6.8 /10 1 Votes
6.4/10 TV Country of origin United States No. of seasons 47 Running time 30 minutes Production location Washington, D.C. | 7.2/10 IMDb Narrated by Paul Anthony Original language(s) English No. of episodes 2,000 First episode date 23 February 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original network NET (1967–1970); PBS (1970–present) Presented by Max Kampelman, Robert MacNeil, Paul Duke, Gwen Ifill Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis Similar PBS NewsHour, The Chris Matthews Show, Meet the Press, Face the Nation, To the Contrary Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington Week—previously Washington Week in Review—is an American public affairs television program which has aired on PBS and its predecessor, National Educational Television, since 1967. Unlike other panel discussion shows which encourage informal (sometimes vociferous) debates as a means of presentation, Washington Week consistently follows a path of civility and moderation. Its format is that of a roundtable featuring the show's moderator and between two and four Washington-based journalists.
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Background
Washington Week in Review was first broadcast on February 23, 1967, on NET, and was picked up by PBS in 1970. Since moving to PBS, Washington Week has used a panel discussion format, moderated by a host, most recently Gwen Ifill who was the host from the time Ken Bode was fired in 1999 until her death on November 14, 2016. A successor was not announced immediately. It was Ifill who shortened the name when she took over, as a sign that "the show would spend more time looking forward".
Washington Week is on PBS's national primetime lineup; because of the subscriber nature of PBS, local presentation of Washington Week is scheduled by individual stations, and air times vary by market, though the most dominant airing pattern is it leading off primetime on Friday evenings with weekend afternoon encores on most PBS member stations, and several airings per week on PBS World. The program is produced by WETA-TV in Washington, D.C.
In 2006, Washington Week made an agreement with National Journal which ensures that at least one National Journal reporter is on the show.
Since its first episode in 1967, the program's announcer has been Paul Anthony.