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CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 For Second Week
by Caryn Robbins - Mar 25, 2014


60 Minutes made Nielsen's top 10 again, landing at #6 for the week. It was the program's second straight top 10 appearance.

CBS's 60 MINUTES Makes Top 5 & Wins Timeslot
by Caryn Robbins - Mar 18, 2014


60 MINUTES made the top five, drawing 11.26 million viewers to finish at #5 on the Nielsen list and sweep its timeslot Sunday (March 16) in viewers and key demographics. It was the sixth time this season 60 MINUTES placed #5 or higher for the week.

Carnegie Hall Kicks Off VIENNA: CITY OF DREAMS Festival Today
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2014


From today, February 21 to March 16, 2014, Carnegie Hall presents Vienna: City of Dreams, a three-week citywide festival featuring more than 90 events, all inviting audiences to discover the extraordinary artistic legacy of Vienna. The festival features symphonic and operatic masterpieces, chamber music, and lieder, as well as new sounds emerging from this historic cultural capital. In addition to music, Vienna: City of Dreams shines a spotlight on Vienna's visual art, film, architecture, politics, science, and history, creating an extensive look at a city that for centuries has drawn artists, dreamers, and innovators from all corners of the world to its dazzling intellectual and artistic life.

Cate Blanchett Talks Woody Allen & More on 60 MINUTES Tonight
by TV News Desk - Feb 16, 2014


Cate Blanchett tells Lesley Stahl her first attempts at playing her Oscar-nominated role in 'Blue Jasmine' were called 'awful' by the film's director, Woody Allen.

Cate Blanchett Talks Woody Allen & More on Next 60 MINUTES, 2/16
by Caryn Robbins - Feb 13, 2014


Cate Blanchett tells Lesley Stahl her first attempts at playing her Oscar-nominated role in "Blue Jasmine" were called "awful" by the film's director, Woody Allen.

CBS's 60 MINUTES Grows Audience Over Last Year
by Caryn Robbins - Jan 28, 2014


Only the Grammys were watched by more Americans than 60 MINUTES last week. The broadcast drew 14.3 million viewers to land at #2, and delivered double-digit percentage increases to its audience compared to a year ago.

Carnegie Hall Announces VIENNA: CITY OF DREAMS Festival Lineup, 2/21-3/16
by BWW News Desk - Dec 2, 2013


From February 21 to March 16, 2014, Carnegie Hall presents Vienna: City of Dreams, a three-week citywide festival featuring more than 90 events, all inviting audiences to discover the extraordinary artistic legacy of Vienna. The festival features symphonic and operatic masterpieces, chamber music, and lieder, as well as new sounds emerging from this historic cultural capital. In addition to music, Vienna: City of Dreams shines a spotlight on Vienna's visual art, film, architecture, politics, science, and history, creating an extensive look at a city that for centuries has drawn artists, dreamers, and innovators from all corners of the world to its dazzling intellectual and artistic life.

Photo Coverage: WYNTON MARSALIS: A YOUNGARTS MASTERCLASS Kicks Off HBO Family Documentary Series
by Stephen Sorokoff - Sep 6, 2013


The HBO Family documentary WYNTON MARSALIS: A YOUNGARTS MASTERCLASS kicks off the third season of the two-time Emmy-nominated series, following three promising musicians as they work with jazz legend, Wynton Marsalis. In the season debut MONDAY, SEPT. 9 (7:30-8:00 p.m. ET/PT), on HBO, the young virtuosos selected by the National YoungArts Foundation - which offers talented high-school students from around the country the chance to be mentored by some of the world's greatest artists - prepare to perform alongside Marsalis at during a family Jazz for Young People concert performance at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

60 MINUTES SPORTS Airs Secretariat Special Tonight
by TV News Desk - Jun 5, 2013


There may never have been nor ever be another horse as good as Secretariat, and his owner knew it. As Penny Chenery recalls her chestnut colt's Triple Crown win 40 years ago, she tells 60 Minutes Sports she never used the nickname 'Big Red.' That was the name rooting fans used for the racehorse that would win the last leg of the Triple Crown by 31 lengths in a world record time some believe may never be broken. Chenery is joined by Secretariat's Hall of Fame rider, Ron Turcotte, in an anniversary feature on the great thoroughbred's historic achievement reported by Morley Safer and only on SHOWTIME, Today, June 5 at 9:00 PM.

Photo Flash: Tom Hanks, Jesse Tyler Ferguson & More at Lapham's Quarterly's Decades Ball
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 4, 2013


Lapham's Quarterly (Editor and Publisher Lewis Lapham) announced today their annual gala, the DECADES BALL: The 1950s, was held last night, June 3 at Capitale (130 Bowery at Grand Street). The evening, emceed by Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, included performances and readings by Tom Hanks and Patricia Clarkson, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Martha Plimpton, Tony Kushner, Ari Graynor, Steven Pasquale, Francois Battiste, Paul Muldoon, Nellie McKay, and a toast by Editor and Publisher of Lapham's Quarterly, Lewis Lapham. Kevin Philips received the 2013 Janus Prize, presented by benefit co-chair Morley Safer. Check out photos from the event below!

60 MINUTES SPORTS to Air Secretariat Special, 6/5
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 3, 2013


There may never have been nor ever be another horse as good as Secretariat, and his owner knew it. As Penny Chenery recalls her chestnut colt's Triple Crown win 40 years ago, she tells 60 Minutes Sports she never used the nickname 'Big Red.' That was the name rooting fans used for the racehorse that would win the last leg of the Triple Crown by 31 lengths in a world record time some believe may never be broken. Chenery is joined by Secretariat's Hall of Fame rider, Ron Turcotte, in an anniversary feature on the great thoroughbred's historic achievement reported by Morley Safer and only on SHOWTIME, Wednesday, June 5 at 9:00 PM.

Oskar Eustis To Emcee Lapham's Quarterly Decades Ball, 6/3
by Tyler Peterson - May 30, 2013


Lapham's Quarterly (Editor and Publisher Lewis Lapham) announced today their annual gala, the DECADES BALL: The 1950s, will take place on Monday, June 3 at Capitale (130 Bowery at Grand Street).

Tony Kushner, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and More Set for DECADES BALL: The 1950s, 6/3
by Kelsey Denette - Apr 25, 2013


Lapham's Quarterly (Editor and Publisher Lewis Lapham) announced today their annual gala, the DECADES BALL: The 1950s, will take place on Monday, June 3 at Capitale (130 Bowery at Grand Street).

60 MINUTES Makes Top 10 for Fourth Time in Five Broadcasts
by Caryn Robbins - Apr 16, 2013


60 MINUTES made Nielsen's Top 10 this week for the fourth time in five broadcasts. The CBS News magazine drew an audience of 12.62 million viewers to finish at #8. It was the 14th time over 24 broadcasts this season that the program was among Americans' 10 most watched primetime broadcasts.

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Morley Safer Reports on 'Prada Marfa' on 60 MINUTES
by Caryn Robbins - Apr 12, 2013


"Marfa, Texas," where the Old West meets the New Age, will be broadcast on 60 MINUTES, Sunday, April 14 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Get a sneak peek below!

CBS Pulls 60 MINUTES This Weekend For SUPER BOWL XLVII Coverage
by Tyler Peterson - Jan 31, 2013


CBS announced today that 60 MINUTES will not be broadcast on Sunday Feb. 3 due to Super Bowl XLVII coverage this weekend.

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