{{Short description|2015 American television documentary series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = In an instant abc logo.png | alt_name = In an Instant | genre = Documentary | creator = | country = United States | language = English | presenter = | num_seasons = 3 | num_episodes = 22 | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| * Maria Awes * Andy Awes}} | runtime = 80-83 minutes | company = {{Plainlist| * Committee Films * Lincoln Square Productions}} | channel = ABC | first_aired = {{Start date|2015|3|6}} | last_aired = {{end date|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.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=https://abc.go.com/shows/in-an-instant|title=''In An Instant'' – About the show|publisher=ABC|date=|accessdate=May 17, 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=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/|title="20/20: In an Instant" - Two-Hour Docudrama Series Returns for Second Season, Premieres June 18 on ABC|work=The Futon Critic|date=May 24, 2016|accessdate=May 27, 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=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/|title=Gripping Stories of Survival and Triumph on the Season Premiere of ABC News' "In an Instant," June 3|work=The Futon Critic|date=May 19, 2017|accessdate=May 19, 2017}}</ref>
==Series overview== {{Series overview | color1 = #A69725 | link1 = #Season 1 | episodes1 = 7 | start1 = {{Start date|2015|3|6}} | end1 = {{End date|2015|4|11}}
| color2 = #765133 | link2 = #Season 2 | episodes2 = 6 | start2 = {{Start date|2016|6|18}} | end2 = {{End date|2016|7|23}}
| color3 = #10519C | link3 = #Season 3 | episodes3 = 9 | start3 = {{Start date|2017|6|3}} | end3 = {{End date|2018|8|4}} }}
==Episodes== ===Season 1 (2015)=== {{Episode table |background=#A69725 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=43 |airdate=26 |viewers=21 |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Flying Blind | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|3|6}} | ShortSummary = A family survives a plane crash that killed two in the Alaskan wilderness. | Viewers = 4.39<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/09/friday-final-ratings-no-adjustment-for-glee-hawaii-five-0-or-shark-tank/372602/|archive-url=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/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2015|title= Friday Final Ratings: No Adjustment for 'Glee', 'Hawaii Five-0' or 'Shark Tank'|last=Baron|first=Steve|work=TV by the Numbers|date=March 9, 2015|accessdate=March 9, 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = A69725 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Rush Hour Disaster | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|3|13}} | ShortSummary = In 2007, an interstate bridge holding hundreds of people in Minneapolis gives way. | Viewers = 4.36<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/08/tv-ratings-saturday-boxing-wins-night-48-hours-in-an-instant-down/372327/|archive-url=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/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2015|title=TV Ratings Saturday: Boxing Wins Night, '48 Hours' & 'In An Instant' Down|last=Baron|first=Steve|work=TV by the Numbers|date=March 8, 2015|accessdate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = A69725 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Grizzly Bear Attack | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|3|20}} | ShortSummary = A man protects his daughter when a grizzly bear attacks the two during a celebratory hike in rural Montana. | Viewers = 3.62<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/15/tv-ratings-saturday-48-hours-rises-at-10pm-in-an-instant-dips-2020-flat/374899/|archive-url=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/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2015|title=TV Ratings Saturday: '48 Hours' Rises at 10PM, 'In an Instant' Dips + '20/20′ Flat |work= TV by the Numbers |date=March 15, 2015 |accessdate = May 28, 2015|first=Amanda|last=Kondolojy}}</ref> | LineColor = A69725 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Left for Dead | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|3|27}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = 4.41<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/22/tv-ratings-saturday-ncaa-tournament-wins-night-48-hours-up-in-an-instant-flat/378000/ |archive-url=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/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2015 |title=TV Ratings Saturday: NCAA Tournament Wins Night, '48 Hours' Up, 'In An Instant' Flat |work= TV by the Numbers |date=March 22, 2015 |accessdate = May 28, 2015|first=Sara|last=Bibel}}</ref> | LineColor = A69725 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Bad Guys at the Good Guys | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|4|3}} | ShortSummary = A group of gunmen holds employees and shoppers hostage at an electronics store in Sacramento, California. | Viewers = 3.38<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/29/tv-ratings-saturday-world-figure-skating-championships-soft-in-an-instant-rises/380848/ |archive-url=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/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 1, 2015 |title=TV Ratings Saturday: World Figure Skating Championships Soft + 'In an Instant' Rises |work= TV by the Numbers |date=March 29, 2015 |accessdate = May 28, 2015|first=Amanda|last=Kondolojy}}</ref> | LineColor = A69725 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Buried Alive | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|4|10}} | ShortSummary = A man is trapped when a shelf in a silo collapses, burying him beneath several feet of rotten corn in Eldora, Iowa. | Viewers = 4.05<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/05/tv-ratings-saturday-in-an-instant-steady-48-hours-down/384798/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409001019/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/05/tv-ratings-saturday-in-an-instant-steady-48-hours-down/384798/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 9, 2015 |title=TV Ratings Saturday: 'In An Instant' Steady, '48 Hours' Down |work= TV by the Numbers |date=April 5, 2015 |accessdate = May 28, 2015|first=Sara|last=Bibel}}</ref> | LineColor = A69725 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The Shootout | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|4|17}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = 2.89<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/12/tv-ratings-saturday-48-hours-rises-in-an-instant-falls-as-nascar-tops-night/387637/ |archive-url=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/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |title=TV Ratings Saturday: '48 Hours' Rises, 'In an Instant' Falls as NASCAR Tops Night |work= TV by the Numbers |date=April 12, 2015 |accessdate = May 28, 2015|first=Amanda|last=Kondolojy}}</ref> | LineColor = A69725 }} }}
===Season 2 (2016)=== {{Episode table |background=#765133 |overall=5 |season=5 |title=43 |airdate=26 |viewers=21 |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Tragedy in Tornado Alley | RTitle = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/listings/20160613abc23/|title=Listings - IN AN INSTANT on ABC|work=The Futon Critic|accessdate=June 18, 2016}}</ref> | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|6|18}} | ShortSummary = A catastrophic tornado hits the town of Moore, Oklahoma. | Viewers = | LineColor = 765133 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Murder in the Maternity Ward | RTitle = <ref name="IAI Titles">{{cite web|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/showatch/in-an-instant/listings/|title=Shows A-Z - In an Instant on abc|work=The Futon Critic|accessdate=June 18, 2016}}</ref> | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|6|25}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = | LineColor = 765133 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Desert Dog Rescue | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|7|2}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = 3.16<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/07/03/tv-ratings-saturday-july-2-2016/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704133009/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2016/07/03/tv-ratings-saturday-july-2-2016/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 4, 2016|title=TV Ratings Saturday: NASCAR drives NBC to an easy win|last=Porter|first=Rick|work=TV by the Numbers|date=July 3, 2016|accessdate=July 3, 2016}}</ref> | LineColor = 765133 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = He Picked the Wrong Girl | RTitle = <ref name="IAI Titles" /> | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|7|9}} | ShortSummary = Ashley Ware bravely fights against an attacker after being abducted from her home in Fargo, North Dakota. | Viewers = | LineColor = 765133 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Hanging in the Balance | RTitle = <ref name="IAI Titles"/> | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|7|16}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = | LineColor = 765133 }}{{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Buried By Bonfire | RTitle = <ref name="IAI Titles"/> | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|7|23}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = | LineColor = 765133 }} }}
===Season 3 (2017-2018)=== {{Episode table |background=#10519C |overall=5 |season=5 |title=43 |airdate=26 |viewers=21 |country=U.S. |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Whiteout | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|6|3}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = 2.52<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-3-2017.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606234018/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-3-2017.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 6, 2017|title=Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals: 6.3.2017 |work=Showbuzz Daily|author=Mitch Metcalf|date=June 6, 2017|accessdate=June 6, 2017}}</ref> | LineColor = 10519C }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Deliver Us from Evil | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|6|10}} | ShortSummary = A young woman endures years of abuse in a rural Minnesota cult before escaping and helping put the cult's charismatic leader behind bars. | Viewers = 2.27<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-10-2017.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614022547/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-10-2017.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2017|title=Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals: 6.10.2017|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|website=Showbuzzdaily.com |date=June 13, 2017|accessdate=June 13, 2017}}</ref> | LineColor = 10519C }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Lost in Snow | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|6|17}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = 2.75<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-17-2017.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621004442/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-17-2017.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 21, 2017|title=Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals: 6.17.2017|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|website=Showbuzzdaily.com |date=June 20, 2017|accessdate=June 20, 2017}}</ref> | LineColor = 10519C }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Terror in the Library | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|6|24}} | ShortSummary = A US Veteran holds 10 people hostage in the Salt Lake City Public Library, one of which is a Salt Lake City police officer. | Viewers = 2.73<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-24-2017.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628042104/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-6-24-2017.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 28, 2017|title=Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|website=Showbuzzdaily.com |date=June 27, 2017|accessdate=June 27, 2017}}</ref> | LineColor = 10519C }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Match Made in Hell | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|1}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = 2.61<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-to-come-7-1-2017.html|archive-url=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|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2017|title=Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|website=Showbuzzdaily.com |date=July 5, 2017|accessdate=July 5, 2017}}</ref> | LineColor = 10519C }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Frozen on the Mountain | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|8}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = 2.66<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-8-2017.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712010001/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-8-2017.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2017|title=Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|website=Showbuzzdaily.com |date=July 11, 2017|accessdate=July 11, 2017}}</ref> | LineColor = 10519C }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Home Invasion Horror | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|7|15}} | ShortSummary = In Ontario, Ohio, a banker's family is held hostage by a gunman determined to rob a bank without ever setting foot inside. | Viewers = 2.81<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-15-2017.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719040329/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-saturday-cable-originals-network-finals-7-15-2017.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 19, 2017|title=Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals: 7.15.2017|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|work=Showbuzz Daily|date=July 18, 2017|accessdate=July 18, 2017}}</ref> | LineColor = 10519C }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = The Woman Who Refused to Die | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|12|29}} | ShortSummary = 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. | Viewers = 3.75<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-friday-dec-29-2017/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230221148/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tv-ratings-friday-dec-29-2017/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 30, 2017|title=TV Ratings Friday: 'Dateline' is the best of a rerun-heavy bunch|last=Porter|first=Rick|work=TV By the Numbers|date=December 30, 2017|accessdate=February 13, 2018}}</ref> | LineColor = 10519C }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Fire on the Mountain | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|8|4}} | ShortSummary = The Valley Fire eviscerates northern California in 2015 forcing residents to become their own heroes in their desperate attempts to escape and survive. | Viewers = N/A | LineColor = 10519C }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://abc.go.com/shows/in-an-instant}}
Category:2010s American documentary television series Category:2015 American television series debuts Category:2018 American television series endings Category:American Broadcasting Company original programming