I Witness Video is an

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News production primetime series and American informational

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-based television program that aired on

on Sunday night from August 16, 1992 to July 10, 1994. It was first seen as a series of six specials beginning on February 23, 1992, and created the genre of dramatic video footage pre-empting traditional journalism now featured on

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Overview

Each episode featured videos sent in by viewers. The videos shown featured robberies, hostage situations, fires, and natural disasters, including tidal waves, and

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s and had interviews with the people involved. The program received some criticism for airing violent content in what is considered the "family hour".

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