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(Television Producer) Donald Shepard Hewitt was a prominent American television news producer and executive, best known for creating the iconic CBS television news magazine 60 Minutes in 1968. Under his leadership, 60 Minutes became the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television and achieved the remarkable feat of being the nation's top-ranked television program five times. Hewitt also produced the first televised presidential debate in 1960, leaving a lasting impact on the field of broadcast journalism.
