ABC Scope is a public affairs program that appeared on the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 television network

Television network

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 from 1964–1968, hosted by Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith

Howard Kingsbury Smith was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, and film actor. He was one of the original Edward R. Murrow boys.-Early life:...

, the future anchor

News presenter

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 of the ABC Evening News

World News with Charles Gibson

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. News reporters Louis Rukeyser

Louis Rukeyser

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, Frank Reynolds

Frank Reynolds

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 and John Scali also appeared. The program provided its viewer with an in-depth look at the important political

Politics

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, economic

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 and social

Social

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 issues that the world

World

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 faced in the mid-to-late 1960s. Although Smith hosted the show, the program provided its audience with one-on-one interview

Interview

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s of important newsmakers, documentaries

Documentary film

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 on various subjects and roundtable discussions

Debate

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 between a group of experts.

External links

• ABC Scope at the Internet Movie Database
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