Don Hewitt

Donald Shepard Don Hewitt (December 14, 1922 – August 19, 2009) was an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating 60 Minutes, the CBS television news magazine, in 1968, which at the time of his death, was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitts leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated the nations top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. Hewitt produced the first televised presidential debate in 1960.

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