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Election Truth | Unintended Consequences | The Land of Novo
TV Flash files “Election Truth | Unintended Consequences | The Land of Novo” as hour 712 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 57, episode 8, aired 2024-11-03, 60 min.
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This leaf is S57E08: listed hour 712 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 8 of 31 in season 57. It aired 2024-11-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Deportation | Sanctions | Surfmen” (S57E07). Next is “The Shift | The War Reporter | Robo | Mysterious Russian Deaths” (S57E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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ELECTION TRUTH – Days before America elects its 60th president of the United States, all eyes are on Georgia after it was a center of the scheme to overthrow the 2020 election. In this year's high-stakes race, correspondent Scott Pelley reports on how Georgia officials plan to ensure public trust, combat election fraud conspiracy theories and protect the safety of poll workers. Henry Schuster and Sarah Turcotte are the producers. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES – Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade, 20 states have either banned or severely restricted abortions, six states have voted to protect access to them, and this Tuesday voters in 10 states will decide on adding abortion rights to their state constitutions. To better understand the profound impact of the fast changing and complex legal landscape, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsivisited Texas, the first state to change its abortion laws. Alfonsi interviewed doctors and mothers who say the laws intended to stop abortions are resulting in unintended consequences, hurting women with desired pregnancies and the people who care for them. Ashley Velie is the producer. THE LAND OF NOVO – Tiny Denmark – with its population of 6 million of the world's wealthiest and healthiest people – is suddenly home to Europe's largest company, Novo Nordisk. The company's weight loss wonder drugs Ozempic and Wegovy have slimmed down millions while adding great heft to the Danish economy. The firm now has a market cap of roughly half a trillion dollars, which is larger than the entire country's GDP.Jon Wertheim travels to the Baltic to see how a country with a slender ego is coping with this unlikely injection of fantastic wealth. Michael Gavshon is the producer.
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Where does Election Truth | Unintended Consequences | The Land of Novo sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S57E08 is listed hour 712 of 767 — hour 8 of 31 in season 57, season 57 episode 8.
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Election Truth | Unintended Consequences | The Land of Novo aired 2024-11-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 57
- S57E01 The Prosecution of Jan. 6 | Danger in the South China Sea | Dua Lipa
- S57E02 Scourge of Our Time | The Trustbuster | Inside the Archives
- S57E03 After the Hurricane | Vladimir Kara-Murza | Welcome to the W | The Mezcaleros
- S57E04 The 2024 Presidential Ticket | Belief in the Ballot
- S57E05 Pennsylvania Counts | The Vatican's Orphans | Ballmer's Ballgame
- S57E06 Relief, N.C. | Navalny | The Swingiest County | The Cap Arcona