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Inside the Secret Archive | America's War Against ISIS | JAAP

TV Flash files “Inside the Secret Archive | America's War Against ISIS | JAAP” as hour 514 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 51, episode 5, aired 2018-10-28, 60 min.

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This leaf is S51E05: listed hour 514 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 5 of 30 in season 51. It aired 2018-10-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Genetic Genealogy | Off the Rails | Fly Like an Eagle” (S51E04). Next is “High Velocity | As Goes Texas | The Ride of His Life” (S51E06). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Inside the Secret Archive | America's War Against ISIS | JAAP (S51E05)

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Inside the Secret Archive: For the first time on television, the former executive assistant to Buffalo's Bishop Richard Malone explains why she decided to speak out against the bishop for not taking action against priests accused of sexual abuse. America's War Against ISIS: A year after ISIS lost their stronghold in Raqqa, their headquarters for three years, 60 Minutes reports on the Syrian forces who helped drive the extremists out. And the rebuilding process that's just beginning. JAAP: Lesley Stahl talks with the Dutch conductor who's bringing new ideas and direction to what many consider to be one of the finest symphony orchestras in the world.

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Where does Inside the Secret Archive | America's War Against ISIS | JAAP sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S51E05 is listed hour 514 of 767 — hour 5 of 30 in season 51, season 51 episode 5.

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Inside the Secret Archive | America's War Against ISIS | JAAP aired 2018-10-28 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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