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20/20

  • TV Series
  • 1978–
  • TV-14
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Deborah Roberts and David Muir in 20/20 (1978)
20/20
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NewsDocumentary

ABC's original hour-long news magazine.ABC's original hour-long news magazine.ABC's original hour-long news magazine.

  • Creator
    • Roone Arledge
  • Stars
    • David Muir
    • Amy Robach
    • Elizabeth Vargas
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    2.9K
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    POPULARITY
    4,647
    1,268
    • Creator
      • Roone Arledge
    • Stars
      • David Muir
      • Amy Robach
      • Elizabeth Vargas
    • 39User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 49 wins & 87 nominations total

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    David Muir
    David Muir
    • Self - Co-Host…
    • 2013–2025
    Amy Robach
    Amy Robach
    • Self - Co-Host…
    • 2012–2022
    Elizabeth Vargas
    Elizabeth Vargas
    • Self - Co-Hostess…
    • 1998–2022
    Deborah Roberts
    Deborah Roberts
    • Self - Co-Host…
    • 1997–2025
    Barbara Walters
    Barbara Walters
    • Self - Host…
    • 1984–2022
    John Stossel
    John Stossel
    • Self - Correspondent (segment "Give Me a Break")…
    • 1984–2009
    John Quiñones
    John Quiñones
    • Self…
    • 1998–2025
    Dan Abrams
    Dan Abrams
    • Self - ABC News Chief Legal Analyst…
    • 2015–2024
    Matt Murphy
    Matt Murphy
    • Self - ABC News Legal Contributor…
    • 2016–2025
    Brian Ross
    Brian Ross
    • Self - Correspondent…
    • 1998–2018
    Chris Connelly
    Chris Connelly
    • Self - Correspondent…
    • 2003–2025
    Diane Sawyer
    Diane Sawyer
    • Self - Correspondent…
    • 1998–2022
    Matt Gutman
    Matt Gutman
    • Self - ABC News Chief National Correspondent…
    • 2012–2025
    Chris Cuomo
    Chris Cuomo
    • Self…
    • 2003–2019
    Janai Norman
    • Self
    • 2020
    Pat Lalama
    • Self - ABC News Contributor…
    • 2020–2025
    JuJu Chang
    JuJu Chang
    • Self - ABC News Correspondent…
    • 2002–2024
    Hugh Downs
    Hugh Downs
    • Self - Host…
    • 1978–2007
    • Creator
      • Roone Arledge
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    5trudewalk

    Please listen to our feedback

    This show could be better if the sound track did not overcome the dialogue. It is not relaxing to watch, because I have to strain to hear the conversation.

    Also, the show should be reduced to one hour, because the content is repeated and the show seems to drag. I sometimes have to watch it in pieces because I am distracted by the flatness from the repetition, and the need to break from the strain of listening.

    Finally, there is a way to tell a story in which it is not so predictable. Last week Dateline and 20/20 covered the same story-the murders in Idaho. By far, Dateline produced a much better show. I want 20/20 to improve. I'm rooting for you, but I'm about to move on.
    4embmw

    Fall from Grace

    Once upon a time 20/20 offered outstanding investigative pieces by quality journalists such as John Stossel. So how did it get to the point where too-skeezy-for-TMZ Nancy Grace is now featured?!?! Nancy Grace??? Really???

    Is this really the direction ABC wants to take its premier news magazine? There are plenty of tabloid TV shows on the air and, after the addition of Nancy Grace, most of them are more credible than 20/20. It's almost unbelievable that ABC is setting its sights so low these days.
    6randallkbridges

    Should shorten episodes

    I enjoy the content but it seems like 3-4x an episode they review everything you've already seen. It gets very annoying as they act like you have the memory of a gold fish
    8alex-hendriks-alex

    Great show. But hate the spoilers.

    Like the title says I really love the show. It goes in depth of each story.

    But can ABC please remove the spoilers before each episode and before each break? I want to watch the episodes without knowing what's going to happen. I really dislike this.
    6arenaf-28381

    Extremely repetitive

    They keep repeating the same information over and over again after every commercial break. Lots of filler material as if they're trying to outstretch the segment longer than it needs to be. Lots of dramatization and loud music, which is necessary to keep attention but less is more when it comes to these things. It doesn't have to be THAT loud.

    Usually it's instrumental music, but sometimes they decide to play corny radio songs that are supposed to go with the theme of the crime. Which is just blatantly disrespectful to dramatize crimes real people and families have suffered from. I get that we're all here for entertainment but it wouldn't hurt to have some empathy.

    This show used to be so good, their episode 'A Monster Among Us' got me hooked. It was done right with a good musical score which was not overbearing or seemed like it was romanticizing the crime. Just the right amount of information and not a bunch of filler crap. PLEASE go back to that.

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    • Trivia
      In 1998, ABC News combined 20/20 (1978), with Primetime (1989) to compete with Dateline NBC (1992) which aired four days a week, then. The newest programs were titled "20/20 Monday", "20/20 Wednesday", "20/20 Friday", "20/20 Sunday", and Downtown (1999). (So there would be a program, would televise daily through out the seven day week. In 2000, ABC News returned 20/20 (1978) and Primetime (1989) to their previous hours. ABC kept its newest creation, Downtown (1999), as a spin-off, of 20/20 (1978).
    • Quotes

      Hugh Downs - Co-Anchor: I'm Hugh Downs

      Barbara Walters - Correspondent: And I'm Barbara Walters and this is 20/20.

    • Connections
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    • Release date
      • June 6, 1978 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • ABC News
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ABC News 20/20
    • Production companies
      • ABC News
      • Rock'n Robin Productions
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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