La saison 31 de 60 Minutes a été diffusée sur CBS du dimanche 20 septembre 1998 au dimanche 12 septembre 1999. Elle comporte 52 épisodes, le premier s'intitule "Heaven on Earth?/Who Will Succeed Him?/The Most Feared Gangster" et le dernier "KGB Secrets/Brother Rick Curry/Harry Potter".
60 Minutes has been on the air since 1968, beginning on a Tuesday, but spending most of its time on Sundays, where it remains today.
This popular news magazine provides both hard hitting investigations, interviews and features, along with people in the news and current events.
60 Minutes has set unprecedented records in the Nielsen's ratings with a number 1 rating, five times, making it among the most successful TV programs in all of television history.
This series has won more Emmy awards than any other news program and in 2003, Don Hewitt, the creator (back in 1968), was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Emmy, along with the 60 Minute correspondents.
Added to the 11 Peabody awards, this phenomenally long-lived series has collected 78 awards up to the 2005 season and remains among the viewers top choice for news magazine features.