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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.
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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* ''[[60 Minutes]]''
* ''48 Hours Mystery''
* ''[[20/20|Twenty Twenty]]''
* ''[[Dateline (TV series)|Dateline]]''
* ''[[Rock Center]]''
* ''[[This Hour Has 7 Days]]''
* ''[[The Fifth Estate]]''
* ''[[W 5]]''
* ''Uwaga''
Being such an iconic format, it has naturally been subjected several times to [[Parody]] and [[Satire]]. The most notable of these are:
* ''[[Brass Eye]]''
* ''[[Frontline]]''
* ''FYI'', the [[Show Within a Show]] from ''[[Murphy Brown]]''.
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[[Category:Formats]]
[[Category:News Tropes]]
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