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The Kavanaugh Vote | John Green | The Pavarotti of Pasta

TV Flash files “The Kavanaugh Vote | John Green | The Pavarotti of Pasta” as hour 511 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 51, episode 2, aired 2018-10-07, 60 min.

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This leaf is S51E02: listed hour 511 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 2 of 30 in season 51. It aired 2018-10-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Paul McCartney | The Compromise | Inside the Epidemic” (S51E01). Next is “President Trump | Photo Ark” (S51E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — The Kavanaugh Vote | John Green | The Pavarotti of Pasta (S51E02)

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The Kavanaugh Vote: One voted no and one voted yes, but both put their political futures in jeopardy. John Green: The best-selling author of books like "The Fault in Our Stars," opens up to 60 Minutes about exploring his fears through his writing. The Pavarotti of Pasta: 60 Minutes travels to Italy to meet the chef whose kitchen creations are works of art.

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S51E02 is listed hour 511 of 767 — hour 2 of 30 in season 51, season 51 episode 2.

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The Kavanaugh Vote | John Green | The Pavarotti of Pasta aired 2018-10-07 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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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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