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This Prime Time News series on ABC began in 1978. Longtime anchors Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters previously worked together on NBC's Today. Reporters on 20/20 have included John Stossel, Geraldo Rivera, Lynn Sherr, Bob Brown and the ever-popular Sylvia Chase. Began as a hard-news program but slowly devolved until it is now mainly a purveyor of Missing White Woman Syndrome stories, fawning celebrity profiles, and Barbara Walters interviews.

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By the 2010s, the show only aired a handful of times a year.

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Tropes used in 20/20 include:

• Face Heel Turn: John Stossel. He started as the show's consumer advocate and evolved into a champion of corporations' rights. He went to Fox News when 20/20 went all-True Crime, all the time.
• Long Runner
• Missing White Woman Syndrome
• True Crime
• The World Is Just Awesome: Those shows that are all celebrity profiles, and the People of the Year episodes.
• Yet Another Baby Panda: The real specialty of latter-day 20/20.