"CBS' 60 Minutes is the only prime time news program boasting two octogenarians -- Mike Wallace (87) and Andy Rooney (86). Maybe it should be no surprise, then, that one of the segments launching the show into the new year Jan. 1 is on immortality," BCBeat's John Eggerton writes.

"Reporting the story is one of the younger staffers perhaps seeking the secret to the longevity of Wallace and Rooney: Morley Safer, a veritable babe at 74."