The entertainment news outlet TMZ has produced a documentary investigating a conspiracy theory related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The theory suggests that a fifth plane was involved in the attacks, and that it was shot down by the US military.

Only the coolest, best-wired people can connect with infoMania, because it airs on Current TV. Only a handful of service providers include the cutting-edge interactive multi-platform network among their programming options, and Current TV is available in just a few major markets. Sad, because Current TV gives its viewers"”"fit audience though few," as Milton wrote--a promising, privileged glimpse of what YouTube might become if only it had professional content producers and quality standards. Current TV takes irreverent cable programming to the next level, adding more wit, intelligence, sophistication, and vulgarity. In its early days, infoMania aired as "Google Current," 3-5 minute vignettes at the top of each broadcast hour. Now a weekly half-hour collection of "news" stories, viral videos, and commentary, infoMania scathingly satirizes the substance and self-importance of cable news networks. If the show seems to bear uncanny resemblance to The Daily Show, credit its creative DNA: Madeleine Smithberg, co-creator of The Daily Show, served as the show's first executive producer. infoMania devotees have complained that the network does not offer entire episodes on its website; but, working a market strategy designed to maximize audiences for the regularly scheduled broadcast, Current TV has maintained its policy of showing only individual clips from each infoMania episode.

ABC Nightline and Ted Kopple were synonymous from the 1970's till 2005. Now the late night news program has 3 personalities to replace the famous Kopple. Bill Weir and Cynthia McFadden host the show live from New York and are joined by the third anchor, Terry Moran out of Washington DC. The variety of topics discussed in each program keeps investigation shallow and to the point as well as appealing to a broader based of viewers to the program. In the Kopple years, the program would normally focus on a single issue in order to completely exhaust the topic. The new ABC Nightline has a broader scope that allows more people to become interested and informed. If more information is desired, ABC Nightline has a Twitter channel for viewers to comment and question in further detail.

GMA3: What You Need to Know is a daytime news program that airs on ABC in the United States. In March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show suspended its in-studio audiences. Later, ABC replaced Strahan, Sara & Keke with Pandemic: What You Need to Know, a daytime newscast produced by ABC News' streaming channel ABC News Live. The temporary replacement was anchored by Amy Robach and featured contributions from ABC News' chief medical correspondent, Jennifer Ashton.

Now the gold standard of broadcast news, "60 Minutes" has come a long way from its humble beginnings. When it debuted in 1968, "60 Minutes" numbered among CBS's Sunday "public affairs" broadcasts; and, although it struggled in the ratings and lost money for The Eye, the network used it to build audience loyalty for it weeknight news broadcasts. Don Hewitt, iconic "60 Minutes" producer and member of the Broadcast Hall of Fame, began stylizing the broadcast's "magazine" look and feel in its third season, and he dramatically increased the program's emphasis on probing, investigative reporting. Hewitt claimed the show owed its tone and intensity to the pioneering work of Edward R. Murrow in the early 1950's; and, in the early days, Murrow's influence was clear. When Mike Wallace and Dan Rather joined the program in "the Watergate Era," they pushed the investigative envelope, driving "60 Minutes" to the top of the ratings"”not just for news broadcasts, but for all shows. For more than forty years, "60 Minutes" has maintained the same basic format: It presents three long-form news stories and a closing "essay." Two news stories focus on corporate or government corruption; the third piece profiles a prominent celebrity, taking an oblique angle and going into more depth than other entertainment programs.

ABC World News Tonight is a nightly news program that airs on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) network. It first aired in 1953, making it one of the longest-running news programs in the United States. The show has gone through several changes throughout the years, including different anchors and formats.