Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 24, 2024.

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Is there such a thing as must-watch TV?

In 1968, the TV news magazine “60 Minutes” premiered on CBS. More than 50 years later ... tick-tick-tick ... the show is ranked as one of the greatest TV shows of all time.

“Sixty Minutes (Ch 5, 6 p.m., in color) is a biweekly production with a magazine format on topical issues with Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner as on-air editors. The program will have a variety of subjects and unusual guests to talk about them,” read the TV preview of the show in the Deseret News that week in 1968.

The show, created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, is now the longest-running show of its kind, kicking off its 57th

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