''Dan Rather Reports'' is a weekly news television show hosted by former
CBS
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news anchor
Dan Rather
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and airing on
AXS TV
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from 2006 until 2013.
The show premiered on November 14, 2006, when Rather was 75 years old. As host, correspondent, and narrator,
[ Rather had been given full creative and editorial control over the new program. Rather planned to focus the show on field correspondence news, investigative journalism, and politics. The hour-long show is broadcast on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET (rebroadcast at 11:00).]The New York Times
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'' commented that it "seems to favor Democrats who love America".[
In 2008, ''Dan Rather Reports'' was awarded a News and Documentary ]Emmy
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. The show was also nominated for Emmy awards in 2007 and 2009.
Episodes
* '' A National Disgrace''
Notes
External links
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Review at the ''New York Times''
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