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60 MINUTES
Air Date: Sunday, July 05, 2026
Time Slot: 7:00 PM-8:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#5840) "Elemental Crisis; The Knowledge; Banana Ball" (Repeat)
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"60 MINUTES" LISTINGS FOR SUNDAY, JULY 5

Editor's Note: This is a 60 MINUTES encore presentation. These previously aired segments have been updated for this postseason edition.

Airs 7:00-8:00 PM, ET/ PT on the CBS Television Network and Paramount+

ELEMENTAL CRISIS - In what might be the ultimate front of the U.S. trade war with China, correspondent Jon Wertheim reports from the only active rare earth mine in the U.S., deep in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada border. Today, China holds a near-monopoly over the strategic metals that are key components in smartphones, robotics and EVs, but also fighter jets, drones and radar technology. Wertheim looks at the private company, now partly owned by the federal government, that is ramping up rare earth mining, processing and magnet-making in response to China's threats to cut off rare earths. Graham Messick is the producer.

THE KNOWLEDGE - As tech companies promise that AI-powered autonomous vehicles will transform transportation, correspondent Anderson Cooper takes a ride down the ancient roads and medieval alleyways of London in the iconic black cab. London's black cab industry still relies on a 161-year-old test called "the Knowledge," requiring prospective cabbies to memorize thousands of London's landmarks and the shortest routes between them all. Cooper reports on this legacy institution and why London cab drivers aren't about to hand over their keys to big tech. Katie Brennan is the producer.

BANANA BALL - Something unusual is going on in Major League Baseball stadiums across the country, and it isn't traditional baseball. Correspondent Lesley Stahl reports from Savannah, Ga., on the dancing, back-flipping, lip-syncing almost-baseball team, the Savannah Bananas. They've created a new twist on the sport, which they call Banana Ball. Among its rules: a two-hour time limit; no bunting, walks or mound visits; and if a fan catches a foul ball, it's an out. Stahl meets Banana Ball's unorthodox yellow-clad founder, Jesse Cole, and discovers the electric circus-meets-sporting-event atmosphere that is selling out ballparks. Shari Finkelstein and Collette Richards are the producers.

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60 MINUTES (CBS)
Returns in Fall 2026 (Exact Date TBA)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
9/24/68 - ???
STATUS:
returning this fall (yet to premiere)
TIME SLOT:
sundays from 7:00 PM-8:00 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
59 (??? episodes)
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Season 59 ordered on 4/15/26
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(from CBS's web site, September 2025) 60 MINUTES, with its hard-hitting investigative reports, newsmaker interviews, and in-depth profiles, is the most successful broadcast in television history, marking 50 consecutive years as America's #1 news program after the 2023-24 season. It has been honored with almost every broadcast journalism award, including 25 Peabody awards for excellence in television broadcasting. Created by Don Hewitt, 60 Minutes premiered on September 24, 1968. The executive producer is Tanya Simon.
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