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Peddling PPE | Secondary Sports | Viola Davis
TV Flash files “Peddling PPE | Secondary Sports | Viola Davis” as hour 587 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 53, episode 12, aired 2020-12-06, 60 min.
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This leaf is S53E12: listed hour 587 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 12 of 36 in season 53. It aired 2020-12-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Securing the Election | The Last Slave Ship | James Corden” (S53E11). Next is “Saudi Fugitives | The High Cost of Healing | Excited Delirium” (S53E13). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Peddling PPE: John Thomas was a Republican strategist with no experience importing medical supplies when he and a Republican fundraiser started a PPE supply company as the pandemic hit. Secondary Sports: The dreams of athletes in "secondary sports" are being sacrificed while schools are going to extreme lengths to keep sports like football and basketball going. Viola Davis: The actress tells Jon Wertheim about playing the title character in the film and acting alongside Chadwick Boseman in what would be his final performance.
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Where does Peddling PPE | Secondary Sports | Viola Davis sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S53E12 is listed hour 587 of 767 — hour 12 of 36 in season 53, season 53 episode 12.
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Peddling PPE | Secondary Sports | Viola Davis aired 2020-12-06 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 53
- S53E01 The Battle for the Ballot | H.R. McMaster | Coach O and the Sideways Season
- S53E02 Florida's Amendment 4 | The Wall | Sir David
- S53E03 Fire! | Talent on the Spectrum | Seinfeld in 2020
- S53E04 Treating COVID-19 Today | The Lincoln Project | Grizzlies
- S53E05 Putin's Public Enemy | Dr. Fauci | Hell Flight
- S53E06 Election Edition: The Candidates