MAD AS HELL: How 60 Minutes Took on the Powerful and Made Television History

A gripping behind-the-scenes account of one of the most influential news programs in American history, featuring a foreword by veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, whose recent dismissal from CBS News has renewed national attention on the fight for journalistic integrity and preserving an independent media. For almost sixty years, every Sunday night at seven o'clock sharp, a simple ticking stopwatch made America stop what it was doing. At its peak, 60 Minutes was the most powerful hour on television, drawing as many as fifty million viewers each week.Presidents watched. CEOs braced themselves. Ordinary citizens-wronged, ignored, or silenced-found a voice. Today, amid upheaval at CBS News and renewed debate over press freedom, that voice faces an urgent test of its journalistic integrity. In Mad as Hell, a producer from the program’s golden years takes readers deep inside the broadcast that reshaped television journalism.Working alongside Mike Wallace, Dan Rather, Morley Safer