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Secretary of State Blinken | Inside the Committee | Rescuing Reefs

TV Flash files “Secretary of State Blinken | Inside the Committee | Rescuing Reefs” as hour 644 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 55, episode 2, aired 2022-09-25, 60 min.

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This leaf is S55E02: listed hour 644 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 2 of 31 in season 55. It aired 2022-09-25 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “President Biden | Ebrahim Raisi” (S55E01). Next is “Olena Zelenska | What Happened at Grizzly Flats | Captain Kolisi” (S55E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Secretary of State Blinken | Inside the Committee | Rescuing Reefs (S55E02)

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Secretary of State Blinken – As Secretary of State Antony Blinken completed his tour at the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York City, 60 MINUTES' Scott Pelley met with Mr. Blinken to discuss Russia's war on Ukraine, U.S.-China relations, and more.  Inside the Committee – As the Jan. 6 committee plans to resume its public hearings next week, 60 MINUTES' Bill Whitaker interviews former Republican congressman and senior staffer inside the committee, Denver Riggleman, about his work investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. A former intelligence officer and senior technical adviser to the Jan. 6 committee, Riggleman was in charge of analyzing the call records, texts, and online activities of hundreds of people suspected of playing a role in storming the Capitol. Whitaker speaks with Riggleman in his first interview ahead of the release of his new book – which he kept under wraps until now – The Breach (Holt, Sept. 27, 2022).  Rescuing Reefs – 60 MINUTES' Anderson Cooper breaks out his diving gear to explore innovative ways marine biologists are trying to rebuild Florida's endangered reefs with help from the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Where does Secretary of State Blinken | Inside the Committee | Rescuing Reefs sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S55E02 is listed hour 644 of 767 — hour 2 of 31 in season 55, season 55 episode 2.

When did 60 Minutes S55E02 air?

Secretary of State Blinken | Inside the Committee | Rescuing Reefs aired 2022-09-25 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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