''Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien'' is a weekly

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public affairs television talk program hosted by journalist

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. The show is produced by

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and is distributed to TV stations in national broadcast television syndication by

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. It airs on TV stations nationwide in weekend program slots, primarily in the Sunday morning talk program block. It also airs on a one-week-after-broadcast basis on

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. ''Matter of Fact'' was originally launched in November 2015 and was hosted by entrepreneur and political commentator

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. Beginning with the 2016-2017 TV season, O'Brien succeeded Espuelas in the hosting role. A September 2017 ''Matter of Fact'' special, hosted by O'Brien, aired in prime-time on stations including

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in Boston,

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in Orlando, and

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in Pittsburgh, addressing the nationwide opioid-abuse crisis. In April 2018, it was announced that the program had been renewed for the 2018-2019 TV season and that new agreements with multiple station groups had expanded the show's audience reach to 90% of U.S. TV households. In January 2020, the show was recognized by the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) with a NATPE Iris Award of Excellence. In October 2020, O'Brien and the ''Matter of Fact'' producers launched a "listening tour" on race and justice with a 75-minute digital special, ''The Hard Truth About Bias: Images and Reality,'' which streamed across the digital platforms of many of Hearst's consumer media brands, including television stations, newspapers, various magazines and on Matter of Fact's website,

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and

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Live channels. This was followed in March 2021 with a 90-minute digital presentation, ''To Be An American: Identity, Race and Justice''. Both productions featured guests from entertainment, journalism, and academia.

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