60 Minutes
Child Prodigies
TV Flash files “Child Prodigies” as the last listed hour of season 37 — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 37, episode 33, aired 2005-07-01, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S37E33: listed hour 103 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, last listed hour of season 37. It aired 2005-07-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Barry Minkow” (S37E32). Next is “Hostage | The Search for Bin Laden | The Captain” (S38E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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One girl wants to play against men in the most competitive golf tournament in the world. She's that good. A boy genius wants to cure diseases, bring peace to the world and design space stations. Don't bet against him. A boy who could be the next Beethoven has already composed more than half the number of symphonies the great composer wrote. A Beethoven symphony took months or years to write; this boy wrote one in a few hours. They're all under 15 and among the most remarkable and gifted children 60 MINUTES has ever encountered.
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Where does Child Prodigies sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S37E33 is listed hour 103 of 767 — last listed hour of season 37, season 37 episode 33.
When did 60 Minutes S37E33 air?
Child Prodigies aired 2005-07-01 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is 1980s 60 Minutes different from today's?
The grammar is the same: multi-segment hour, stopwatch motif, investigations plus profiles. In the 1980s it frequently outrated sitcoms — proof news could dominate prime time.
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The template of TV newsmagazine power — for the craft of the package and the history of broadcast investigation. Hewitt's stopwatch, Wallace's ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney's endnotes: Sunday night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Appointment news before the infinite scroll. Tick, tick, tick.
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- Harry Reasoner as Correspondent
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- Ed Bradley as Correspondent
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- Diane Sawyer as Correspondent
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