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"20/20" (1978)

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20/20 needs glasses, 4 febbraio 2007

Author: crash21 da Tampa, FL

Back in the days of Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs, 20/20 was the best news magazine show on TV. I especially liked their undercover investigations, busting scams and criminals. They were the best! And I never missed a show. But ever since Hugh Downs left, the show just hasn't been the same. And now that Barbara Walters has left too, the show has become much of a joke. 20/20 used to be all about protecting the consumer and busting scams and criminals. But now, all they do on 20/20 (besides covering stories that are already all over the news) is bust myths. This is sadly, the exact same concept that has also brought down the Discovery Channel. The Discovery Channel used to be all about shows investigating both science and law, but now all they do is bust myths. I just don't get it, obviously the people in control of these TV networks today are just some really stupid people.

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The best one hour TV news program in TV history!, 12 dicembre 2006

Author: Danny Blankenship da Petersburg, Virginia

Over the years, when I can it has always been a tradition to watch "20/20" on ABC Friday nights at 10PM. This one hour news program has always been the most informative, and it features stories that touch your life, and the segments are often about the average American citizen just like you or me. Many of the stories aired are often controversial involving the law and crime, plus many reports are educational about your health and sex life and even sometimes they have celebrity reporting, but overall this program sticks to everyday common reporting. Plus the hosts, and reporting have always made this show A+ material, it was always great with legends Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs, now the torch has rightfully been passed to the fact finder John Stossel and the flashy Elizabeth Vargas. The myths, lies, and stupidity segments of Stossel's are just great, I love the way he proves the media powers and so-called experts wrong by his research and common wisdom. Overall "20/20" is a TV news legend that should continue to last many years more with great reporting like it always has.

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Trashy sensationalism disguised as hard-hitting journalism., 9 febbraio 2003

Author: Matt Huls (cowman777@hotmail.com) da Dearborn Heights, MI, USA

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.

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
Good news magazine show, 20 luglio 2007

Author: Grace Zeh (filmgirlgz@cox.net) da Chantilly, Virginia, USA

"20/20," in my opinion, is a good news magazine show. During the time he was on the air, I enjoyed seeing Hugh Downs as the co-anchor. When he retired in 1994, I was really sad. My reasons for this are very hard to explain. If you ask me, it seems that nobody stays with a TV show throughout its entire run anymore. Still, I enjoyed hearing him report about what was happening in the world. I still think about him to this day. The only thing I don't like hearing about was when someone had been murdered or gone missing. Now, in conclusion, I'd like to say that Hugh Downs was a fine reporter who will be sorely missed. There will never be anybody like him.

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Moreover Dateline NBC, 3 settembre 1999
Author: Liz-59 da Philadelphia, Pa

The articles on this show are all extraordinarily well done, and even some articles I wouldn't have ever found interesting (e.g. - a man who wrestles snakes) I find myself clung to. Also, Barbara Walters has passed anything above average in the world of news anchors.

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20/20 going down the tubes., 30 gennaio 2004
Author: Lee Bartholomew (sage_patrynxx@cfu.net) da Cedar Falls, IA

Guess I should have figured John Stossel was becoming corrupt. The minute he said that drug companies should be charging high prices to seniors, he lost me as a fan.

The show truely became stale when Hugh Downs left. :( Hugh and Barbara were a team. No wonder she's leaving. Probably can't stand John.

Frankly when she leaves, the closest competitor to 20/20? Bill O Rielly. I'm guessing it won't last long if John's the sole host.

Give me a break!!

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One of the Quintessential Television News Shows, 11 ottobre 2003
Author: edmundmuskie da America

I first started watching this show after the TGIF line-up with Family Matters, Step by Step (A show I hated) and some others that were on that line-up. This was a good show, still is, but I have not watched it in many years. When I watched it Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters were the chief stars of the show, and they were very good.

There were and probably still are very interesting segments on this show, some about politics, some about social issues, some human interest stories, all of them are very good. This is far better then that stupid Dateline NBC, which NBC seemed to use almost solely as a filler for bad nights, a show to make up for bad nights, I think that show was on at one point four nights a week.

This is a solid show, was on Thursday for a long time, but it now on Friday. This will definitely rank among one of the best news shows ever on television but definitely not as good as Sixty minutes. Some of my favorite segments talked about how people lie, on a day to day basis, another discussed a very controversial Christmas video produces by a local western Republican Party, and another had a woman whose children were living with her, and was telling them their father did not love them, when in fact the father desperately wanted to talk to them. This is good stuff, and if you have nothing better to watch on a Friday night, this won't be too bad.

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