60 Minutes
Elon Musk | Screen Time | Ryan Speedo Green
TV Flash files “Elon Musk | Screen Time | Ryan Speedo Green” as hour 520 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 51, episode 11, aired 2018-12-09, 60 min.
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This leaf is S51E11: listed hour 520 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 11 of 30 in season 51. It aired 2018-12-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “George H.W. Bush | Paradise Lost” (S51E10). Next is “Taking Aim at Opioids | Plastic Plague” (S51E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Elon Musk: Musk opens up to Lesley Stahl about Twitter, pot, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Model 3 and Tesla. Screen Time: 60 Minutes goes inside a landmark government study of young minds to see if phones, tablets and other screens are impacting adolescent brain development. Ryan Speedo Green: After a childhood of anger and violence, the 32-year-old now commands the stage around the world.
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Where does Elon Musk | Screen Time | Ryan Speedo Green sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S51E11 is listed hour 520 of 767 — hour 11 of 30 in season 51, season 51 episode 11.
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Elon Musk | Screen Time | Ryan Speedo Green aired 2018-12-09 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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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