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The Impeachment Inquiry | Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman | Great White Sharks

TV Flash files “The Impeachment Inquiry | Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman | Great White Sharks” as the first listed hour of season 52 — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 52, episode 1, aired 2019-09-29, 60 min.

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This leaf is S52E01: listed hour 540 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, first listed hour of season 52. It aired 2019-09-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “One Loose Thread | Rainbow Railroad | Bitcoin's Wild Ride” (S51E30). Next is “The Impeachment Debate | The Ranger and the Serial Killer | The Farmer's Advocate” (S52E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — The Impeachment Inquiry | Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman | Great White Sharks (S52E01)

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What you need to know about the Trump impeachment inquiry; Then, Mohammad bin Salman denies ordering Khashoggi murder, but says he takes responsibility for it; And, Shark devours a seal, researchers show how sharks are tagged in "60 Minutes" report.

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Where does The Impeachment Inquiry | Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman | Great White Sharks sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S52E01 is listed hour 540 of 767 — first listed hour of season 52, season 52 episode 1.

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The Impeachment Inquiry | Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman | Great White Sharks aired 2019-09-29 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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