60 MINUTES Ends Its 40th Season Tonight With Two Of America’s 100 Senators: Barack Obama & John McCain!!
Published at: Sept. 21, 2008, 8:08 p.m. CST by hercules
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On Sept. 24, 1968, “60 Minutes” launched its first episode with interviews of presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey.
It aired on a Tuesday at 10 p.m., right after "The Red Skelton Hour" and "The Doris Day Show."
It aired opposite ABC's "musical sitcom" "That's Life," starring Robert Morse (who now plays Bert Cooper on "Mad Men").
The series ends its 40th season tonight with an episode devoted to interviews with presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.
They will tell Steve Kroft and Scott Pelley that the United States is in a recession.
It’s also the first episode of the series broadcast in HD!
7 p.m. Sunday. CBS.