''After Words'' is an
American television series
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on the
C-SPAN2 network's weekend programming schedule known as ''
Book TV''. The program is an hour-long talk show, each week featuring an interview with the author of a new nonfiction book. The program has no regular host. Instead, each author is paired with a guest host who is familiar with the author or the subject matter of their book.
The program airs on Saturday at 10 p.m.
Eastern Time
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* Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behi ...
, with encores on Sunday at 12 p.m. and at 9 p.m., and Monday at 12 a.m.
History
''After Words'' debuted on January 2, 2005, with
Norman J. Ornstein from the
American Enterprise Institute
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interviewing
Newt Gingrich
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about his book ''Winning the Future''.
Jimmy Carter
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, interviewed by Douglas Brinkley
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; Bob Dole
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, interviewed by Rick Atkinson; Andrea Mitchell interviewed by Samuel Robert Lichter and Simon Schama
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interviewed by Edna Medford.
Show format
The program is an hour-long author interview-based talk show, focusing on non-fiction writers, with different participants each week.[ On each program an author is interviewed about their book by a guest host who is an expert on the topic of the book. The goal of this format, as stated by C-SPAN, is to put a "different spin" on the usual format of author interview programs.][ ''After Words'' is now a weekly part of ''Book TVs schedule, along with ''History on Book TV'', ''Book Parties and Festivals'', ''Public Lives'' and '' Encore Booknotes''.]
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