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In Short Supply | Hope Chicago | Jonas Kaufmann

TV Flash files “In Short Supply | Hope Chicago | Jonas Kaufmann” as the last listed hour of season 54 — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 54, episode 31, aired 2022-05-22, 60 min.

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This leaf is S54E31: listed hour 642 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, last listed hour of season 54. It aired 2022-05-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bellingcat | Sharswood” (S54E30). Next is “President Biden | Ebrahim Raisi” (S55E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — In Short Supply | Hope Chicago | Jonas Kaufmann (S54E31)

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In Short Supply – Hospitals have been facing daily drug shortages across the country for over a decade. The lack of essential drugs is not a matter of supply and demand, a 60 MINUTES investigation found, but pharmaceutical companies have been halting production of life-saving generic drugs because they aren't profitable. Bill Whitaker finds a broken system, as doctors express serious concerns and the government stands on the sidelines.  Hope Chicago – 60 MINUTES' Scott Pelley visits Johnson College Prep on Chicago's South Side, where many students have no permanent home and face violence on their way to school, as they experience a miracle. Pelley sits down with the principal and the students whose lives will be changed forever by Hope Chicago, which funds blanket scholarships for students to attend in-state colleges for free.  Jonas Kaufmann – 60 MINUTES profiles opera singer Jonas Kaufmann. Critics applaud the German tenor's singing and range, while others point to his history of high-profile performance cancellations. After following Kaufmann for years, traveling to his childhood home in Munich, Norah O'Donnell sits down with the opera star and learns about his rise to the top and his quest to protect his voice.

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Where does In Short Supply | Hope Chicago | Jonas Kaufmann sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S54E31 is listed hour 642 of 767 — last listed hour of season 54, season 54 episode 31.

When did 60 Minutes S54E31 air?

In Short Supply | Hope Chicago | Jonas Kaufmann aired 2022-05-22 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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