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Your Data | Ultra Deep | The Pact
TV Flash files “Your Data | Ultra Deep | The Pact” as hour 516 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 51, episode 7, aired 2018-11-11, 60 min.
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This leaf is S51E07: listed hour 516 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 7 of 30 in season 51. It aired 2018-11-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “High Velocity | As Goes Texas | The Ride of His Life” (S51E06). Next is “A Dose of Hope | A Dose of Greed | Tim Green” (S51E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Your Data: Tech companies' reign over users' personal data has run largely unchecked in the age of the internet. Europe is seeking to end that with a new law. Ultra Deep: A South African gold mine that goes two miles beneath the Earth's surface holds far more than just precious metals. The Pact: Twin brothers Shaquem and Shaquill Griffin tell Sharyn Alfonsi how their commitment to a childhood pact led them to become teammates on the Seattle Seahawks.
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Where does Your Data | Ultra Deep | The Pact sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S51E07 is listed hour 516 of 767 — hour 7 of 30 in season 51, season 51 episode 7.
When did 60 Minutes S51E07 air?
Your Data | Ultra Deep | The Pact aired 2018-11-11 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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- Mike Wallace 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
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- Diane Sawyer as Correspondent
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Also in season 51
- S51E01 Paul McCartney | The Compromise | Inside the Epidemic
- S51E02 The Kavanaugh Vote | John Green | The Pavarotti of Pasta
- S51E03 President Trump | Photo Ark
- S51E04 Genetic Genealogy | Off the Rails | Fly Like an Eagle
- S51E05 Inside the Secret Archive | America's War Against ISIS | JAAP
- S51E06 High Velocity | As Goes Texas | The Ride of His Life