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Hazing | Saving The Mountain Gorillas| Rita Moreno

TV Flash files “Hazing | Saving The Mountain Gorillas| Rita Moreno” as hour 622 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 54, episode 11, aired 2021-11-28, 60 min.

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This leaf is S54E11: listed hour 622 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 11 of 31 in season 54. It aired 2021-11-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Reimagining Police | Supersonic | Caligula's Gardens” (S54E10). Next is “Reality Winner | China's Next Revolution? | Gucci” (S54E12). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Hazing | Saving The Mountain Gorillas| Rita Moreno (S54E11)

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Hazing – The parents of a 19-year-old freshman who died of alcohol poisoning while pledging a fraternity blame the fraternity, its national office, and Washington State University for the death of their son. Anderson Cooper reports.  Saving The Mountain Gorillas – Lesley Stahl reports from Rwanda where mountain gorillas, once headed for extinction, are now on the rise, attracting well-heeled tourists and boosting the local economy.  Rita Moreno – The much-honored singer, dancer, and actor Rita Moreno is still working her craft at age 89, starring in the new version of the Oscar-winning film she starred in decades ago, "West Side Story." Bill Whitaker reports.

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Where does Hazing | Saving The Mountain Gorillas| Rita Moreno sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S54E11 is listed hour 622 of 767 — hour 11 of 31 in season 54, season 54 episode 11.

When did 60 Minutes S54E11 air?

Hazing | Saving The Mountain Gorillas| Rita Moreno aired 2021-11-28 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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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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