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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

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Genre
  
Editorial News Program

Country of origin
  
United States

Original network
  
MSNBC

Presented by
  
Lawrence O'Donnell

Running time
  
60 minutes

Location(s)
  
New York City, New York Universal City, California

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell is an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program on MSNBC. The program airs live at 10:00 P.M. Eastern Time Monday-Thursday, and is hosted by Lawrence O'Donnell. O'Donnell is described by MSNBC as "providing the last word on the biggest issues and most compelling stories of the day."

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The show originally premiered in the 10pm slot Monday-Thursday on September 27, 2010, with the first episode featuring Vice President Joe Biden and Countdown host Keith Olbermann. The show was moved to the 8pm slot in January 2011 when Olbermann's show was canceled. Last Word returned to its original 10pm slot in October 2011.

Guest hosts for the series include Ezra Klein, Steve Kornacki and Ari Melber.

Segments

  • Rewrite - Where O'Donnell takes a recorded interview with a personality and inserts corrective statements between sentences spoken by the personality.

    • Notable guests

  • Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, appeared on September 27, 2010
  • Charlie Crist, Florida governor, Independent candidate for U.S. Senate from Florida in 2010, appeared on September 28, 2010
  • Levi Johnston, Candidate for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska in 2011, appeared on September 28, 2010
  • Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, appeared on October 5, 2010.
  • Howard Dean, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and former Governor of Vermont, appeared October 5, 2010.
  • Ron Paul, former Republican Congressman of Texas's 14th congressional district, appeared October 11, 2010.
  • Valerie Plame, former CIA operative, and husband Joe Wilson appeared on October 19, 2010.

    • References

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