Firing Line (1966)

Directed by

Warren Steibel

Genre

talk show

Country

United States

Length

34 seasons, 34 episodes

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a long-running talk show featuring interviews and debates with public figures. The original host was a conservative writer who led discussions on politics and current events.

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What happens

Firing Line is an American public affairs television show. It first ran from 1966 to 1999, with conservative author and columnist William F. Buckley Jr. as host. It was relaunched in 2018 with Margaret Hoover as host. With 1,504 episodes over 33 years under Buckley, Firing Line was the longest-running public affairs show with a single host in television history. The program featured many influential public figures in the United States and won an Emmy Award in 1969. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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