20/20 1 Hour - Fridays, 10|9C

SHOW INFO The ABC News primetime newsmagazine “20/20” has distinguished itself as one of the most esteemed programs in broadcast journalism. Celebrating its 37th anniversary this season, “20/20” continues to combine hard-hitting investigative reports, newsmaker interviews, and compelling human interest and feature stories. The program is anchored by award-winning journalists and . For over three decades, “20/20” has offered viewers reports and stories that have changed lives.

Featured contributors to the program include ABC News correspondents , , Bill Ritter, John Quinones, Jay Schadler, and Brian Ross, as well as contributing correspondent Chris Connelly. , and Cynthia McFadden also anchor reports.

Amid the heated, competitive environment of primetime entertainment, “20/20” has demonstrated its ability to consistently attract a significant segment of the viewing audience by offering viewers more choices and more chances to learn about the world around them.

Honored by numerous organizations and societies, “20/20” has received more than 300 awards to date. Included in this list are several dozen , two Alfred I. duPont Awards, 18 National Headliner Awards, eight awards from the American Women in Radio and Television, four Clarion Awards, four CINE Golden Eagle Awards, a Gabriel Award with a Certificate of Merit, four George Foster Peabody Awards, an Amnesty International Media Spotlight Award, an RFK Journalism Award, a Front Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club of New York, Inc., an award for Best National News Broadcast on a Psychiatric Subject from the Southern California Psychiatric Society, the Aviation and Space Writers Association Award of Excellence, and the Howard Blakeslee Award of the American Heart Association, among others.

“20/20” premiered Tuesday, June 6, 1978, at 10:00 p.m., ET, with co-anchors Harold Hayes and Robert Hughes. A week later, on June 13, Hugh Downs was named the sole host of the show. In September, 1984, Barbara Walters was formally named co-host. Hugh Downs retired in 1999. John Miller and have also been co- anchors.

“20/20” began its first regularly scheduled season in the Thursday, 10:00-11:00 p.m., ET, time slot on May 31, 1979, and moved to Friday nights on September 18, 1987.

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CREDITS LISTING Co-Anchors Executive Producer Elizabeth Vargas David Sloan David Muir