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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. [1]

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The show premiered on November 14, 2006, when Rather was 75 years old. As host, correspondent, and narrator, [2] Rather had been given full creative and editorial control over the new program. [3] Rather planned to focus the show on field correspondence news, investigative journalism, and politics. [4] The hour-long show is broadcast on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET (rebroadcast at 11:00). [2] Its longer format allows for more in-depth presentation of issues. [5]

Initially The New York Times commented that it "seems to favor Democrats who love America". [2]

In 2008, Dan Rather Reports was awarded a News and Documentary Emmy. [6] The show was also nominated for Emmy awards in 2007 and 2009. [7] [8]

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Notes

  1. Mashable man Dan Rather isn't the retiring type, Associated Press, 2015-07-31, archived from the original on 2016-04-28, retrieved 2016-04-04
  2. 1 2 3 Virginia Heffernan (November 16, 2006). "Lowdown on War Veterans, Seasoned Anchor in High-Def". The New York Times . Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  3. Arenstein, Seth (July 31, 2006). "Editor's Note: Cowboys Return to Cable". CableFAX, the Magazine. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  4. "Dan Rather". Tavis Smiley . Public Broadcasting Service. October 30, 2006. Retrieved 2010-04-06.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "'Dan Rather Reports' Marks One Hundred Episodes on HDNet". redOrbit. March 18, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  6. Gough, Paul J. (September 23, 2008). "War stories honored at News Emmys". Reuters . Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  7. Greppi, Michele (July 17, 2007). "Public TV Leads List of News Emmy Nominees". TVWeek . Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  8. "Dan Rather Reports Get Emmy Nomination". HDNet. November 9, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-04-06.

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