A gripping behind-the-scenes account of one of the most influential news programs in American history, featuring a foreword by veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley, whose recent dismissal from CBS News has renewed national attention on the fight for journalistic integrity and preserving an independent media.

For almost 60 years, every Sunday night at 7:00 sharp, a simple ticking stopwatch made America stop what it was doing.

At its peak, “60 Minutes” was the most powerful hour on television, drawing as many as 50 million viewers each week. Presidents watched. CEOs braced themselves. Ordinary citizens --- wronged, ignored or silenced --- found a voice.

Today, amid upheaval at CBS News and renewed debate over press freedom, that voice faces an urgent test of its journalistic integrity.

In MAD AS HELL, a producer from the program’s golden years takes readers deep inside the broadcast that reshaped television journalism. Working alongside Mike Wallace, Dan Rather, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Scott Pelley and executive producer Don Hewitt for over 20 years, Harry Moses reveals how a scrappy news experiment became a national institution --- and how investigative journalism at its best could hold the powerful to account.

Timely and deeply informed, MAD AS HELL is a reminder of why fearless journalism still matters, and what is at stake when the institutions built to defend the truth come under threat.