20/20: In an Instant

2015 American television documentary series August 2026 March 2025 In an instant abc logo.png In an Instant Documentary United States English 3 22 Maria Awes Andy Awes 80-83 minutes Committee Films Lincoln Square Productions ABC 2015 3 6 2018 8 4 20/20: In an Instant (or In an Instant) is an American documentary series on ABC. The show premiered on March 6, 2015, before moving to its regular timeslot on Fridays at 9:00 pm.https://abc.go.com/shows/in-an-instant In An Instant – About the show ABC May 17, 2015 The show follows people who have gone through life changing events as they come to terms and relive the moments. On May 24, 2016, the show was renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 18, 2016, and ran for six consecutive weeks.http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2016/05/24/20-20-in-an-instant-two-hour-docudrama-series-returns-for-second-season-premieres-june-18-on-abc-847414/20160524abc05/ "20/20: In an Instant" - Two-Hour Docudrama Series Returns for Second Season, Premieres June 18 on ABC The Futon Critic May 24, 2016 May 27, 2016 The season finale aired on July 23, 2016. On May 19, 2017, the show was renewed for a third season, which premiered on June 3, 2017.http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2017/05/19/gripping-stories-of-survival-and-triumph-on-the-season-premiere-of-abc-news-in-an-instant-june-3-811310/20170519abc04/ Gripping Stories of Survival and Triumph on the Season Premiere of ABC News' "In an Instant," June 3 The Futon Critic May 19, 2017 May 19, 2017 Series overview #A69725 #Season 1 7 2015 3 6 2015 4 11 #765133 #Season 2 6 2016 6 18 2016 7 23 #10519C #Season 3 9 2017 6 3 2018 8 4 Episodes Season 1 (2015) #A69725 5 5 43 26 21 U.S. 1 1 Flying Blind 2015 3 6 A family survives a plane crash that killed two in the Alaskan wilderness. 4.39http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/09/friday-final-ratings-no-adjustment-for-glee-hawaii-five-0-or-shark-tank/372602/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150311194741/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/09/friday-final-ratings-no-adjustment-for-glee-hawaii-five-0-or-shark-tank/372602/ dead March 11, 2015 Friday Final Ratings: No Adjustment for 'Glee', 'Hawaii Five-0' or 'Shark Tank' Baron Steve TV by the Numbers March 9, 2015 March 9, 2015 A69725 2 2 Rush Hour Disaster 2015 3 13 In 2007, an interstate bridge holding hundreds of people in Minneapolis gives way. 4.36http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/08/tv-ratings-saturday-boxing-wins-night-48-hours-in-an-instant-down/372327/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150310174831/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/08/tv-ratings-saturday-boxing-wins-night-48-hours-in-an-instant-down/372327/ dead March 10, 2015 TV Ratings Saturday: Boxing Wins Night, '48 Hours' & 'In An Instant' Down Baron Steve TV by the Numbers March 8, 2015 March 8, 2015 A69725 3 3 Grizzly Bear Attack 2015 3 20 A man protects his daughter when a grizzly bear attacks the two during a celebratory hike in rural Montana. 3.62http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/15/tv-ratings-saturday-48-hours-rises-at-10pm-in-an-instant-dips-2020-flat/374899/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150316185922/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/15/tv-ratings-saturday-48-hours-rises-at-10pm-in-an-instant-dips-2020-flat/374899/ dead March 16, 2015 TV Ratings Saturday: '48 Hours' Rises at 10PM, 'In an Instant' Dips + '20/20′ Flat TV by the Numbers March 15, 2015 May 28, 2015 Amanda Kondolojy A69725 4 4 Left for Dead 2015 3 27 In a Milwaukee suburb, a woman is beaten unconscious and left in a garbage bin locked in a storage unit in Illinois by her abusive ex-husband. 4.41http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/22/tv-ratings-saturday-ncaa-tournament-wins-night-48-hours-up-in-an-instant-flat/378000/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150325081409/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/22/tv-ratings-saturday-ncaa-tournament-wins-night-48-hours-up-in-an-instant-flat/378000/ dead March 25, 2015 TV Ratings Saturday: NCAA Tournament Wins Night, '48 Hours' Up, 'In An Instant' Flat TV by the Numbers March 22, 2015 May 28, 2015 Sara Bibel A69725 5 5 Bad Guys at the Good Guys 2015 4 3 A group of gunmen holds employees and shoppers hostage at an electronics store in Sacramento, California. 3.38http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/29/tv-ratings-saturday-world-figure-skating-championships-soft-in-an-instant-rises/380848/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150401111547/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/29/tv-ratings-saturday-world-figure-skating-championships-soft-in-an-instant-rises/380848/ dead April 1, 2015 TV Ratings Saturday: World Figure Skating Championships Soft + 'In an Instant' Rises TV by the Numbers March 29, 2015 May 28, 2015 Amanda Kondolojy A69725 6 6 Buried Alive 2015 4 10 A man is trapped when a shelf in a silo collapses, burying him beneath several feet of rotten corn in Eldora, Iowa. 4.05http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/05/tv-ratings-saturday-in-an-instant-steady-48-hours-down/384798/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150409001019/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/05/tv-ratings-saturday-in-an-instant-steady-48-hours-down/384798/ dead April 9, 2015 TV Ratings Saturday: 'In An Instant' Steady, '48 Hours' Down TV by the Numbers April 5, 2015 May 28, 2015 Sara Bibel A69725 7 7 The Shootout 2015 4 17 In Jacksonville, Florida, police officer Pete Soulis had no way of knowing that the suspicious guy in the parking lot was likely a killer from Georgia on the run. When the ex-con took aim at him, Pete found himself in one of the most epic gun battles a cop has ever survived. 2.89http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/12/tv-ratings-saturday-48-hours-rises-in-an-instant-falls-as-nascar-tops-night/387637/ https://web.archive.org/web/20150416004248/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/12/tv-ratings-saturday-48-hours-rises-in-an-instant-falls-as-nascar-tops-night/387637/ dead April 16, 2015 TV Ratings Saturday: '48 Hours' Rises, 'In an Instant' Falls as NASCAR Tops Night TV by the Numbers April 12, 2015 May 28, 2015 Amanda Kondolojy A69725 Season 2 (2016) #765133 5 5 43 26 21 U.S. 8 1 Tragedy in Tornado Alley http://thefutoncritic.com/listings/20160613abc23/ Listings - IN AN INSTANT on ABC The Futon Critic June 18, 2016 2016 6 18 A catastrophic tornado hits the town of Moore, Oklahoma. 765133 9 2 Murder in the Maternity Ward http://thefutoncritic.com/showatch/in-an-instant/listings/ Shows A-Z - In an Instant on abc The Futon Critic June 18, 2016 2016 6 25 A gunman holds a maternity ward hostage, seeking the doctor who performed a tubal ligation surgery on his wife two years earlier in Salt Lake City, Utah. 765133 10 3 Desert Dog Rescue 2016 7 2 When a woman falls 60 feet off a canyon wall while running with her dog and shatters her pelvis in Moab, Utah, she must fight to stay alive as temperatures drop. 3.16http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/07/03/tv-ratings-saturday-july-2-2016/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160704133009/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/07/03/tv-ratings-saturday-july-2-2016/ dead July 4, 2016 TV Ratings Saturday: NASCAR drives NBC to an easy win Porter Rick TV by the Numbers July 3, 2016 July 3, 2016 765133 11 4 He Picked the Wrong Girl 2016 7 9 Ashley Ware bravely fights against an attacker after being abducted from her home in Fargo, North Dakota. 765133 12 5 Hanging in the Balance 2016 7 16 Just outside Buellton, California on Highway 101, a woman and her two daughters become trapped in their crushed car, dangling over the edge of a ravine, when a semi truck driver crashes into them, his own vehicle exploding and going over the edge. 765133 13 6 Buried By Bonfire 2016 7 23 College students get trapped when stacks of logs collapse during the construction of a massive bonfire at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. 765133 Season 3 (2017-2018) #10519C 5 5 43 26 21 U.S. 14 1 Whiteout 2017 6 3 While traveling to Idaho, a couple gets stranded in white out conditions with their infant child after their pickup truck gets stuck in the snow in rural Nevada. 2.52http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-3-2017.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170606234018/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-3-2017.html dead June 6, 2017 Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals: 6.3.2017 Showbuzz Daily Mitch Metcalf June 6, 2017 June 6, 2017 10519C 15 2 Deliver Us from Evil 2017 6 10 A young woman endures years of abuse in a rural Minnesota cult before escaping and helping put the cult's charismatic leader behind bars. 2.27http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-10-2017.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170614022547/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-10-2017.html dead June 14, 2017 Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals: 6.10.2017 Metcalf Mitch Showbuzzdaily.com June 13, 2017 June 13, 2017 10519C 16 3 Lost in Snow 2017 6 17 When two boys go missing the night before Thanksgiving in Newburgh, New York, no one guesses that a plow buried them in a snow fort. 2.75http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-17-2017.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170621004442/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-17-2017.html dead June 21, 2017 Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals: 6.17.2017 Metcalf Mitch Showbuzzdaily.com June 20, 2017 June 20, 2017 10519C 17 4 Terror in the Library 2017 6 24 A US Veteran holds 10 people hostage in the Salt Lake City Public Library, one of which is a Salt Lake City police officer. 2.73http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-24-2017.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170628042104/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-24-2017.html dead June 28, 2017 Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals Metcalf Mitch Showbuzzdaily.com June 27, 2017 June 27, 2017 10519C 18 5 Match Made in Hell 2017 7 1 A Las Vegas realtor using online dating meets a man who tries to kill her. The man escapes and does kill another of his previous love connections. 2.61http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-to-come-7-1-2017.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170706071305/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-to-come-7-1-2017.html dead July 6, 2017 Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals Metcalf Mitch Showbuzzdaily.com July 5, 2017 July 5, 2017 10519C 19 6 Frozen on the Mountain 2017 7 8 An army veteran uses his U.S. flag to protect himself, his service dog and a fellow hiker after becoming trapped on a mountain in California during an unexpected blizzard. 2.66http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-8-2017.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170712010001/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-8-2017.html dead July 12, 2017 Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals Metcalf Mitch Showbuzzdaily.com July 11, 2017 July 11, 2017 10519C 20 7 Home Invasion Horror 2017 7 15 In Ontario, Ohio, a banker's family is held hostage by a gunman determined to rob a bank without ever setting foot inside. 2.81http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-15-2017.html https://web.archive.org/web/20170719040329/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-15-2017.html dead July 19, 2017 Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals: 7.15.2017 Metcalf Mitch Showbuzz Daily July 18, 2017 July 18, 2017 10519C 21 8 The Woman Who Refused to Die 2017 12 29 In Clearwater, Florida, a young woman is violently stabbed to the death by her abusive boyfriend, but finds true love with one of the paramedics who rescues her. 3.75http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-friday-dec-29-2017/ https://web.archive.org/web/20171230221148/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-friday-dec-29-2017/ dead December 30, 2017 TV Ratings Friday: 'Dateline' is the best of a rerun-heavy bunch Porter Rick TV By the Numbers December 30, 2017 February 13, 2018 10519C 22 9 Fire on the Mountain 2018 8 4 The Valley Fire eviscerates northern California in 2015 forcing residents to become their own heroes in their desperate attempts to escape and survive. N/A 10519C References External links https://abc.go.com/shows/in-an-instant Category:2010s American documentary television series Category:2015 American television series debuts Category:2015 English-language television series debuts Category:2018 American television series endings Category:2018 English-language television series endings Category:American Broadcasting Company original programming