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Article: CBS SAYS IT'S TIME FOR `60 MINUTES' CLONE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- January 12, 1999
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Byline: Dusty Saunders Denver Rocky Mountain News Broadcasting Critic
HOLLYWOOD -- It seems as if the second version of 60 Minutes has been under discussion for more than 60 years.
60 Minutes II finally arrives Wednesday (8 p.m. KCNC-Channel 4), delivered by a barrage of publicity and etched in controversy.
If you watched the Broncos-Dolphins game Saturday (and who didn't?), the familiar ticking stopwatch received almost as much attention as Terrell Davis.
Controversy?
The notion of cloning the granddaddy of all TV news magazines - the way NBC and ABC have done with Dateline and 20 / 20 - initially met with stiff resistance ...