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A news show made up of one or more documentaries, each longer than a news segment on the nightly news. Frequently showcases investigative journalism. Also known as "newsmagazines" because of the long format of their stories. |
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Not to be confused with [[CBC]] Television's early-90's experiment of running ''The National'' and ''The Journal'' back-to-back at 9 p.m., although ''The Journal'' was a documentary program. |
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Examples: |
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* ''[[Sixty Minutes]]'' |
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* ''48 Hours Mystery'' |
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* ''[[Twenty Twenty (TV)|Twenty Twenty]]'' |
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* ''[[Dateline (TV)|Dateline]]'' |
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* ''[[Rock Center]]'' |
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* ''[[This Hour Has 7 Days]]'' |
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* ''[[The Fifth Estate]]'' |
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* ''[[W 5]]'' |
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* ''Uwaga'' |
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Being such an iconic format, it has naturally been subjected several times to [[Parody]] and [[Satire]]. The most notable of these are: |
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* ''[[Brass Eye]]'' |
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* ''[[Frontline (TV)|Frontline]]'' |
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* ''FYI'', the [[Show Within a Show]] from ''[[Murphy Brown]]''. |
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[[Category:Formats]] |
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[[Category:News Tropes]] |
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[[Category:index]] |
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