Cspans 12part television series produced in cooperation with the national constitution center, exploring the issues, people, and places involved in some of the most significant supreme court cases in our nations history. With booknotes, cspan established a popular television forum for writers of history, biography, politics, and public affairs. Cspan3 offers special programming focusing on american history from past and present. All 801 transcripts are available online and the 801 shows can be viewed online via the booknotes website. For sixteen years, from 1989 to 2004, booknotes was cspans signature authorinterview program. Getting whacked in the head by cspan was like getting kneed in the groin by mother teresa. Communicate with the cspan online staff, viewer services, and others at the network. Includes an extensive online archive dating from 1989 up to the present of author interviews in texttranscript form, with many excerpts also available in audio andor video realplayer format. The book tv weekendlong programming schedule grew out of the success of cspans longrunning booknotes series, which since 1989 was.
Cspan is committed to live gaveltogavel coverage of the house of representatives and the u. Sunday nights author interview focuses on nonfiction books related to history, economics, politics and. It was a time of rapid growth in the number of cable television channels available in the united states, and lamb envisioned a cableindustry financed nonprofit. Cspan3 is currently available in 49 million digital cable tv households and is streamed live online at.
House and senate and 24 houraday simulcasts of cspan. Cspan founder brian lamb brian lamb, the founder of cspan, is one of the most respected interviewers on television. We invite your comments about our web site, our television programming, and any books you want to. Users of can access cspan programming from their computers. Cspans booknotes going off the air james joyner wednesday, august 11, 2004 3 comments wapo cspan writes last chapter of booknotes. Every weekend from 8am et saturday to 8am et monday on cspan3. Please click authors image, name, or program title for video and detail information. For the 15th anniversary of his booknotes program, he has a collection of. I looked at the side of his camera and saw a cspan decal. Cspan programs three public affairs television networks covering capitol hill, the white house and national politics. Due to this live coverage, we are only able to schedule events more than a few hours in advance.
In 1994, cspan partnered with the seven illinois cities and towns which hosted the 1858 u. Cspan founder brian lamb dishes on dc media 572014 duration. Cspan began cspan3 operations in january 2001 as a digital service. Any revenue realized from this program goes into a general account to help fund cspan. Brian lamb, cspans chairman and former chief executive officer, conceived cspan in 1975 while working as the washington, d. Initially, book notes was broadcast from 1989 to 2004 in the form of.
In 2012, lamb stepped down as ceo of cspan, handing over control to rob kennedy and susan swain. Professor stephen ambrose, the author of several books including the three authorized biographies of former president dwight david. Book tv is the name given to weekend programming on the american cable network cspan2. Lamb is known for his intelligence and his evenhanded interview style. However, cspan only receives this revenue if your book purchase is made using the links on this page. A companion web site to cspan s sunday author interview series.
A comprehensive, live twohour look at one authors work, with questions from viewers via phone, email, and social media. Watch full episodes of booknotes and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Check out todays tv schedule for cspan 2 and take a look at what is scheduled for the next 2 weeks. Booknotes segments continue to be reaired on cspan s companion network cspan 2, during saturday book tv broadcasts, while cspan 3 airs repeat segments every weeknight at 11 p. Senator rand paul rky talked about his book, the case against socialism, in which he discussed the history of after words with ben howe. Brian lamb, the networks ceo, was the programs host. Brian lamb, the founding ceo of cspan, was the host of booknotes since its inception in 1989, and has read each of the more than 600 books that the program has featured. In january, 2011, cspan expanded its programming offerings with a new historybased service airing weekends on cspan3. David patraeus book and one of the women in the center of a cia sex scandal. Span s original series exploring american history through the writers who have shaped the course of this nation. Prior to launching cspan in 1979, lamb held various communications roles including. For the most recent list of upcoming book fairs, please check the schedule on the right side of the page. Cspan televises many proceedings of the united states federal government, as well as other public affairs programming.
Senate debates between incumbent democratic senator stephen a. Booknotes tv listings, tv schedule and episode guide tv. And that was aanother sense of how the white house moved the president around and determined his schedule always with an. American history tv ahtv features programming geared toward history lovers with 48 hours every weekend of people and events that document the american story. Booknotes was launched in 1989 as a forum for books about history, politics, and public affairs. Focusing exclusively on contemporary nonfiction books, the booknotes series created an unparalleled television forum for writers of history, biography, politics, and public affairs. Brian lamb, the host of booknotes, an author interview program on the cable television network cspan, recently announced that the weekly program will cease production in december. Cspan has also created book tv, which is seen on cspan 2 and carries 48 hours of nonstop nonfiction book related program each weekend. A companion web site to cspans sunday author interview series. She was interviewed by author and journalist susannah cahalan. A political callin program that touches on political and legislative issues. Book tv presented highlights from our monthly in depth series, which included interviews with authors milton friedman.
Alaska atlantic central eastern hawaii mountain newfoundland pacific samoa. Cspan booknotes cold open shows, episodes, schedule. Offering live streams of all three cspan networks, provides live, gaveltogavel coverage of the u. Cspan, a public service of your cable or satellite tv provider, covers congressdc. Book tv covers many book festivals each year, many of them live. In a firstofitskind project for television, cspan is teaming up with the white house historical association whha for a new, twoseason original series. Each weekend, book tv features 48 hours of nonfiction books from saturday 8am et to monday 8am et. Find out when and where you can watch booknotes episodes with tvguides full tv listings youll never miss another moment from your favorite show. Cable network teams with white house historical association for 35part feature series. Journalist and historian craig fehrman analyzes american presidents through the lens of the books theyve written.
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