Underplayed Gems

Politically Incorrect (1993)

Politically Incorrect poster
Genre
talk show
Country
United States
Length
8 seasons, 2267 episodes
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Bill Maher hosts a late-night talk show where a panel of guests from comedy and politics debate current events. The show mixes humor with serious discussion and features a rotating lineup of celebrities and strategists.

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What happens

Politically Incorrect (stylized as POLITICALLY INCOrrECT) is an American television late-night political talk show hosted by Bill Maher, that aired from July 25, 1993, to July 5, 2002. The half-hour program premiered on Comedy Central in July 1993, and aired for three seasons until November 5, 1996. Amid its success on Comedy Central, ABC expressed interest in bringing the show to the network to shore up its late-night lineup, moving there on January 5, 1997. The show first originated from New York City, but soon moved to Los Angeles. The New York episodes were shot at the CBS Broadcast Center and the Los Angeles episodes at CBS Television City, where it remained even after its move to ABC. The first episode featured comedian Jerry Seinfeld, Howard Stern co-host Robin Quivers, Republican Party strategist Ed Rollins and comedian Larry Miller. Frequent guests included Dave Matthews, Arianna Huffington, Michael McKean, Ann Coulter, Carrot Top and Christine O'Donnell. On September 17, 2001, Maher criticized United States foreign policy on the show, saying of the perpetrators of the September 11 terrorist attacks, "We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That’s cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly." and while Maher later apologized and clarified the meaning behind his comments, major advertisers pulled their ads from the show. As a result, the show was canceled in June 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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