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47 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
Thu, Sep 8, 1988
48 Hours looks at the growing crusade in America against smoking. It looks at recent anti-smoking legislation in some states and examines the division between smokers and non-smokers about whether smoking should be allowed in public places like restaurants and airplanes.
Episode 2
Thu, Sep 15, 1988
48 Hours covers the breaking story of Hurricane Gilbert with up-to-the-minute reporting from the expected strike zone of the hurricane on the Texas Gulf Coast including Galveston and Houston. Bernard Goldberg gives updates from Miami's National Weather Center.
Episode 3
Thu, Sep 22, 1988
48 Hours takes an in-depth look at the advertising business. It talks to the people who make it their business to sell everything and anything in America. Advertisers discuss sales techniques and how to make products seem more appealing. It also looks behind-the-scenes at the making of advertising jingles.
Episode 4
Thu, Sep 29, 1988
48 Hours spends two days examining the growing controversy over public housing in Yonkers. It examines how a Federal court ordered the New York suburb to desegregate by building public housing and discusses how enraged homeowners pressured the city council to defy the order. It talks to both white homeowners and minorities eager for better housing in an effort to get both sides of the story.
Episode 5
Thu, Oct 6, 1988
48 Hours looks at the options available to the growing number of baby boomers who are unable to have children on their own. It examines how advancements in science have helped with the problem of infertility. It takes a close look at surrogate motherhood, test-tube babies, fertility drugs and adoption.
Episode 6
Thu, Oct 13, 1988
48 Hours investigates the growing problem of AIDS in the United States. It looks at the collusion and AIDS and drug culture in New York City and looks at controversial efforts to distribute needles and condoms to city dwellers. It examines the growing problem of AIDS in heterosexuals and how medical professionals are training themselves to be more cautious about the disease. It also looks at AIDS awareness in homeless people and AIDS quilt memorializing victims of the disease.
Episode 7
Thu, Oct 20, 1988
48 Hours spends two days investigating in-depth the controversial issue of abortion. It talk to a single mother who decides to have an abortion. It examines an abortion clinic in Atlanta that is under siege by Pro-Life advocates. It also talks to a woman with an abnormal fetus who is considering abortion and follows a teenage rape survivor who is confronted with pregnancy and the choice of abortion.
Episode 8
Thu, Oct 27, 1988
48 Hours investigates issues surrounding day care a growing concern for millions of parents across the United States. It looks at examples of successes and failures in the day care systems and also looks at the dangers inadequate regulation, abuse and neglect.
Episode 9
Thu, Nov 3, 1988
48 Hours investigates the debate over gun control by examining the controversy over an referendum in Maryland that has caused serious friction between pro-gun and anti-gun lobbyists. It examines why some people are seriously concerned over gun sales and gun safety while others are worried about their gun rights being taken away.
Episode 10
Thu, Nov 10, 1988
48 Hours spends two days investigating alcoholism in the United States. It looks at the causes of alcohol dependence and examines new efforts to treat addiction. It also talks to alcoholics and their families and members of support groups including Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD).
Episode 11
Thu, Nov 17, 1988
48 Hours examines the safety and health risks stemming from nuclear weapons plants throughout the United States. It talks to employees, government investigators, civilians about the real health dangers posed by nuclear plants to the employees and those that live near them.
Episode 12
Thu, Dec 1, 1988
Government officials and naturalists in Africa fight the extinction of the black rhinoceros.
Episode 13
Thu, Dec 8, 1988
Dan Rather discusses Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to the United States.
Episode 14
Thu, Dec 15, 1988
Taken inside the Vatican, where we explore some of the treasures, secrets and surprises of the Vatican Library.
Episode 15
Thu, Dec 29, 1988
Episode 16
Thu, Jan 5, 1989
Episode 17
Thu, Jan 12, 1989
48 hours in the lives of several teenagers at Grove City High School and South High School in Columbus, Ohio.
Episode 18
Thu, Jan 26, 1989
Episode 19
Thu, Feb 2, 198946 mins
Labs, pounds, animal control, hunt saboteurs, farms. An introduction for the uninitiated public, which attempts the usual "balance" between viewpoints.
Episode 20
Thu, Feb 9, 1989
Episode 21
Thu, Feb 16, 1989
Episode 22
Thu, Feb 23, 1989
Episode 23
Thu, Mar 2, 1989
Episode 24
Thu, Mar 9, 1989
Episode 25
Thu, Mar 16, 1989
Episode 26
Thu, Mar 30, 1989
Episode 27
Thu, Apr 6, 1989
Episode 28
Thu, Apr 13, 1989
Episode 29
Thu, Apr 20, 1989
Episode 30
Thu, Apr 27, 198948 mins
Episode 31
Thu, May 4, 1989
Episode 32
Thu, May 11, 1989
Episode 33
Thu, May 18, 1989
Episode 34
Thu, May 25, 1989
Episode 35
Thu, Jun 1, 1989
Episode 36
Thu, Jun 15, 1989
Episode 37
Thu, Jun 22, 1989
Episode 38
Thu, Jun 29, 1989
Episode 39
Thu, Jul 6, 1989
Episode 40
Thu, Jul 13, 1989
Episode 41
Thu, Jul 27, 1989
Episode 42
Thu, Aug 3, 1989
Episode 43
Thu, Aug 10, 1989
The wife of a police officer is found dead in her bed. Was she cleaning his sidearm or did he pull the trigger himself?
Episode 44
Thu, Aug 17, 1989
Episode 45
Thu, Aug 24, 1989
Episode 46
Thu, Aug 31, 1989
Episode 47
Thu, Sep 7, 1989