Two-time Peabody Award-winning writer and producer Ira Rosen reveals
the intimate, untold stories of his decades at America's most iconic
news show. It's a 60 Minutes story on 60 Minutes itself.
When producer Ira Rosen walked into the 60 Minutes offices in June
1980, he knew he was about to enter television history. His career
catapulted him to the heights of TV journalism, breaking some of the
most important stories in TV news. But behind the scenes was a war room
of clashing producers, anchors, and the most formidable 60 Minutes
figure: legendary correspondent Mike Wallace.
Based on decades of access and experience, Ira Rosen takes readers
behind closed doors to offer an incisive look at the show that invented
TV investigative journalism. With surprising humor, charm, and an eye
for colorful detail, Rosen delivers an authoritative account of the
unforgettable personalities that battled for prestige, credit, and the
desire to scoop everyone else in the game. As one of Mike Wallace's top
producers, Rosen reveals the interview secrets that made Wallace's work
legendary, and the flaring temper that made him infamous. Later, as
senior producer of ABC News Primetime Live and 20/20, Rosen exposes
the competitive environment among famous colleagues like Diane Sawyer
and Barbara Walters, and the power plays between correspondents Chris
Wallace, Anderson Cooper, and Chris Cuomo.
A master class in how TV news is made, Rosen shows readers how 60
Minutes puts together a story when sources are explosive, unreliable,
and even dangerous. From unearthing shocking revelations from inside the
Trump White House, to an outrageous proposition from Ghislaine Maxwell,
to interviewing gangsters Joe Bonanno and John Gotti Jr., Ira Rosen was
behind the scenes of some of 60 Minutes' most sensational stories.
Highly entertaining, dishy, and unforgettable, Ticking Clock is a
never-before-told account of the most successful news show in American
history.
