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Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   164 votes
Creator:
Roone Arledge
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Seasons:
unknown more
Release Date:
6 June 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Documentary | News more
Plot:
ABC's original hour-long news magazine. full summary
Awards:
22 wins & 16 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(206 articles)
Big Weekend For "Gets"
 (From Studio Briefing. 14 November 2008, 5:55 AM, PST)

Brinkley Takes Cook To Court Over Confidentiality Breach
 (From WENN. 15 October 2008, 9:11 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
20/20 going down the tubes. more

Cast

 (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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
ABC News 20/20 (USA) (informal title)
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Runtime:
60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG
MOVIEmeter: ?
V 11% since last week why?
Company:
ABC News more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
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. more
Quotes:
Himself - Co-Anchor: I'm Hugh Downs
Herself - Correspondent: And I'm Barbra Walters and this is 20/20.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Charlie Sheen/Nelly Furtado (#26.9)" (2001) more

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7 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
20/20 going down the tubes., 30 January 2004
Author: Lee Bartholomew (sage_patrynxx@cfu.net) from 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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