NOW (TV series)
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| NOW | |
|---|---|
| Genre | News/Documentary |
| Created by | John Siceloff |
| Presented by | Bill Moyers (January 18, 2002 - December 17, 2004) David Brancaccio (January 7, 2005 - Present) |
| Theme music composer | Douglas J. Cuomo |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
John Siceloff |
| Running time | 60 minutes (January 18, 2002 - December 17, 2004) 30 minutes (January 7, 2005 - Present) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | PBS |
| Original run | January 18, 2002 – Present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
NOW is a PBS newsmagazine especially covering social and political issues.
First airing in January 2002, and originally called NOW with Bill Moyers, the program was launched as a collaboration between NPR news and PBS. the program featured documentary reporting, interviews and commentary on current events. Bill Moyers served initally as sole host of the program while NPR reporters and commentators produced individual segments for the hour long-program.
In the autumn of 2003, David Brancaccio was introduced as a co-host. In 2004, the Chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Kenneth Tomlinson paid an outside consultant $14,000 to watch NOW with Bill Moyers and analyze the politics of the show. The study was not approved by the CPB. after the study became public in 2005, many including the CPB-funded NPR, criticized the resulting study as being full of errors and a waste of money.[1] [2]
In the summer of 2004 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced that it would no longer provide funding for NOW. Moyers subsequently announced that he would leave the show after the US 2004 elections and appeared for the last time on December 17, 2004. After his departure, the show was reduced to a half hour.
