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CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 18, 2010 (9:00-10:30 AM, ET) CHARLES OSGOOD ANCHORS FROM NEW YORK
ARE WE ALONE? - The search for intelligent life in outer space got a big boost in 1960, when astronomer Frank Drake pointed a giant radio telescope skyward in hope of making contact. Fifty years later, he has yet to hear anything, but still believes his work has only just begun. A GOOD HABIT - Correspondent Bill Geist visits the Sisters of the Holy Spirit in Cleveland, Ohio whose chocolate chip cookies have been a big hit with the Cleveland Indians baseball team through thick and thin. SAM WATERSTON - Correspondent Anthony Mason profiles Law and Order star actor Sam Waterston, who has perf...
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"60 MINUTES" MAKES TOP 10 FOR THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR WEEKS
America's most-watched news program made the top 10 list for the third time in four weeks. 60 MINUTES drew 15.03million viewers to land at # 7 for the week, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings data for Sunday, April 11, 2010. 60 MINUTES posted its largest audience since January 17, 2010. The broadcast posted a 9.7 rating and 18 share to finish at # 7 in that category for the week. Sunday's program featured Steve Kroft's double-length interview with John Gotti, Jr., the only extended interview the son of the late Mafia Boss John Gotti has ever given, and a Bob Simon report that ...
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NEW BRANCH IN HUMAN FAMILY TREE IS THE FIND OF A LIFETIME FOR SCIENTIST AND HIS 9-YR-OLD SON WHO FOUND "AUSTRALOPITHICUS SEDIBA" -- "60 MINUTES"
60 MINUTES Given Rare Access to Discovery It looked like a rock to Matthew Berger. But when the 9-yr.-old turned it over, he saw the fossilized collarbone it held --- his father was going to be very happy. More like ecstatic. The find, that soon included most of the skull and several other bones belonging to the nearly two million-yr-old remains, was the greatest find in paleoanthropologist Lee Berger's life and could be a new link between man and his apelike ancestors. Bob Simon was given rare access to the discovery of Australopithecus Sediba in a segment to be broadcast ...
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JOHN GOTTI JR. SAYS THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE MOTORIST WHO KILLED HIS BROTHER WAS "PROBABLY" THE WORK OF HIS MOB-BOSS FATHER -- "60 MINUTES"
There's little doubt in the mind of John Gotti Jr. that his father, convicted mob boss John Gotti, had a hand in the disappearance of a motorist who accidently hit and killed his little brother 30 years ago. In his first extended television interview, Gotti tells Steve Kroft that his dad was "probably" involved in the unlucky driver's vanishing act. The interview will be broadcast on 60 MINUTES, Sunday, April 11 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The notorious incident has always been a big part of the Gotti mystique. A child on a mini-bike dies...
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"THE EARLY SHOW" SATURDAY EDITION LISTINGS FOR APRIL 10, 2010
Chris Wragge, Rebecca Jarvis (substitutes for Erica Hill who is on maternity leave). Betty Nguyen reports the news. Lonnie Quinn is the weather anchor. Early Coffee - Holly Robinson Peete and her husband, Rodney Peete, discuss their family's two new books on having a child with Autism and share what a diagnosis does to a family. 5 Tax Tips for 2010 - Beth Kobliner, author of "Get a Financial Life", shares five important tips on things to do now to prevent dealing with a mess next tax season. HealthWatch: Stress Busters - Health magazine's Frances Largeman-Roth discusses the latest an...
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"60 MINUTES" LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2010
GOTTI - John Gotti, Jr. talks to Steve Kroft in his first extended television interview about growing up with an infamous father -- convicted mafia boss John Gotti -- whom he strove to please by living a life of crime but eventually betrayed by leaving that life. Ira Rosen is the producer. THIS IS A DOUBLE-LENGTH SEGEMENT DISCOVERY - The fossilized skull and bones found by a 9-yr-old boy on a fossil hunt with his scientist father are the discovery of a lifetime and may prove to be a new link in the human evolutionary chain. Bob Simon reports. Michael Gavshon and Sarah Carter are the pr...
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CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 11, 2010 (9:00-10:30 AM, ET) CHARLES OSGOOD ANCHORS FROM NEW YORK
PROFILING - Correspondent Martha Teichner examines the debate about whether racial and ethnic profiling, in hopes of preventing terrorist attacks, makes us safer. VOICEOVERS - We hear them every day, but rarely do we SEE the faces behind the voices we hear in the movies, on the radio, the internet and, of course, on television. Nancy Giles has a shout-out to the competitive business of voice acting. VIC DAMONE - Correspondent Rita Braver profiles legendary singer and entertainer Vic Damone. GRIEVING - One in 20 children under the age of 15 will lose one or both parents. But what do they ...
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"THE EARLY SHOW" LISTINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 12 (7:00 - 9:00 AM, ET/PT)
Harry Smith, Maggie Rodriguez, Julie Chen, Erica Hill and Dave Price anchor. MONDAY, APRIL 12-Actor Dennis Quaid recounts medical mistakes that affected his twins-Tips on how to make your job work for you financially-Swedish chef and restaurant owner Marcus Samuelsson cooks TUESDAY, APRIL 13-An interview with authors Manisha Thakor and Sharon Kedar about their book, Get Financially Naked: How to Talk Money With Your Honey- RETAIL VS. RESALE: Consumer correspondent Susan Koeppen looks at home décor options WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14-Relationship experts Ian Kerner and Michelle Callahan give viewer...
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JOHN GOTTI JR. TALKS ABOUT GROWING UP THE SON OF A FAMOUS MOB BOSS, SAYING HIS PROUDEST MOMENT WAS INITIATION INTO CRIME AS "A STREET GUY" "60 MINUTES"
In His First Extended Television Interview, Gotti Tells Steve Kroft That He Eventually Gave Up a Life That Included a Daily Fear of Getting Whacked The proudest moment in the life of John Gotti Jr. was when he was "made," or formally inducted into the life of crime, an event he says must have made his father, convicted mafia boss John Gotti, feel like his son was named to the all-America team. Gotti talks to Steve Kroft in his first extended television interview about growing up with the infamous father whom he strove to please by living a life of crime but whom he eventually b...