60 Minutes
Make-A-Wish | The Health Wagon | The Giving Pledge
TV Flash files “Make-A-Wish | The Health Wagon | The Giving Pledge” as hour 424 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 48, episode 26, aired 2016-03-27, 60 min.
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This leaf is S48E26: listed hour 424 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 26 of 37 in season 48. It aired 2016-03-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Presidente Marci | Cornel West | The Resurrection of St. Benedict's” (S48E25). Next is “German Prison Rehabilatation | Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon | Golfer Bubba Watson” (S48E27). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Make-a-Wish - Bill Whitaker reports on the people behind "Make-A-Wish," the popular organization that grants the wishes of seriously ill children in towns across America. Wishes come true because of volunteers and miracle workers. The Health Wagon - Scott Pelley reports on nurse practitioners who are providing badly needed healthcare to the uninsured working poor in Appalachia. The Giving Pledge - A group of billionaires pledges to give at least half their vast fortunes to charity, in hopes of changing the world. Charlie Rose talks to some of them, including founding members Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates.
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Where does Make-A-Wish | The Health Wagon | The Giving Pledge sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S48E26 is listed hour 424 of 767 — hour 26 of 37 in season 48, season 48 episode 26.
When did 60 Minutes S48E26 air?
Make-A-Wish | The Health Wagon | The Giving Pledge aired 2016-03-27 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 48
- S48E01 Vladimir Putin | Donald Trump | The Greatest Escape
- S48E02 Hands off the Wheel | Patrick Kennedy | The Hidden Holocaust
- S48E03 President Obama | 30 Years on Death Row
- S48E04 Seeking Asylum | Make-A-Wish | Revis Island
- S48E05 Vice President Biden | The New Burma | Inside the Air War
- S48E06 Heroin in the Heartland | Smart Guns | The Slave Ship