Judy Tygard
Director
48 Hours (1988)
Specials
This newsmagazine series investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening — and resolution — of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart.
Released Jan. 19, 1988
Episode 42 min
14+
Genres: Crime, Documentary, News
Keywords: imdb.police-investigator, imdb.time-for-title, tmdb.magazine-show, imdb.police, imdb.police-officer, imdb.police-investigation, tmdb.true-crime + 13 more, tmdb.biting, tmdb.disturbed, tmdb.angry, tmdb.complex, tmdb.suspicious, tmdb.anxious, tmdb.cautionary, tmdb.suspenseful, tmdb.callous, tmdb.informative, imdb.episodic, imdb.crime-documentary, imdb.true-crime
Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, fuboTV, Pluto TV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel + 2 more, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Production Companies: CBS News Productions
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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CBS
42 min/ep
45 min
Jan. 19, 1988
Jan. 3, 2026, midnight
Returning Series
TV-14 / 14+
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