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MTG | The Secretary and the Border | Fire and Ice

TV Flash files “MTG | The Secretary and the Border | Fire and Ice” as hour 666 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 55, episode 24, aired 2023-04-02, 60 min.

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This leaf is S55E24: listed hour 666 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 24 of 31 in season 55. It aired 2023-04-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Feeling of Feeling | Silicon Valley Scandal | Charles Barkley” (S55E23). Next is “The Origin of Everything | Sportswashing | The Resurrection of Notre Dame” (S55E25). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — MTG | The Secretary and the Border | Fire and Ice (S55E24)

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MTG – Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a vocal member of the far right and close ally of former President Donald Trump, sits down with Lesley Stahl for a wide-ranging interview and profile. Stahl speaks with the influential Republican congresswoman at her home in Georgia and meets in the halls of Congress in Washington, D.C., to discuss her America First, populist views as she continues her rise in the party.  The Secretary and the Border – Sharyn Alfonsi reports from the U.S.-Mexico border and interviews Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the large number of migrants trying to enter the U.S.  Fire and Ice – Bill Whitaker returns to Iceland to report on a volcano that erupted in 2021 and now boasts a new landscape of molten rock and snow. Whitaker explores the discoveries made by Icelandic scientists in forecasting eruptions, which could apply to similar volcanoes worldwide.

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Where does MTG | The Secretary and the Border | Fire and Ice sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S55E24 is listed hour 666 of 767 — hour 24 of 31 in season 55, season 55 episode 24.

When did 60 Minutes S55E24 air?

MTG | The Secretary and the Border | Fire and Ice aired 2023-04-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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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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