60 Minutes II (also known as 60 Minutes Wednesday and 60 Minutes) is an American weekly primetime news magazine television program that was intended to replicate the "signature style, journalistic quality and integrity" of the original 60 Minutes series. It was initially allocated the slot on CBS on Wednesdays, then it was later moved to Fridays at 8:00 p.m. The original 60 Minutes continued airing on Sunday nights throughout the run of 60 Minutes II. The first edition of 60 Minutes II ran on January 13, 1999. Its final broadcast was on September 2, 2005.