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Al Franken radio show to be on cable TV
AP ^ | 08.02.04 | Frazier Moore

Posted on 08/02/2004 1:23:02 PM PDT by wallcrawlr

NEW YORK -- Satirist-commentator Al Franken will return to his TV roots next month when his radio show begins appearing on cable's Sundance Channel.

Beginning Sept. 7, ``The Al Franken Show,'' heard live each weekday from noon to 3 p.m. Eastern on Air America Radio, will go on display in a one-hour edition on Sundance each night at 11:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m., executives at both networks told The Associated Press today.

The ``Franken'' TV hour is currently scheduled through the November election, but all parties voiced hope the show would continue on Sundance indefinitely.

``It would be nice if it were a permanent home,'' Franken said.

A writer-performer who helped launch NBC's ``Saturday Night Live'' three decades ago, Franken in recent years has been more identified as a left-leaning political humorist whose best-selling books include ``Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.''

He became a talk-show host when Manhattan-based Air America signed on in March as a response to the mostly conservative world of talk radio. At Air America, Franken joined a roster of other liberal personalities including actress-comedian Janeane Garofalo, radio veteran Randi Rhodes and Lizz Winstead, a co-creator of ``The Daily Show.''

The Air America network includes stations in 17 markets that include New York, Miami, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Anchorage, Alaska, and, starting next week, San Diego. It is also heard on the XM and Sirius satellite radio networks, as well as through the Internet on streaming audio.

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To: wallcrawlr
Public Access TV, watch out! Wayne's World, you may have some competition!


21 posted on 08/02/2004 1:35:32 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Kerry Lied. Soldiers Died.)
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To: ZeitgeistSurfer

I do enjoy the Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo, though...


22 posted on 08/02/2004 1:35:50 PM PDT by TheBigB (I'm more frustrated than a legless Ethiopian watching a doughnut roll down a hill.)
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To: wallcrawlr

Isn't the Sundance channel run or set up by that Robert Redford person? This gives me another reason to avoid it.


23 posted on 08/02/2004 1:37:00 PM PDT by steveo (Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......


24 posted on 08/02/2004 1:39:52 PM PDT by GungaLaGunga
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To: AmishDude
Is this the Sundance Channel on cable that was a spin off from Robert Redford's Sundance Movie Festival in Utah? If so it would make since due to the fact RR is an ultra liberal. The channel does have some interesting movies from time to time. Primarily art and foreign movies that do not make it to the local cinema.
25 posted on 08/02/2004 1:40:43 PM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: GungaLaGunga

Well...I'm getting channel 6013 on my dish. Its the All Elvis, all the time channel.


26 posted on 08/02/2004 1:45:23 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: wallcrawlr

27 posted on 08/02/2004 1:47:32 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: cyborg
Let me see if I have this straight. Airbag America is on life support, they've lost most of their funding and their top management. The only thing that keeps the lights on is advertising from lefty non profits and their solution is to put it on TV.

Anyone have specifics about the Sundance Channel, mgmt., owners?
28 posted on 08/02/2004 1:50:58 PM PDT by Bob J (Rightalk.com...coming soon!)
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To: agitator; diotima

ping


29 posted on 08/02/2004 1:51:33 PM PDT by Bob J (Rightalk.com...coming soon!)
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To: finnman69

I'm sure that dozens of fans will tune in, giving the Sundance channel its highest ratings to date.


30 posted on 08/02/2004 1:54:01 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Democrats are Communists in Americans' clothing.)
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To: AmishDude
17 stations? AP should name them.

No,no,no, it said "stations in 17 markets..." inviting the reader to think there were lots and lots of stations. When, in fact, there could be just 17 stations, total.

31 posted on 08/02/2004 1:55:48 PM PDT by yankeedame ("Born with the gift of laughter & a sense that the world was mad.")
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To: wallcrawlr
I thought he already had a cable TV show...


32 posted on 08/02/2004 1:59:36 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (No animals have been hurt in the making of this tag line)
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To: weegee
There is a word for a government action like this CENSORSHIP.

I wonder is President Bush still supports the CFR Bill that he signed a couple years ago?

But, what concerns me the most is if the FCC will harass Al Frankin as much as they will Rush Limbaugh, Mike Savage, Mike Reagan and Sean Hanity in the month prior to the election?

33 posted on 08/02/2004 2:02:22 PM PDT by pete anderson
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To: wallcrawlr

Just another way around campaign finance reform for this election. It like Air America radio will die after the election no matter who wins.


34 posted on 08/02/2004 2:04:51 PM PDT by airedale
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To: weegee

Yes, see what Campaign Finance Reform has wrought? Ordinary issue oriented individuals like the NRA or Right to Lifers are muted while Al Franken, George Soros, MoveOn, and 527's run rampant through our political system. I knew this would happen - where Republicans follow the law and the liberals break it.


35 posted on 08/02/2004 2:05:19 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator (This space outsourced to India)
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To: TheBigB

Actually so do I. It's always funny to see B and C list celibs screwing up at poker.


36 posted on 08/02/2004 2:06:07 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (Conservative, Republican, Raider Fan)
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To: TheBigB

Actually so do I. It's always funny to see B and C list celibs screwing up at poker.


37 posted on 08/02/2004 2:06:17 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (Conservative, Republican, Raider Fan)
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To: wallcrawlr

Apparently, it's cheaper than a standard test pattern.


38 posted on 08/02/2004 2:06:30 PM PDT by Sloth (John Kerry: Frank Burns with Charles Winchester's pedigree.)
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To: wallcrawlr

Hey, maybe he'll get an audience of more than 13 people.


39 posted on 08/02/2004 2:25:26 PM PDT by TBP
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To: wallcrawlr
The guy is humorless and preaches hate and ignorance. I'm glad he doesn't claim to represent my beliefs.
40 posted on 08/02/2004 2:34:11 PM PDT by wasnova
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