Rock Center with Brian Williams (2011)
Rock Center with Brian Williams was an American weekly television newsmagazine that was broadcast by NBC and hosted by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. It debuted on October 31, 2011, and aired on Mondays until January 30, 2012. It aired on Wednesdays starting February 8, 2012. It was produced in the Rockefeller Center's "Studio 3B", the same space as NBC Nightly News, and formerly that of the Today Show. Named after the location of the NBC News headquarters in the GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Center, the program was the first new NBC News program to launch in primetime since Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric debuted in 1993. Rock Center was designed to be more serious than NBC's existing prime time newsmagazine, Dateline NBC, which had increasingly delved into human interest and true crime stories, and had switched from a multiple-story format into a single story format. On May 10, 2012, NBC announced that Rock Center had been removed from the schedule for the remainder of the May 2012 sweeps period due to low ratings. Three days later, on May 13, 2012, NBC announced that Rock Center would be renewed for a second season during its 2012-13 upfront presentation. The series was also shown on MSNBC.
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Episode 1 - September 13, 2012
Release Date: 2012-09-13Internet addiction, fact checking, Justin Bieber, and expensive family reunions.
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Episode 2 - September 20, 2012
Release Date: 2012-09-20Partisan media and Fox News correspondents, someone accused of stealing $53 million from a small town, Steve Buscemi.
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Episode 3 - September 27, 2012
Release Date: 2012-09-27Sexual assault in the U.S. military, David Finch, the book "Fifty Shades of Grey," Jon Stewart and dogs.
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Episode 4 - October 4, 2012
Release Date: 2012-10-04Mark Zuckerberg, a post-traumatic stress disorder in Afghan-War veterans, gluten-free diets, the U.S. political system.
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Episode 5 - October 18, 2012
Release Date: 2012-10-18Designer Tory Burch, the possibility of extinction of the orangutans, Adderall abuse in students.
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Episode 6 - October 25, 2012
Release Date: 2012-10-25President Barack Obama, the fellow athletes that accused Lance Armstrong, video games and pain management.
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Episode 7 - November 1, 2012
Release Date: 2012-11-01Hurricane Sandy coverage.
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Episode 8 - November 8, 2012
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Episode 9 - November 15, 2012
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Episode 10 - November 29, 2012
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Episode 11 - December 06, 2012
Release Date: 2012-12-06From his retail stores in NYC, Apple's new CEO Tim Cook is interviewed. At the world premiere of "The Hobbit" in New Zealand, Peter Jackson is interviewed by Ann Curry A new kind of end of life medical system is discussed as Harry Smith reports
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Episode 12 - December 13, 2012
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Episode 13 - December 20, 2012
Release Date: 2012-12-20Richard Engel discuss his capture and release in Syria.
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Episode 14 - January 10, 2013
Release Date: 2013-01-10Health dangers of a sedentary job.
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Episode 15 - January 17, 2013
Release Date: 2013-01-17Leaving the Church of Scientology.
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Episode 16 - January 24, 2013
Release Date: 2013-01-24Stars of the 2012 film "Beasts of the Southern Wild." Health care. Ron Popeil.
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Episode 17 - February 8, 2013
Release Date: 2013-02-08Landing a plane without landing gear. Faith-based game show.
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Episode 18 - February 15, 2013
Release Date: 2013-02-15Pandas risk extinction.
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Episode 19 - February 22, 2013
Release Date: 2013-02-22Cyber hacking. Contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
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Episode 20 - March 1, 2013
Release Date: 2013-03-01Female ski jumpers and the Olympics. Oklahoma City bombing. The humour of the "The Onion" news outlet.
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Episode 21 - March 8, 2013
Release Date: 2013-03-08Poverty in the U.S. Kevin Plank.
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Episode 22 - March 15, 2013
Release Date: 2013-03-15South by Southwest festival. Panic attacks.
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Episode 23 - March 22, 2013
Release Date: 2013-03-22Emanuel brothers. Juveniles in adult prison.
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Episode 24 - March 29, 2013
Release Date: 2013-03-29Identity thieves and tax refunds.
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Episode 25 - April 5, 2013
Release Date: 2013-04-05Church of Scientology. Adults with ADHD.
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Episode 26 - April 12, 2013
Release Date: 2013-04-12Steve Jobs' wife. Gabrielle Reece. Change.
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Episode 27 - April 19, 2013
Release Date: 2013-04-19Boston bombing update.
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Episode 28 - April 26, 2013
Release Date: 2013-04-26Boston bombing survivors. Commercial actors.
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Episode 29 - May 3, 2013
Release Date: 2013-05-03Domestic violence, protection and guns. Boston bombing survivors.
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Episode 30 - May 10, 2013
Release Date: 2013-05-10Explorers the abduction of women in Cleveland. Chris Christie. Jimmy Connors.
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Episode 31 - May 17, 2013
Release Date: 2013-05-17Domestic violence. Boston bomber survivors.
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Episode 32 - May 24, 2013
Release Date: 2013-05-24Tornado is Oklahoma. Perkins school for the blind.
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Episode 33 - May 31, 2013
Release Date: 2013-05-31Boston Marathon bombing survivers. Editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. Artisanal foods.
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Episode 34 - June 7, 2013
Release Date: 2013-06-07Heros in the wake of an explosion in Kansas City.
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Episode 35 - June 21, 2013
Release Date: 2013-06-21Series finale. Poor pay of disabled Goodwill employees. Boston Marathon survivers. Brooklyn's Hasidic Jewish community.