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What Happened in Wuhan? | Dynamic Robots | Kindred in the Bleachers

TV Flash files “What Happened in Wuhan? | Dynamic Robots | Kindred in the Bleachers” as hour 600 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 53, episode 25, aired 2021-03-28, 60 min.

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This leaf is S53E25: listed hour 600 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 25 of 36 in season 53. It aired 2021-03-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Prosecuting the Riot | Race in the Ranks | Back to School” (S53E24). Next is “A Fair Shot | Darren Walker | Survival” (S53E26). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — What Happened in Wuhan? | Dynamic Robots | Kindred in the Bleachers (S53E25)

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Finding the origin of the coronavirus; Then, robots of the future at Boston Dynamics; And, Dave Kindred goes back on the beat to cover high school girls basketball.

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Where does What Happened in Wuhan? | Dynamic Robots | Kindred in the Bleachers sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S53E25 is listed hour 600 of 767 — hour 25 of 36 in season 53, season 53 episode 25.

When did 60 Minutes S53E25 air?

What Happened in Wuhan? | Dynamic Robots | Kindred in the Bleachers aired 2021-03-28 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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