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30 Minutes (1978)

30 Minutes poster
Genre
news
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 1 episode
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a newsmagazine show for young viewers that ran on Saturday mornings. It covered a wide range of topics from everyday concerns like acne to serious issues like the Ku Klux Klan.

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What happens

30 Minutes is an American educational newsmagazine television program that aired on CBS on Saturdays from 1978 to 1982 following its Saturday-morning cartoon lineup. Patterned after 60 Minutes, its topics ranged from acne and rock bands to the Ku Klux Klan and juvenile defendants. The show was hosted by Christopher Glenn, Betsy Aaron (1978–1980) and Betty Ann Bowser (1980–1981). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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