The Jane Pauley Show

{{Short description|US television program}}

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| genre = Talk show

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| presenter = Jane Pauley

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-ca-st-jane-pauley-cbs-sunday-morning-20180525-story.html|title=Jane Pauley, so masterful at reinvention, reaches a new level with 'CBS Sunday Morning'|date=May 25, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times}}

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| executive_producer = Michael Weisman

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| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 48 minutes

| company = Michael Weisman Productions
Polliwog Media
NBC Universal Television Distribution

| channel = Syndication

| first_aired = {{start date|2004|08|30}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2005|05|25}}

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The Jane Pauley Show is an American syndicated talk show packaged by NBC Universal, hosted by veteran journalist Jane Pauley.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-01-et-quick1.1-story.html|title='Pauley Show' starting slow|date=September 1, 2004|website=Los Angeles Times}} The show premiered on August 30, 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/08/18/jane-pauley-tells-how-shell-compete-oprah/|title=Jane Pauley tells how she'll compete with Oprah|first=Liane |last=Bonin |date=August 18, 2004 |website=EW.com}}

Pauley and other people involved with the show, before its premiere, were not aware of how she would adapt to the medium. Pauley has shown that she can handle serious interviews (from her experience on Today and Dateline NBC), but it was not immediately evident if she could hold her own in a medium which is heavily laden with impersonality.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/la-et-st-jane-pauley-cbs-sunday-morning-new-host-20160925-snap-story.html|title=Jane Pauley to succeed Charles Osgood as host of 'CBS Sunday Morning'|website=Hartford Courant}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/31/arts/television-review-taking-on-hard-life-instead-of-hard-news.html|title=Taking On Hard Life Instead of Hard News|first=Alessandra|last=Stanley|newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 31, 2004}}

The show's ratings were not impressive, and the show was canceled, with the final episode airing in May 2005.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/respectable-ratings-for-jane-pauley-show/|title=Respectable Ratings for Jane Pauley Show|first=Stephen M.

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The show was broadcast from Studio 8G in 30 Rockefeller Center, which had formerly housed a succession of syndicated talk shows including The Phil Donahue Show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, and The Caroline Rhea Show. Studio 8G was also previously home to The Today Show for a period in the late 1970s and early 1980s.