All episodes Season 47 S47E33 2015-05-17 60 min 1980s CBS

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A Monumental Project | Child Suicide Bombers | Falling Apart

TV Flash files “A Monumental Project | Child Suicide Bombers | Falling Apart” as the last listed hour of season 47 — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 47, episode 33, aired 2015-05-17, 60 min.

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This leaf is S47E33: listed hour 398 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, last listed hour of season 47. It aired 2015-05-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “An Unlikely Informant | The Unknown America | King of Crossfit” (S47E32). Next is “Vladimir Putin | Donald Trump | The Greatest Escape” (S48E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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Where does A Monumental Project | Child Suicide Bombers | Falling Apart sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S47E33 is listed hour 398 of 767 — last listed hour of season 47, season 47 episode 33.

When did 60 Minutes S47E33 air?

A Monumental Project | Child Suicide Bombers | Falling Apart aired 2015-05-17 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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