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The Russian Hack | Tania's Story | Mind Reading

TV Flash files “The Russian Hack | Tania's Story | Mind Reading” as hour 548 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 52, episode 9, aired 2019-11-24, 60 min.

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This leaf is S52E09: listed hour 548 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 9 of 36 in season 52. It aired 2019-11-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Red Flag Laws | Into the Deep | The Youngest Refugees” (S52E08). Next is “YouTube | Unsheltered | Built by Angels” (S52E10). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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The case against Russian agents accused of interfering in the 2016 election; Then, a widow recalls how her husband and daughter drowned in the Rio Grande; And, how MRI scans are showing scientists the physical makeup of our thoughts.

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Where does The Russian Hack | Tania's Story | Mind Reading sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S52E09 is listed hour 548 of 767 — hour 9 of 36 in season 52, season 52 episode 9.

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The Russian Hack | Tania's Story | Mind Reading aired 2019-11-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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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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