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Release Date:
6 June 1978 (USA) morePlot:
ABC's original hour-long news magazine. full summaryPlot Keywords:
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22 wins & 16 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(200 articles)
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Trashy sensationalism disguised as hard-hitting journalism. moreUS TV Schedule:
| Fri. Aug. 29 | 10:00 PM | ABC | |||
| Fri. Sept. 5 | 10:00 PM | ABC |
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(Series Cast Summary - 9 of 40) | Elizabeth Vargas | ... | Herself - Anchor / ... (4 episodes, 2004-2007) |
 | Matthew T. Johnston | ... | Himself (4 episodes, 2007) |
| Geraldo Rivera | ... | Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1978-1985) |
| Sylvia Chase | ... | Herself / ... (2 episodes, 1978-1980) |
 | Liza Minnelli | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1980-1999) |
 | Barbara Walters | ... | Herself - Anchor (2 episodes, 1984-2004) |
 | Mariah Carey | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1998-2002) |
 | Fantasia Barrino | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Jim Avila | ... | Himself - correspondent (2 episodes, 2005-2007) |
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60 minCountry:
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Australia:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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In 1998, ABC News combined "20/20" with "Primetime Live" (1989) to compete with "Dateline NBC" (1992) which aired four days a week at the time. The new editions were called "20/20 Monday", "20/20 Wednesday", "20/20 Friday", "20/20 Sunday", and _"20/20 Downtown" (2000)_. In 2000, ABC News returned "20/20" and "Primetime" to their original forms but kept "20/20 Downtown" as a spin-off. moreQuotes:
Himself - Co-Anchor: I'm Hugh DownsHerself - Correspondent: And I'm Barbra Walters and this is 20/20.
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Since this 60 MINUTES ripoff has been around for twenty five years, it must have had *some* credibility at one time. However, any integrity that the series once had has withered away and died within the past decade. Now, rather than being a true "television news magazine", 20/20 presents itself as a laughable cross between "Hard Copy" and "Entertainment Tonight" that is simply impossible to take seriously. Instead of actually reporting facts which might be of relative importance to the American people, ABC's weekly program picks and chooses whatever brainless drivel will rake in the most ratings, regardless of whether or not it should actually be deemed "news". The result is an hour-long circus of the latest scandals involving forgotten celebrity wash-ups, "what you don't know could kill you" scare stories involving common household products, and short capsule-reports of current political events told with an undeniable right-wing bias. In all seriousness, Comedy Central's THE DAILY SHOW is probably a more trustworthy source for today's real, actual news.