Article: Finest hour - After rough start, '60 Minutes II' is running like clockwork and beating the competition.(Arts and Lifestyle)

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The Boston Herald
Article date:
January 10, 2000
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In the beginning there was "60 Minutes."

And "60 Minutes" begat "20/20" and "20/20" begat "Primetime Live" and from there it got ugly.

Last year, countless hours of increasingly insipid television news magazines continued to clutter the airwaves. When "60 Minutes II" debuted one year ago today, it seemed that the last thing television viewers needed was another news magazine.

Yet, "60 Minutes II" celebrates its first anniversary as the No. 2-rated news magazine on television - second only to "60 Minutes." The show consistently ranks among the top 20 shows.

"Underestimating the American public is a big mistake," said "60 Minutes II" ...

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