Yes, newsmagazines aren't what they used to be. I haven't been able to stomach 48 Hours for many years. Of all the newsmagazines, only 60 Minutes is still any good.
This exemplifies arledge’s revamping of abc news, a new era that brought out programs like world news tonight, nightline, this week, and certainly 2020.
God Bless You Hugh Downs Thank You for all the years you've informed us on The TODAY Show and 20/20 and most of all, Thank You for makin' Concentration an American Game Show Classic May You R.I.P. and please say hello to Peter Jennings, David Brinkley, Bob Clayton, Art James and Cokie Roberts for me Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters will ALWAYS be 20/20
They used to end with a close before the end credits by saying, "We are in touch, so you be in touch." The show began in 1978, so is older than some in these comments write. This theme aired from 1979 to 1991, with bolstered variations beginning in 1992 and through the late 1990s and into the early 2000s as well.
The best "20/20" theme ever is this theme, which is not the original, but the best. Modifications with swooshes occurred in the early 1990s that gave it a more modern version, which continued in use until the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Now, 20/20 is now an investigative Newsmagazine show but they retrained the special interests and special editions of 20/20. And sometimes, notoriously catchphrase before the breaks, "Stay with us." (That makes it laugh!) I wish I wanted to see this 20/20 on an original format but David Muir and Amy Robach will still anchors of 20/20. If they do!
Omg I love this classical music theme the best the horns the strings just listen to that bass at 37-48 omg wow don’t know who wrote or composed this wonderful music but it’s a number 1 in my book just stunningly beautiful for the beautiful late Barbara Walters and the Late Talented Hugh Downes when News was News and the folks reporting it were not opinionated they were real first class journalism to the max and just told you facts and made sure it was fact before airing this music this epitome of Great wholesomeness is gone forever
This how TGIF in 1989 with Family Matters, and ended in the Year 2000 with the Series Finale of Boy Meets World because of Sabrina the Teenage Witch is moving to the WB in the FALL of that Year before the Opening Ceremony in the Olympics in Sydney
And you know folks, this original 20/20 theme should be stay as an opening and closing as well, not the current ones used up to this day, that is a rude for the viewers especially at the end of broadcast each episode of 20/20. It hurts to everyone's ears! And I hope that Barbara Walters is a-OK!
@@TheSkete Something that was quite skillfully illustrated in the title sequence when I was a boy-- there was a blurry ECU (extreme close-up) of ABC News' trademark globe logo of the time, and then a magnifying glass came up from the bottom left to clear it up; this glass then stamped the axis on the globe, and went in between the 20s of the title. Here is a 1985 edition that illustrates that opening: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TPWua7MPpAo.html
In the year 2020, I challenged myself to watch an episode of 20/20 at least once a month for the entire year. And I did just that! Even though I'm a Dateline and 48 Hours viewer, I scheduled it on nights when those two are not on.
*sigh* Oh, Score Productions, there was an era in ABC News where you DOMINATED with an iron hand. HA, not only you Score Productions, but also Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters. And this theme song is a perfect example of how Score Productions came up with some awesome theme songs.
Not only Score Productions did the music for ABC News and 20/20 (Robert Israel), but also did the score for ABC Monday Night Football in the 1970's as well as The Price Is Right (Edd Kalehoff) and several other game shows produced by Mark Goodson.
I dunno, did Score screw all of their staff composers out of royalties and publishing rights? Or did they just do that to Edd Kalehoff and his _Price is Right_ theme?
When Roone Arledge ran both ABC News and Sports, Where did he go to for awesome themes from Monday Night Football to World News Tonight? Score Productions, who else? That was his go-to theme music company.
RIP Barbara Walters (1929-2022)..... The original host of ABC's 20/20.... what an amazing accomplished life Also RIP Hugh Downs....(1921-2020)... Thank you Barbara Walters and tell your Co Anchor Partner Hugh Downs I said hello for me ❤️👍💙💎.... And while I am on the subject, Happy 44th Anniversary to the 1978 ABC's Prime Time Show 20/20...... THANK YOU VERY MUCH 👍🤍❤️💙🎆 Barbara Walters....til we meet again..(on prime time television).....💝😢😂
I never liked the way Barbara Wawa came in and took the show away from Hugh... or the disgrace that the network news magazines have begun focusing on murders... part of the decline of the country that they had to do this for ratings..
