There probably are luckier people in the world．but I don't knowthem．My life has been blessed by good fortune，good friends，awonderful family，great professional colleagues，and more luck than anyone has a right to expect．I've even managed to reach thatplateau called“elder statesman”without，I think，too much to beashamed of．

DON HEWITT is the most successful producer in the history of television news．In more than a halfcentury with CBSNews，he has been responsible fornrany of America's greatest televisionmoulents，including the first broadcasts of political conventions in 1948；the first KennedyNixon debate in]960；and，most spectacularly，for thepast thirty-three years，60 Minutes，for which he has beenthe creator，executive producer，and driving force of thenews program that has redefined television iournalism．

Acknowledgments

Prologue

1 Forty－five Minures from Broadway

2 Oh，What a Lovely War

3 The Emerald City

4 New Frontiers

5 The Battle of the TV Executives

6 60 Minutes of Prime Time

7 What Makes a Great Story

8 Hitting Our Stride

9 Corporate Politics and Holy Wars

10 Razzle Dazzle

11 BigTobacco

12 Striking the Right Balance

13 News Business，Show Business，and Nobody's Business

14 The Televised Future

Epilogue

The 60 Minutes Honor Roff

Index