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Donald Shepard Hewitt (December 14, 1922 – August 19, 2009) was an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating the CBS television news magazine 60 Minutes in 1968, which at the time of his death was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television.
Aug 20, 2009 · Don Hewitt, who changed the course of broadcast news by creating the television magazine “60 Minutes,” fusing journalism and show business as never before, and who then presided over that...
Aug 19, 2009 · Don Hewitt was a pioneer of television news and the executive producer of 60 Minutes, the most successful news magazine in history. He died of pancreatic cancer in 2009 at the age of 86, after a career spanning over 60 years at CBS.
Aug 19, 2009 · A look at the life and career of the pioneering television journalist best known as the creator of "60 Minutes." Don Hewitt is born in New York City. Hewitt begins his journalism career as...
Sep 11, 2017 · How Don Hewitt Invented 60 Minutes and Changed Journalism Forever. In his new book Fifty Years of 60 Minutes, Jeff Fager reports on the rise of CBS’s flagship newsmagazine and the role the...
- Jeff Fager
Aug 21, 2009 · Don Hewitt, who died on Wed. at age 86, didn't invent the TV newsmagazine, but he sure invented the most successful and durable one. He created 60 Minute s in 1968 — 41 years ago — and, like...
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Jul 8, 1998 · As executive producer, CBS News, Don Hewitt brainstorms new ideas for television news and works on news specials — much as he did in television's infancy when his innovative...
