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- 20/20 can refer to eyesight of standard visual acuity - see Eye chart. See also Twenty20 for the form of one-day cricket.
20/20 is an American television newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. The show was created by Roone Arledge.
The original hosts were veteran journalists Harold Hayes and Robert Hughes. That first program was written off as a colossal failure by critics, and Hayes and Hughes were replaced the following week by former game show and Today host Hugh Downs. Downs was later joined in 1984 by Barbara Walters (they had previously been co-hosts of Today together).
Downs retired in 1999 and Walters became the solo news anchor until 2002 when John Miller was hired to be permanent co-host of the series. Miller left a year later in January 2003 and was replaced by John Stossel in May, 2003. Walters left the co-anchor position in 2004 to be replaced by Elizabeth Vargas.
The distinctive theme music to 20/20 was written by Robert Arnold Israel and based upon ABC's World News Tonight theme written by Lillian Scheinert.
Notable past and current correspondents
- Martin Bashir
- Sylvia Chase
- Catherine Crier
- Arnold Diaz
- Thomas Hoving
- Tom Jarriel
- Timothy Johnson
- Peter Lance
- Dave Marash
- Cynthia McFadden
- Lisa McRee
- Perri Peltz
- Stone Phillips
- John Quiñones
- Bill Ritter
- Geraldo Rivera
- Deborah Roberts
- Brian Ross
- Carl Sagan
- Jay Schadler
- Lynn Sherr
- John Stossel
- Sander Vanocur
- Elizabeth Vargas
- Chris Wallace
- Barbara Walters
TVNZ programme
In New Zealand, the country's main broadcaster TVNZ airs an edition of it, using its own team. It currently airs on the TV2 channel of TVNZ.
External links
ABC News | Syndicated television series | ABC network shows | CH network shows | News television series | 1970s TV shows in the United States | 1980s TV shows in the United States | 1990s TV shows in the United States | 2000s TV shows in the United States
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