1 | Critically acclaimed ShortRunner (1998-9) NBC SitCom, co-created by and starring (future Senator) Al Franken, about the quirky characters who work on a ''Nightline''-type news show. A little like ''Series/SportsNight'', substituting neuroses for articulateness. |
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3 | Shares a similar premise to the Canadian ''Series/TheNewsroom1996'' and the Australian ''Series/{{Frontline}}'', but is otherwise unrelated. Not to be confused with the [[Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation ABC]]'s late-night news program. |
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5 | !!This show provides examples of: |
6 | * AdamWesting: Some of the celebrity cameos, like arch-conservative talk radio host G. Gordon Liddy. |
7 | * TheCameo: Many political and media figures made appearances on the show. |
8 | * TheChewToy: The ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update]]'' RunningGag of Al having bad things happen to him on reporting assignments gets carried over to this show |
9 | * TheDanza: Sen. Creator/AlFranken as Al Freundlich. |
10 | * {{Expy}}: Creator/DanaCarvey appeared twice as Senator Crowl Pickens, an expy of the late Senator Strom Thurmond. |
11 | * FailureKnight: The [[SmallNameBigEgo Ted Baxter-ish]] newsanchor and his assistant Mona. |
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