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U.S. Gen. John Campbell and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
TV Flash files “U.S. Gen. John Campbell and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani” as hour 381 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 47, episode 16, aired 2015-01-04, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S47E16: listed hour 381 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 16 of 33 in season 47. It aired 2015-01-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Inside the Vatican” (S47E15). Next is “Colorado's Legal Marijuana | Affordable Care Act | Veterans Mountain Climbing” (S47E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Where does U.S. Gen. John Campbell and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S47E16 is listed hour 381 of 767 — hour 16 of 33 in season 47, season 47 episode 16.
When did 60 Minutes S47E16 air?
U.S. Gen. John Campbell and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani aired 2015-01-04 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.
Tick, tick, tick — not a theme song, a weapon. CBS's 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt's stopwatch since 1968, was an 1980s Nielsen bully that outrated sitcoms on Sunday night: investigative pieces, profiles, commentator segments, correspondent star power. Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Andy Rooney's endnotes. **Ambush interviews and gotcha lore made Wallace a fearsome brand.** The museum guard wants the package as civic virtue. The flash is the ambush. Appointment news before the…
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- Morley Safer as Correspondent
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- Harry Reasoner as Correspondent
Harry Reasoner was a 60 Minutes correspondent when the stopwatch became civic theater — Hewitt's newsmagazine power, Wallace ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney's endnotes, Sunday night investigation that outrated sitcoms. Appointment…
- Ed Bradley as Correspondent
Ed Bradley made 60 Minutes correspondent craft look like Sunday-night theater — Hewitt's stopwatch, investigative packages that outrated sitcoms, and a presence that treated the story as a public square. Appointment news before the…
- Diane Sawyer as Correspondent
Diane Sawyer worked 60 Minutes as correspondent steel — Hewitt’s stopwatch, Wallace’s ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney’s endnotes, Sunday-night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Template of TV newsmagazine power. TV Flash…
Also in season 47
- S47E01 The Islamic State | The Tax Refund Scam
- S47E02 President Obama | Chairman Ma
- S47E03 The Director | Cancer Drugs |, Smartest Dog
- S47E04 FBI Director on Privacy | The War on Leaks | The Arrest of El Chapo
- S47E05 Ending Life | Gold Rush | Saving History
- S47E06 Treating Ebola | Breeding Out Disease | Foo Fighters