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26-586: TV Nation is a satirical news magazine television series written, co-produced, directed and hosted by Michael Moore that was co-funded and originally broadcast by NBC in the United States and BBC2 in the United Kingdom. The show blended humor and journalism into provocative reports about various issues. After moving to Fox for its second (and final) season, the show won an Emmy Award in 1995 for Outstanding Informational Series. TV Nation

52-613: A daily newscast, news magazines allow more in-depth coverage of specific topics, including current affairs , investigative journalism (including hidden camera investigations), major interviews, and human-interest stories. The BBC 's Panorama was one of the earliest examples, premiering in 1953. In the United States , the Big Three networks all currently produce at least one weekly news magazine, including ABC 's 20/20 , CBS 's 60 Minutes , and NBC's Dateline ;

78-428: A larger focus on tabloid stories (including celebrities such as Michael Jackson , and the O.J. Simpson and Menendez brothers murder cases) rather than the harder journalism associated with 60 Minutes and 20/20 at the time. CNN president Ed Turner argued that these shows had eclipsed the networks' evening newscasts as their flagship programs at the expense of their news divisions' traditions of hard news. By

104-568: A lobbyist for $ 5,000 could get the Congress to declare a "TV Nation Day" (he got a bill introduced, but it never passed); and " Crackers the Corporate Crime Fighting Chicken ." Among its correspondents were Merrill Markoe , Janeane Garofalo , Karen Duffy , Jonathan Katz , Rusty Cundieff and Louis Theroux . Crackers was first portrayed by Lee Brownstein, but TV Nation writer John Derevlany played Crackers for

130-469: A married couple, were approached by Warner Bros. television about creating ideas for a television series. However, Moore was intent on making the full-length film Canadian Bacon after writing the script in the summer of 1991. After having his script passed on many times, it was on a visit to Hollywood in November 1992 about the movie that Moore received a phone call in his hotel room from NBC. Without

156-457: A pilot episode had the go-ahead. 42% of Americans feel that Kato Kaelin should be a passenger on the next space shuttle, whether he wants to go or not. TV Nation poll conducted by Widgery & Associates Production on the pilot episode of TV Nation began in January 1993. Moore initially turned to friends and colleagues in many production areas, while also making a point of ensuring

182-417: A single TV show idea in mind, Moore agreed to meet with NBC executives about TV show ideas that afternoon. Frantic for ideas, Moore brainstormed over a carphone with producer Glynn on his half-hour drive to Burbank , out of which TV Nation spawned. As Moore and Glynn would later describe it, TV Nation "would be a humorous magazine show but with one distinct difference—it would have a point of view." Expecting

208-471: A style similar to Moore's feature-length documentaries such as The Big One (1998). The show featured segments such as "The Corporate Challenge," in which CEOs were challenged to prove they could use the products their companies created; the storming of the supposedly "private" beach in Greenwich, Connecticut ; hiring ex-KGB officer Yuri Shvets to conduct investigations; an experiment to see if hiring

234-545: Is no longer as absolute as it was in the past due to competition from variety shows such as SBT 's Programa Silvio Santos , and from Record 's competing news magazine Domingo Espetacular. 5.Este es un ejemplo de News Magazines: https://newsmagazinesbc.com The Big One (film) The Big One is a 1997 documentary film written and directed by documentarian filmmaker and activist Michael Moore , and released by Miramax Films . The film documents Moore during his tour promoting his 1996 book Downsize This! around

260-403: The 1980s; an examination of the extreme anti-abortion movement; and re-enacting the 1992 Los Angeles riots using Civil War re-enactors. ...be it Resolved, that August 16, 1994, shall be designated as "TV Nation Day." Bill HJ 365 IH , 103rd Congress , 2nd session TV Nation won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series on September 8, 1995, and was later named number 90 on

286-496: The U.S. have produced news magazines, although they have largely been displaced by cheaper programming acquired from the syndication market. An exception is WCVB-TV in Boston, which has continued to produce the nightly news magazine Chronicle since 1982. In Brazil, TV Globo 's news magazine Fantástico has aired on Sunday nights. Historically, it has been one of the top programs on Brazilian television, although its dominance

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312-537: The United States. Through the 47 towns he visits, Moore discovers and describes American economic failings and the fear of unemployment of American workers. Much of the film features Moore unsuccessfully chasing the heads and chief executives of major corporations around the US in order to confront them or conduct a personal in-depth interview. He is eventually able to talk with Phil Knight at Nike . The film criticizes President Bill Clinton , and other major candidates in

338-498: The concept to be quickly dismissed by NBC executives during the meeting, Moore proceeded to describe the show in the most ludicrous ways possible, saying, "it would be a cross between 60 Minutes and Fidel Castro on laughing gas." Instead of quickly dismissing Moore's pitch, the NBC executives (including Warren Littlefield ) were laughing. When Moore returned to his hotel, a message had already been left for him saying that production of

364-545: The correspondents visits drug stores and inquires about extra-small sized condoms . The second unaired segment at the end of Volume Two looks at the Phelps family , known for picketing the funerals of AIDS victims. Three additional segments were not allowed to air on American television, although all aired in United Kingdom: A segment on a support group formed for executives involved in the savings and loan crisis of

390-436: The current formats of 20/20 and Dateline focus predominantly on true crime stories. News magazines proliferated on network schedules in the early 1990s, as they had lower production costs in comparison to scripted programs, and could attract equivalent if not larger audiences. At the same time, newer newsmagazines—as well as syndicated offerings such as A Current Affair , Hard Copy and Inside Edition —often had

416-400: The head of BBC2 heard about the pilot, and after watching it offered to buy the show. With firm interest in the show, NBC offered to put TV Nation into its summer 1994 lineup. Season one was originally broadcast in the United States on NBC in the summer of 1994, with the premiere airing July 19, 1994. After NBC canceled the show after one season, it was subsequently picked up by Fox , and

442-421: The late-1990s, Dateline would establish a niche in true crime to set it apart from its competitors—a format that would bolster its popularity, and lead the show to being on as many as five times per-week at its peak. Most of these magazines and their frequent airings would fall out of favor by the 2000s, being largely displaced by the emerging genre of reality television . Some local television stations in

468-630: The list of the British Film Institute 's 100 Greatest British Television Programmes . During its original broadcast run, TV Nation working with the well known Washington lobbyist William C. Chasey was recognized by the United States Congress in resolution H.J. 365, which declared August 16, 1994 as "TV Nation Day." The bill was introduced by Rep. Howard Coble , R, North Carolina, co-sponsored by Rep. Floyd H. Flake D, New York. TV Guide named TV Nation one of

494-422: The remainder of the show's run. TV Nation also featured humorous (but true) public opinion polls, each conducted by the firm of Widgery and Associates from a random sample of Americans. The release of TV Nation on two VHS volumes in 1997 offered a chance to view two unaired segments considered too controversial to be aired on broadcast television at the time. In the first segment at the end of Volume One, one of

520-575: The second season aired in the summer of 1995. TV Nation is that rarest of species—a television program both funny and important. Robert Goldberg, The Wall Street Journal TV Nation was formatted as a newsmagazine, with stories interspersed by short clips of the show's theme (for example, Moore spending a day with Dr. Jack Kevorkian ) and factual polls surveying the American public. The show's investigative reports delved into various aspects of American life, and they were filmed and presented in

546-469: The show's employees were unionized . For the show's title sequence, graphic designer Chris Harvey put together the images, and music group tomandandy wrote the TV Nation theme. After completing the pilot in three months, both NBC executives and focus groups were highly impressed with the show. But without room in their fall 1993 schedule, NBC indefinitely delayed committing to a full season. That winter,

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572-563: The ten best television shows of 1995. In December 1995, the Fox network decided not to pick up its option for more episodes of the show, despite receiving more letters and mail than they ever had for any show. By January 1997, the BBC had raised all of the necessary money for an eight-episode-long third season of TV Nation , receiving funds from TV networks in five different countries (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and France). What prevented

598-464: The third season from becoming a reality was a lack of a major American television network outlet for the show. During this time reruns of the show began appearing on Comedy Central , and ratings for the first week were, in Moore's words, "incredible." After TV Nation ended, two VHS volumes of the show were released in 1997. Adventures in a TV Nation , a book about the series written by Moore and Glynn,

624-450: Was created in the wake of the success Moore had with the documentary Roger & Me , prompting Warner Bros. Television to ask Moore for television series ideas. In January 1993, NBC green-lit a pilot episode which took three months to complete. Interest from the BBC prompted NBC to insert the show into its summer 1994 lineup. After the success of the 1989 documentary Roger & Me , Michael Moore and producer Kathleen Glynn , then

650-586: Was originally greenlighted in 2017 with the title "Live from the Apocalypse" and developed for TNT. News magazine Radio news magazines are similar to television news magazines. Unlike radio newscasts, which are typically about five minutes in length, radio news magazines can run from 30 minutes to three hours or more. Television news magazines provide a similar service to print news magazines, but their stories are presented as short television documentaries rather than written articles; in contrast to

676-650: Was published in 1998. The funding previously acquired from British broadcaster Channel 4 for a third season eventually turned into the new TV series The Awful Truth . It was broadcast on the Bravo cable television network in the US from 1999 to 2000. There are currently no known reruns of TV Nation being shown by a United States TV station or cable channel, nor are there any plans to release it on DVD or to online video sites like Hulu.com. Two VHS video cassettes were released in 1997 by Columbia TriStar Home Video. In 2019, TBS cancelled plans to reboot TV Nation . The series

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