New Channel Honors the 55^th Anniversary of the Iconic Newsmagazine

The “60 Minutes” Channel on Pluto TV Launches Sept. 24, the Same Day the

Original Program Aired on CBS

NEW YORK – Sept. 23, 2022 – 60 MINUTES, America’s #1 news program, is launching an exclusive channel on Pluto TV, the newest addition to the free streaming service’s 24/7 news offerings. The 60 MINUTES channel on Pluto TV will debut with more than 400 segments from the iconic newsmagazine’s archives and revisit some of the biggest newsmakers of the last five decades while offering the best original reporting on important historical news from the 60 MINUTES team.

At launch, episodes will span over a decade with the first batch dating from 2008 to 2019, with more seasons and segments being continually added. The roster of segments will range from the first interview with a retired Navy SEAL who was part of the team that carried out the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound; to reports on wild animals like jaguars, wolves in Yellowstone, elephants, eagles, bonobos, gorillas, dinosaurs and wooly mammoths; and the first interview with President-elect Trump after his election and a sit down with President-elect Obama.

The 60 MINUTES channel on Pluto TV will be led by veteran and award-winning producer Nicole Young, who has decades of experience covering wars, national and international tragedies and breaking news, and who will continue to serve as a producer for the venerable newsmagazine.

The launch of the 60 MINUTES streaming channel coincides with the 55^th anniversary of when the broadcast began on CBS.

The channel will live in Pluto TV’s News and Opinion category and is available anywhere you stream – across all major mobile, CTV and web devices.

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About 60 MINUTES

60 MINUTES, the most successful American television broadcast in history, kicked off its 55^th season on Sunday, September 18. The newsmagazine was the #1 primetime broadcast seven times last season, making the top five 18 times out of 28 airings and the top ten 27 times. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, newsmaker interviews, in-depth profiles and feature segments, the broadcast that began in 1968 still resonates today. The CBS newsmagazine averages over 13-million viewers with newsmaker interviews and reports – more than double the audience of its nearest network newsmagazine competitor and more than the highest rated evening news broadcast.

About Pluto TV

Pluto TV, a Paramount Company, is the leading free streaming television service delivering hundreds of live linear channels and thousands of titles on-demand to a global audience of nearly 70 million monthly active users. The Emmy ® award-winning service curates a diverse lineup of channels, in partnership with over 400 international media companies, offering a wide array of genres, languages and categories featuring movies, television series, sports, news, lifestyle, kids and much more. Pluto TV can be easily accessed and streamed across mobile, web and connected TV devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Pluto TV’s growing international footprint extends across three continents and over 30 countries and territories.

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