Dan Rather Reports

{{Short description|American weekly news television show}}

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Dan Rather Reports is a weekly news television show hosted by former CBS news anchor Dan Rather and airing on AXS TV from 2006 until 2013.{{cite news|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7d8bda585fc1446eb1dbdfbd388c1ea9/mashable-man-dan-rather-isnt-retiring-type/ |title=Mashable man Dan Rather isn't the retiring type |agency=Associated Press |accessdate=2016-04-04 |date=2015-07-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428072451/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7d8bda585fc1446eb1dbdfbd388c1ea9/mashable-man-dan-rather-isnt-retiring-type/ |archivedate=2016-04-28 }}

The show premiered on November 14, 2006, when Rather was 75 years old. As host, correspondent, and narrator, Rather had been given full creative and editorial control over the new program.{{cite news | author=Arenstein, Seth | title=Editor's Note: Cowboys Return to Cable | work=CableFAX, the Magazine | date=July 31, 2006 | url=http://www.cable360.net/cablefaxmag/programming/people/18807.html | accessdate=2010-04-06}} Rather planned to focus the show on field correspondence news, investigative journalism, and politics.{{cite web | title=Dan Rather | work=Tavis Smiley | date=October 30, 2006 | publisher=Public Broadcasting Service | url=https://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200610/20061030_rather.html | accessdate=2010-04-06 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The hour-long show is broadcast on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET (rebroadcast at 11:00).{{cite news | author=Virginia Heffernan | author-link=Virginia Heffernan | title=Lowdown on War Veterans, Seasoned Anchor in High-Def | work=The New York Times | date=November 16, 2006 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/16/arts/television/16heff.html?_r=1 | accessdate=2010-04-06}} Its longer format allows for more in-depth presentation of issues.{{cite news | title='Dan Rather Reports' Marks One Hundred Episodes on HDNet | work=redOrbit | date=March 18, 2009 | url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/entertainment/1656768/dan_rather_reports_marks_one_hundred_episodes_on_hdnet/ | accessdate=2010-04-06 | archive-date=2012-09-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926001903/http://www.redorbit.com/news/entertainment/1656768/dan_rather_reports_marks_one_hundred_episodes_on_hdnet/ | url-status=dead }}

Initially The New York Times commented that it "seems to favor Democrats who love America".

In 2008, Dan Rather Reports was awarded a News and Documentary Emmy.{{cite news | author=Gough, Paul J. | title=War stories honored at News Emmys | date=September 23, 2008 | work=Reuters | url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE48M3XN20080923 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717000535/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE48M3XN20080923 | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 17, 2012 | accessdate=2010-04-06}} The show was also nominated for Emmy awards in 2007 and 2009.{{cite news|author=Greppi, Michele |title=Public TV Leads List of News Emmy Nominees |work=TVWeek |date=July 17, 2007 |url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/07/public_tv_leads_list_of_news_e.php |accessdate=2010-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926143534/http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/07/public_tv_leads_list_of_news_e.php |archivedate=2012-09-26 }}{{cite web|title=Dan Rather Reports Get Emmy Nomination |date=November 9, 2009 |publisher=HDNet |url=http://blog.hd.net/post/238247667/dan-rather-reports-gets-emmy-nom |accessdate=2010-04-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723142730/http://blog.hd.net/post/238247667/dan-rather-reports-gets-emmy-nom |archivedate=2011-07-23 }}