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20/20 (1978)

TV Series Documentary  -  60 min  -  Documentary | News
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ABC's original hour-long news magazine.

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Roone Arledge

Stars:

Elizabeth Vargas, JuJu Chang and Howard Bragman
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Cast

Series cast summary:
Elizabeth Vargas ...
Herself - Host (12 episodes, 2004-2012)
JuJu Chang JuJu Chang ...
Herself (5 episodes, 2004-2010)
Howard Bragman Howard Bragman ...
News Consultant (5 episodes, 2008-2012)
Chris Cuomo Chris Cuomo ...
Himself (5 episodes, 2008-2012)
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Storyline

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... Written by Brian Rathjen <briguy_52732@yahoo.com>  

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Newsmagazine | Reenactment | Repetition In Title | Number In Title

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English

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Trivia

In 1998, ABC News combined "20/20" with Primetime Live 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 Downs
Herself - Correspondent: And I'm Barbra Walters and this is 20/20.
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