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Frontline

Description: "Frontline" offers an unflinching and compelling look at complex, vital and often-controversial subjects. Each broadcast consists of a long-form news documentary. Topics run the gamut -- from Bernie Madoff's intricate fraud and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, to AIDs, racial issues and Wal-Mart's effect on the U.S. economy.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Year Released: 1994
Number of seasons: 3
Number of episodes: 39
First episode air date: May 9, 1994
Awards: Peabody Award, MORE
Narrated By: Will Lyman
Network: PBS
Executive Producers: Michael Kirk, Martin Smith, MORE
Writers: Martin Smith, Michael Kirk, Raney Aronson-Rath, MORE

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