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"The Beast" | America's Dirty Secret | Trevor Noah

TV Flash files “"The Beast" | America's Dirty Secret | Trevor Noah” as hour 625 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 54, episode 14, aired 2021-12-19, 60 min.

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This leaf is S54E14: listed hour 625 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 14 of 31 in season 54. It aired 2021-12-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Negotiating with the Taliban | Let There Be Light | An Island Off an Island” (S54E13). Next is “Weather and Wine | Drawing Truth to Power” (S54E15). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — "The Beast" | America's Dirty Secret | Trevor Noah (S54E14)

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"The Beast" – Scott Pelley reports on the new science of superstorms. What spawned one of the most devastating swarms of tornadoes ever to tear through the United States? Pelley reports from Kentucky, where more than 70 people were killed last weekend and billions of dollars in losses occurred.  America's Dirty Secret – Bill Whitaker reports from Alabama's Black Belt, ground zero in an unseen public health epidemic: by some estimates, half the impoverished, rural residents in Lowndes County have raw sewage spilling into their yards and even their homes. Sanitary wastewater disposal is required by the state but not provided to residents outside small towns, leaving many living in the countryside who can't afford it with no sewage systems at all. Whitaker speaks with families battling conditions you'd never expect to see in the heart of America and meets one advocate who hopes to expose what she calls "America's dirty secret."  Trevor Noah – Trevor Noah is an unstoppable comedic force. As host of "The Daily Show," he has attracted widespread and sometimes viral attention for his heartfelt and cutting social commentary. Forbes ranked him the fourth-highest-earning comedian, and Time named him one of its 100 most influential people. Lesley Stahl interviews Noah, currently on the road with his latest comedy tour.

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Where does "The Beast" | America's Dirty Secret | Trevor Noah sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S54E14 is listed hour 625 of 767 — hour 14 of 31 in season 54, season 54 episode 14.

When did 60 Minutes S54E14 air?

"The Beast" | America's Dirty Secret | Trevor Noah aired 2021-12-19 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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