60 Minutes
Reimagining Police | Supersonic | Caligula's Gardens
TV Flash files “Reimagining Police | Supersonic | Caligula's Gardens” as hour 621 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 54, episode 10, aired 2021-11-21, 60 min.
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This leaf is S54E10: listed hour 621 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 10 of 31 in season 54. It aired 2021-11-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Freight Expectations | Andrew Sullivan | The Get Back Sessions” (S54E09). Next is “Hazing | Saving The Mountain Gorillas| Rita Moreno” (S54E11). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Reimagining Police – Scott Pelley reports from Austin, Texas, one of several U.S. cities experimenting with a new way of policing in which trained civilians, such as mental health clinicians, are responding to calls once answered by armed officers. Supersonic – Could commercial supersonic flights make a comeback? Several start-up companies think so, and NASA thinks it can solve one of the problems that grounded supersonic planes the last time around: the "sonic booms" that break windows and rattle nerves. Bill Whitaker reports. Caligula's Gardens – The gardens of the Roman Emperor Caligula have been discovered and excavated, and some of the most remarkable finds are now on display for the first time. How does this affect scholarly efforts to take a new look at the emperor and whether he was as cruel and depraved as he's been made out to be? Anderson Cooper reports from Rome.
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Where does Reimagining Police | Supersonic | Caligula's Gardens sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S54E10 is listed hour 621 of 767 — hour 10 of 31 in season 54, season 54 episode 10.
When did 60 Minutes S54E10 air?
Reimagining Police | Supersonic | Caligula's Gardens aired 2021-11-21 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 54
- S54E01 9.11 the FDNY
- S54E02 Take the Fight to the Night | Rep. Liz Cheney | King of the Deep
- S54E03 The Facebook Whistleblower | Unforgiven | The Final Act
- S54E04 Deepfakes | 1,000 Children | Deep Springs
- S54E05 Robert Gates | The Green River Drift | Whither Ye Olde English Pub
- S54E06 Prince V. Spy | Running Dry | Michael Keaton