ABC Scope

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| first_aired = {{Start date|1964|11|11}}

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ABC Scope was a public affairs program that appeared on the ABC television network from November 11, 1964 to March 2, 1968,{{Cite web|title=ABC Scope - Series - Episode List - TV Tango|url=http://tvtango.com/series/abc_scope/episodes?page=4|access-date=2021-02-01|website=tvtango.com}} hosted by Howard K. Smith, the future anchor of the ABC Evening News.{{Cite web|title=Howard K. Smith|url=https://spartacus-educational.com/USAsmithHK.htm|access-date=2021-02-01|website=Spartacus Educational}} News reporters Louis Rukeyser, Frank Reynolds and John Scali also appeared.{{Citation|title=ABC Scope (1964) - Video Detective|date=11 November 1964 |url=https://www.videodetective.com/show/abc-scope-55837|language=en|access-date=2021-02-01}} The program provided its viewer with an in-depth look at the important political, economic and social issues that the world faced in the mid-to-late 1960s. Although Smith hosted the show, the program provided its audience with one-on-one interviews of important newsmakers, documentaries on various subjects and roundtable discussions between a group of experts.

Many editions dealt with a review of the week in the Vietnam War.{{Cite web|title=Vietnam on Film and Television: Documentaries in the Library of Congress: Guides & Finding Aids (Motion Picture and Television Reading Room, Libraryof Congress)|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/findaid/vietnam.html|access-date=2021-02-01|website=www.loc.gov}}