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20/20 (1978– )ABC's original hour-long news magazine. Creator:Roone Arledge |
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Among the most recognized and revered television newsmagazines, "20/20" was ABC's answer to CBS's "60 Minutes." Though some stories were humorous, light-hearted and sometimes frivolous features, the meat of "20/20's" programming was investigative reporting many times exposing corporate, medical, educational and governmental wrongdoing, incompetence and criminal negligence and reports on news events of the week from (often) different angles than was seen on the nightly news. Oftentimes, co-host Walters interviewed a prominent celebrity, politician or other newsmaker (among her most famous interviews included her fearless interview of feared Libyan dictator Muhammar Qaddafi; and her inspirational story of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who was interviewed shortly after the Persian Gulf War had ended). The show's regular cast of contributors filed the reports, with the most prolific including John Stossel (who once had his nose broken while interviewing a World Wrestling Federation wrestler), ... Written by Brian Rathjen <briguy_52732@yahoo.com>
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6 June 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
ABC News 20/20 See more »Company Credits
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Herself - Correspondent: And I'm Barbra Walters and this is 20/20.
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In 1998, ABC News combined "20/20" with Primetime to compete with Dateline NBC which aired four days a week at the time. The new editions were called "20/20 Monday", "20/20 Wednesday", "20/20 Friday", "20/20 Sunday", and _"20/20 Downtown" (2000)_. In 2000, ABC News returned "20/20" and "Primetime" to their original forms but kept "20/20 Downtown" as a spin-off. See more »Quotes
Himself - Co-Anchor: I'm Hugh DownsHerself - Correspondent: And I'm Barbra Walters and this is 20/20.
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Since this 60 MINUTES ripoff has been around for twenty five years, it must have had *some* credibility at one time. However, any integrity that the series once had has withered away and died within the past decade. Now, rather than being a true "television news magazine", 20/20 presents itself as a laughable cross between "Hard Copy" and "Entertainment Tonight" that is simply impossible to take seriously. Instead of actually reporting facts which might be of relative importance to the American people, ABC's weekly program picks and chooses whatever brainless drivel will rake in the most ratings, regardless of whether or not it should actually be deemed "news". The result is an hour-long circus of the latest scandals involving forgotten celebrity wash-ups, "what you don't know could kill you" scare stories involving common household products, and short capsule-reports of current political events told with an undeniable right-wing bias.