Primetime on ABC

[2001, TV Show]

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A weekly newsmagazine addressing a range of political, social and cultural issues, utilizing interviews, field segments and taped reports. In the original format, hosts Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer bantered before a studio audience, but the results were so disastrous the show quickly adopted a straight-news approach. ABC merged the show with `20/20' in 1999, but revived it in 2001.

Ask Matt | 8/27/2007
It seems that ABC's plan to burn off the unaired episodes of Knights of Prosperity and The Nine in August flatlined after just one Wednesday night. By the second week, they'd replaced the shows with According to Jim and Primetime repeats. Now, I'm a realist about the business side's effect on the artistic side, and I understand that a loyal, vocal online fan base represents but the tiniest fraction of the viewing audience, but in the case of Knights, there were only two episodes left ? just 60 . read more
Ask Matt | 10/27/2006
Since Six Degrees is tanking, why not have ABC put back Primetime at 10 pm/ET with Diane Sawyer and Chris Cuomo? This mi read more
Today's News: My Take | 4/14/2006
In an interview airing Friday on ABC's Primetime, Tom Cruise shrugged off talk of a rift read more
Roush Dispatch | 3/31/2006
On those rare occasions when the networks realize they've made a grievous mistake and fix it, it seems only right that w read more
Today's News: My Take | 3/30/2006
But do yourself a favor and use a pencil, not a pen. Ready? ABC is returning Commander in Chief to its s read more

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Premiered: January 25, 2001, on ABC

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Premise: A weekly newsmagazine addressing a range of political, social and cultural issues, utilizing interviews, field segments and taped reports. In the original format, hosts Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer bantered before a studio audience, but the results were so disastrous the show quickly adopted a straight-news approach. ABC merged the show with `20/20' in 1999, but revived it in 2001.

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