''The Gavin Newsom Show'' was a weekly one-hour

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hosted by then-

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, and airing on

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from 2012 - 2013. The show featured one-on-one interviews with notable residents of California, guests included

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. Mia Haugen, a former executive at

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, was the executive producer. It was, according to Newsom, "a political show without politicians. Meaning, I'm in politics, I'm on a network that's dominantly political, and I happen to believe, firmly, that for politics to change,

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needs to change, meaning the best politics is the better idea. And, we cannot restrict ourselves in the political dialogue to sourcing ideas from the politicians and

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History

Originally, Newsom asked Current TV if they would let him use their equipment to do a

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; they rejected that request, with a proposal instead that he do his show on their network. The show was a replacement for ''

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'' and premiered on May 18, 2012, with guests

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Cancellation

On January 2, 2013 it was announced that the show was going off the air. According to his spokesman "The Gavin Newsom Show was a great opportunity for which he is grateful," spokesman Peter Ragone said in a prepared statement. "The lieutenant governor's's original agreement with Current is set to expire this month and he had already decided on moving in a new direction." According to his spokesman the departure was unrelated to Current's acquisition by

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which happened around the same time.

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