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Securing the Election | The Last Slave Ship | James Corden

TV Flash files “Securing the Election | The Last Slave Ship | James Corden” as hour 586 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 53, episode 11, aired 2020-11-29, 60 min.

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This leaf is S53E11: listed hour 586 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 11 of 36 in season 53. It aired 2020-11-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “COVID's Long Haulers | Where Did They Go? | 90+” (S53E10). Next is “Peddling PPE | Secondary Sports | Viola Davis” (S53E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Securing the Election | The Last Slave Ship | James Corden (S53E11)

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Securing the Election: Chris Krebs, a lifelong Republican, was put in charge of the agency handling election security by President Trump two years ago. When Krebs said the election was the country's most secure ever, Mr. Trump fired him. Now, Krebs speaks to Scott Pelley. The Last Slave Ship: The Clotilda was burned and sunk in an Alabama River after bringing 110 imprisoned people across the Atlantic in 1860. Two years ago, its remains were found. Anderson Cooper reports on the discovery of the wreck and the nearby community with descendants of the enslaved aboard the ship. James Corden: Bill Whitaker talks with the host of CBS' "The Late Late Show" about his favorite Carpool Karaoke guest, changing his show due to the COVID-19 pandemic and his new Netflix project with Meryl Streep.

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Where does Securing the Election | The Last Slave Ship | James Corden sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S53E11 is listed hour 586 of 767 — hour 11 of 36 in season 53, season 53 episode 11.

When did 60 Minutes S53E11 air?

Securing the Election | The Last Slave Ship | James Corden aired 2020-11-29 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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Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report · Show package

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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