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January 6th | 11,780 Votes | American Independent

TV Flash files “January 6th | 11,780 Votes | American Independent” as hour 591 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 53, episode 16, aired 2021-01-10, 60 min.

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This leaf is S53E16: listed hour 591 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 16 of 36 in season 53. It aired 2021-01-10 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Section 230 | The Case Against Curtis Flowers | Notes of Grace” (S53E15). Next is “Against All Enemies | The Threat | The Comeback” (S53E17). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — January 6th | 11,780 Votes | American Independent (S53E16)

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Nancy Pelosi speaks to 60 Minutes about the Capitol riot; Then, President Trump's phone call with Georgia's top election official; And, Angus King: The 60 Minutes Interview.

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Where does January 6th | 11,780 Votes | American Independent sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S53E16 is listed hour 591 of 767 — hour 16 of 36 in season 53, season 53 episode 16.

When did 60 Minutes S53E16 air?

January 6th | 11,780 Votes | American Independent aired 2021-01-10 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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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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