After Words
{{Short description|American television series}}
{{for|the film of the same name|After Words (film)}}
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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.{{cite news |title=BookTV Eyes More Original Programming |author=Jim Milliot |newspaper=Publishers Weekly |date=10 January 2005 }}
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.c-span.org/series/?afterWords |title=After Words |work=C-SPAN.org |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=19 October 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101026064352/http://www.booktv.org/Series/AW/After-Words.aspx| archive-date= 26 October 2010 | url-status= live}}
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.{{cite news |title=The Last Author Of One Last Book For One Final Hour |author=Tony Biffle |newspaper=The Sun Herald |date= 5 December 2004}} {{As of|2010|December}}, After Words has produced more than 260 hours of programming.{{cite web |url= http://www.c-span.org/about/company/index.asp?code=MILESTONES |title=C-SPAN Milestones |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=1 December 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101209032304/http://c-span.org/about/company/index.asp?code=MILESTONES| archive-date= 9 December 2010 | url-status= live}}
Noteworthy authors and guest hosts who have appeared on the program include: Jimmy Carter, interviewed by Douglas Brinkley;{{cite web |url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/AfterWords |title=After Words with Jimmy Carter |date=21 September 2010 |work=C-SPAN Video Library |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=15 December 2010}} Bob Dole, interviewed by Rick Atkinson;{{cite web |url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/BobDol |title=After Words with Bob Dole |date=15 April 2005 |work=C-SPAN Video Library |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=15 December 2010}} Andrea Mitchell interviewed by Samuel Robert Lichter{{cite web |url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/AndreaM |title=After Words with Andrea Mitchell |date=14 September 2005 |work=C-SPAN Video Library |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=15 December 2010}} and Simon Schama interviewed by Edna Medford.{{cite web |url= http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SimonS |title=After Words with Simon Schama |date=26 June 2006 |work=C-SPAN Video Library |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=15 December 2010}}
Show format
The program is an hour-long author interview-based talk show, focusing on non-fiction writers, with different participants each week. On each program an author is interviewed about their book by a guest host who is an expert on the topic of the book. The goal of this format, as stated by C-SPAN, is to put a "different spin" on the usual format of author interview programs. After Words is now a weekly part of Book TV's schedule, along with History on Book TV, Book Parties and Festivals, Public Lives and Encore Booknotes.{{cite news |title=Book bus finds story of Bates worth stop |author=Kyle Brazzel |newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |date=25 October 2005}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.c-span.org/series/?afterWords}}
- {{IMDb title|1088131}}
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Category:C-SPAN original programming
Category:2005 American television series debuts
Category:2000s American television talk shows
Category:2010s American television talk shows
Category:2020s American television talk shows