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After Words

American television series

Summary

American television series

Field	Value
image	AfterWords logo 200px.jpg
genre	Talk show
country	United States
num_seasons
channel	C-SPAN2
first_aired
last_aired	present
related	Booknotes

After Words is an American television series on the C-SPAN2 network's weekend programming schedule known as Book TV. The program is an hour-long talk show, each week featuring an interview with the author of a new nonfiction book. The program has no regular host. Instead, each author is paired with a guest host who is familiar with the author or the subject matter of their book.

The program airs on Saturday at 10 p.m. Eastern Time, with encores on Sunday at 12 p.m. and at 9 p.m., and Monday at 12 a.m.

History

After Words debuted on January 2, 2005, with Norman J. Ornstein from the American Enterprise Institute interviewing Newt Gingrich about his book Winning the Future. , After Words has produced more than 260 hours of programming.

Noteworthy authors and guest hosts who have appeared on the program include: Jimmy Carter, interviewed by Douglas Brinkley; Bob Dole, interviewed by Rick Atkinson; Andrea Mitchell interviewed by Samuel Robert Lichter and Simon Schama interviewed by Edna Medford.

Show format

The program is an hour-long author interview-based talk show, focusing on non-fiction writers, with different participants each week.

References

Jim Milliot. (10 January 2005). "BookTV Eyes More Original Programming". Publishers Weekly.
"After Words". C-SPAN.
Tony Biffle. (5 December 2004). "The Last Author Of One Last Book For One Final Hour". The Sun Herald.
"C-SPAN Milestones". C-SPAN.
(21 September 2010). "After Words with Jimmy Carter". C-SPAN.
(15 April 2005). "After Words with Bob Dole". C-SPAN.
(14 September 2005). "After Words with Andrea Mitchell". C-SPAN.
(26 June 2006). "After Words with Simon Schama". C-SPAN.
Kyle Brazzel. (25 October 2005). "Book bus finds story of Bates worth stop". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

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