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5.9/10 TV Narrated by John Hartge Country of origin United States First episode date 7 November 1954 | 6/10 IMDb Created by Frank Stanton Composer(s) Peter Fish Original language(s) English Presented by John Dickerson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theme music composer Score Productions (1991–2002)
Peter Fish (2002–present) Executive producers Mary Hager, Rob Hendin, Jill Jackson, Emily Bradley, Kimberlee Shaffir Awards News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis Genres News, Talk show, Public affairs Similar Meet the Press, Fox News Sunday, CBS This Morning, CBS News Sunday Morning, Today Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Face the Nation is an American Sunday morning political interview show broadcast on the CBS television network. Created by Frank Stanton in 1954, it is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television. The current moderator is John Dickerson, who succeeded long-time moderator Bob Schieffer beginning with the June 7, 2015, broadcast.
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Overview
Each Sunday, the program's moderator interviews newsmakers on the latest political and socioeconomic issues, and delivers a short topical commentary at the end of the broadcast. The program generally broadcasts from CBS News' bureau in Washington, D.C. Guests include government leaders, politicians, and international figures in the news. CBS News correspondents and other contributors often engage the guests in a roundtable discussion focusing on current topics. The program is broadcast live at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time/9:30 a.m. Central Time (immediately following CBS News Sunday Morning), although most CBS affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone air it at 8:30 a.m. local time. Local affiliates are free to air the show at the time of their choosing, usually before noon local time. A delayed audio broadcast of the program is also carried on a handful of radio affiliates through the CBS Radio Network.
History
Face the Nation premiered on November 7, 1954, and was originally broadcast on Sunday afternoons at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The program's original host was Tedd Koop, then the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for CBS News. On that first program, his guest was Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy.
Face the Nation became the last Sunday morning talk show to begin broadcasting in high definition in July 2011 (leaving only CBS's overnight news program Up to the Minute as the only American news program on the major broadcast networks and cable news channels that continued to broadcast in standard definition, until it converted to HD in late November 2012).
In April 2015 Schieffer, the program's moderator since 1991, announced he would be retiring in the summer. CBS subsequently announced that John Dickerson would succeed Schieffer as moderator.
Moderators
The following is the list of moderators for Face the Nation
Program length
The program ran 30 minutes for much of its history. It expanded to 60 minutes for a preliminary 20-week period in April 2012 and was extended to that time length permanently on July 29, 2012. There is a deliberate break between the first and second half of the program, to allow local affiliates to begin airing another program if they wish to do so.
Approximately 64% of the stations affiliated with CBS air the second half-hour contiguously with the first; the remainder either do not air the second half-hour at all or air that portion of the program on a tape delayed basis, because of station commitments to other programming. Other stations choose to air the second half-hour after primetime following their late local newscasts or in a later timeslot as part of their late night schedule.