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<i>60 Minutes Sports</i>

60 Minutes Sports

American TV series or program

60 Minutes Sports is a news magazine that aired on Showtime from January 2013 to March 2017. It was a spin-off of 60 Minutes, a program aired by Showtime's parent network CBS, with a focus on sport-related topics, interviews with notable figures, and sports-related stories from the archives of 60 Minutes.[1] The series also featured contributions from CBS Sports personalities.[2]

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CBS News chairman Jeff Fager stated that the program would "offer the same high-quality, original reporting and great storytelling our viewers have come to expect every Sunday night on CBS";[1] the premiere episode featured a story on Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, an interview with Lionel Messi, and an update to a past story on Alex Honnold.[3] The Los Angeles Times noted that the series was likely intended as a competitor to Real Sports, a similar sports newsmagazine broadcast by HBO.[1]

In January 2017, a CBS News spokesperson confirmed to TVNewser that 60 Minutes Sports had been cancelled.[4] Its final episode aired on March 7, 2017.[5]

On May 26, 2020 as schedule filler due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS announced that it would air a six-episode compilation of 60 Minutes Sports segments on weekend afternoons from May 30 to June 14, under the title 60 Minutes Sports: Timeless Stories.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Flint, Joe (2012-09-13). "CBS and Showtime team up on '60 Minutes' sports magazine". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  2. [2]
    Gary Levin (September 13, 2012). "60 Minutes plans sports version for Showtime". USA Today. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  3. [3]
    "Jim Rome Gets Second Season on Showtime". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  4. [4]
    "60 Minutes Sports Canceled". TVNewser. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  5. [5]
    "60 Minutes Sports appears to have aired its last episode". Awful Announcing. 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  6. [6]
    "'60 Minutes Sports: Timeless Stories': CBS Sports highlights unforgettable stories in new series". CBSSports.com. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
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