This week on “Sunday Morning” (Oct. 12)

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Hosted by Jane Pauley

    
HEADLINES: Mideast latest
Debora Patta reports.

       
THESE UNITED STATES: The spirit of innovation
David Pogue looks at the pioneering spirit of innovation that Thomas Edison fostered at his R&D facility in Menlo Park, N.J., where his team helped create the light bulb and the phonograph. He also talks with Google’s Steven Johnson and the panel of “Shark Tank” about today’s entrepreneurs and whether an inventor’s ability to persevere after failure is a uniquely American trait.

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ALMANAC: October 12
“Sunday Morning” looks back at historical events on this date.

      
TV: Matt Groening on “The Simpsons” turning 37
Cartoonist Matt Groening had no idea his one-off animated episode of “The Simpsons” in 1987 would become America’s longest-running sitcom, now beginning its 37th season. Seth Doane talks with Groening about the show’s enduring appeal (and propensity to predict the future), and visits the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France, where the art of animation is celebrated. 

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TV: Donnie Wahlberg on “Boston Blue” and the return of Danny Reagan
For 14 years, Donnie Wahlberg starred as NYPD detective Danny Reagan on CBS’ “Blue Bloods.” Now, in the spinoff series “Boston Blue,” his character patrols the streets of Wahlberg’s own hometown. He talks with Mo Rocca about growing up in Boston; being a member of the boy band New Kids on the Block; and why he decided to bring his character back.

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PASSAGE: In memoriam
“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week.

       
MOVIES: Kathryn Bigelow on the nuclear nightmare “A House of Dynamite”
The latest white-knuckle thriller by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker,” “Zero Dark Thirty”) imagines the responses within the government and the military when a single ICBM is launched toward the United States. David Martin talks with Bigelow and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim about a film that lays bare the human elements upon which America’s nuclear deterrence may succeed or fail.

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