Cronkite, and Cronkite getting the title Managing Editor on the CBS Evening News because he didn't trust Don Hewitt

00:38

Sanford Socolow on Walter Cronkite interviewing Frank Sinatra and asking about Sinatra's alleged mafia ties and Sinatra pulling Don Hewitt into another room

01:20

Sanford Socolow on his role and Don Hewitt's role as producers of CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

02:59

Sanford Socolow on working with Don Hewitt on CBS' coverage of the Vietnam War

03:55

William Tankersley

William Tankersley on CBS Standards & Practices' interactions with news programs

02:12

Robert Trout

Robert Trout on hosting the CBS News series Presidential Timber and working with Don Hewitt

03:54

Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace on joining 60 Minutes at the behest of Don Hewitt

02:08

Mike Wallace on his 60 Minutes piece on Brown & Williamson tobacco, produced by Lowell Bergman, and on Don Hewitt's objections to it

03:40

Joseph Wershba

Joseph Wershba on the differences between Fred Friendly and Don Hewitt as producers

02:38

Joseph Wershba on the creation of 60 Minutes by Don Hewitt, and on early stories

05:34

Joseph Wershba on Don Hewitt

00:45

Av Westin

Av Westin on the early format of CBS News

03:40

Av Westin on Don Hewitt's role in creating television news

01:26

Av Westin on various people with whom he worked at CBS News

04:00

Av Westin on working with Mike Wallace

00:57

Perry Wolff

Perry Wolff on 60 Minutes producer Don Hewitt

01:23

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