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Revolution | The Unlikely Adventures of David Grann

TV Flash files “Revolution | The Unlikely Adventures of David Grann” as hour 668 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 55, episode 26, aired 2023-04-16, 60 min.

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This leaf is S55E26: listed hour 668 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 26 of 31 in season 55. It aired 2023-04-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Origin of Everything | Sportswashing | The Resurrection of Notre Dame” (S55E25). Next is “Healing and Hope | Who is Ray Epps | Nicolas Cage” (S55E27). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Revolution | The Unlikely Adventures of David Grann (S55E26)

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Revolution – As civilization moves closer to embracing the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, Scott Pelley is given access to Google's campus in Mountain View, Calif., and their AI lab in London to examine their new slate of technologies. Pelley meets with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and senior executives in charge of these systems to learn how society will adapt to these evolving technologies, the speed at which the machines learn and teach themselves in the real world, and the future of the artificial intelligence revolution. This is a double-length segment. The Unlikely Adventures of David Grann – 60 MINUTES meets bestselling author and darling of Hollywood developers David Grann ahead of the release of his new book, The Wager, the true story of an 18th-century open-water adventure that becomes a saga of shipwreck, anarchy, betrayal, and murder. Jon Wertheim gets an inside look at Grann's process, from his meticulous research at The National Archives in Britain to his unlikely journey to the scene of the crime on a small island off the coast of Chile.

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Where does Revolution | The Unlikely Adventures of David Grann sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S55E26 is listed hour 668 of 767 — hour 26 of 31 in season 55, season 55 episode 26.

When did 60 Minutes S55E26 air?

Revolution | The Unlikely Adventures of David Grann aired 2023-04-16 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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