monitor was an american newsmagazine television program which premiered on nbc on april 12, 1983. it was named after the earlier nbc radio series of the same name. nbc news created this program as a platform to possibly challenge the success of cbs's "60 minutes". after being initially broadcast on saturdays at 10 p.m. eastern time, the program was moved to sundays at 7 p.m. eastern time for its second season, going head-to-head with "60 minutes", and was renamed first camera.