Dan Rather Reports

Dan Rather Reports is a weekly news television show hosted by former CBS news anchor Dan Rather and airing on AXS TV from 2006 until 2013.^[1]

Dan Rather Reports
Original release
Network	AXS TV

The show premiered on November 14, 2006, when Rather was 75 years old. As host, correspondent, and narrator,^[2] Rather had been given full creative and editorial control over the new program.^[3] Rather planned to focus the show on field correspondence news, investigative journalism, and politics.^[4] The hour-long show is broadcast on Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET (rebroadcast at 11:00).^[2] Its longer format allows for more in-depth presentation of issues.^[5]

Initially The New York Times commented that it "seems to favor Democrats who love America".^[2]

In 2008, Dan Rather Reports was awarded a News and Documentary Emmy.^[6] The show was also nominated for Emmy awards in 2007 and 2009.^[7][8]

Episodes

• A National Disgrace

Notes

1. "Mashable man Dan Rather isn't the retiring type". Associated Press. 2015-07-31. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
2. Virginia Heffernan (November 16, 2006). "Lowdown on War Veterans, Seasoned Anchor in High-Def". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
3. Arenstein, Seth (July 31, 2006). "Editor's Note: Cowboys Return to Cable". CableFAX, the Magazine. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
4. "Dan Rather". Tavis Smiley. Public Broadcasting Service. October 30, 2006. Retrieved 2010-04-06.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "'Dan Rather Reports' Marks One Hundred Episodes on HDNet". redOrbit. March 18, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
6. Gough, Paul J. (September 23, 2008). "War stories honored at News Emmys". Reuters. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
7. Greppi, Michele (July 17, 2007). "Public TV Leads List of News Emmy Nominees". TVWeek. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
8. "Dan Rather Reports Get Emmy Nomination". HDNet. November 9, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-04-06.

External links

• Official website
• Dan Rather Reports at IMDb
• Review at the New York Times