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- history of television in the U.S.
- In Television in the United States: The newsmagazines
ABC’s newsmagazine 20/20 was introduced in 1978. With production costs for traditional prime-time programming rising to nearly prohibitive heights at the same time that ratings were plummeting because of cable competition, network executives in the 1990s sought an inexpensive way to fill prime-time hours with popular programming.…
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- Stossel
- In John Stossel
…ABC (American Broadcasting Company) newsmagazine 20/20.
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- In John Stossel
- Vargas
- In Elizabeth Vargas
…programs World News Tonight and 20/20.
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- Walters
- In Barbara Walters
…joined the ABC newsmagazine show 20/20 as correspondent, becoming cohost with Downs in 1984; she remained with the program until 2004.
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