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1Critically 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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3Shares a similar premise to the Canadian ''Series/TheNewsroom1996'' and the Australian ''Series/{{Frontline}}'', but is otherwise unrelated. Not to be confused with Creator/TheABC's late-night news program.
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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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