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Though some stories were humorous, light-hearted and sometimes frivolous features, the meat of "20/20's" programming was investigative reporting many times exposing corporate, medical, educational and governmental wrongdoing, incompetence and criminal negligence and reports on news events of the week from different angles than was seen on the nightly news.

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35x41 Rock n’ Royalty: Billboard&r… Aired: May. 18, 2013

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20/20 returns Friday
35x42 Season 35, Episode 42(Friday May. 24th, 2013 10/9c on ABC)

Series Info

Type:
News/Talk Show
Premiered:
Jun. 02, 1978
Status:
Returning Series
Runtime:
60 min.
Airs:
Fridays, 10/9c
To-Date:
35 Seasons
379 Episodes
Network
ABC TV Network
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  • In 1998, ABC News combined "20/20" with "Primetime Live" (1989) to compete with Dateline NBC which aired four days a week at the time. The new editions were called "20/20 Monday", "20/20…
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    In 1998, ABC News combined "20/20" with "Primetime Live" (1989) to compete with Dateline NBC 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.
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