A Current Affair (American TV program)

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A Current Affair
A Current Affair logo.
GenreTelevision news magazine
Presented byMaury Povich (1986–1990)
Maureen O'Boyle (1990–1994)
Jim Ryan (1994)
Penny Daniels (1994–1995)
Jon Scott (1995–1996)
Tim Green (2005)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerPeter Brennan
EditorBurt Kearns
Running time22–24 minutes
Production companies20th Century Fox Television
(1986-1992)
20th Television
(1992-1996, 2005)
Original release
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseJuly 28, 1986 (1986-07-28) –
August 30, 1996 (1996-08-30)
ReleaseMarch 21 (2005-03-21) –
October 28, 2005 (2005-10-28)

A Current Affair is an American

newsmagazine program that aired in syndication from July 28, 1986, to August 30, 1996, before it was briefly rebroadcast from March to October 2005. The program was produced by Fox Television Stations,[1] and based at Fox's New York City flagship station WNYW, starting as a local production in 1986. It was syndicated to Fox's other owned-and-operated stations the next year, and then went into full national syndication in September 1988. Its signature "ka-chung" sound effect was created using a combination of the sound of a construction paper cutter and the swing of a golf club put through a synthesizer.[2][3]

Overview

The program was originally hosted by

News Corporation
.

Initially, the program was broadcast as an irreverent, late-night broadcast on WNYW, but as it expanded, and under the direction of Brennan and producers Burt Kearns and Wayne Darwen, the program began to cover stories throughout America that were overlooked or ignored by the then-dominant network news organizations.

The

Hard Copy and Inside Edition (the latter of which remains on the air today), along with the many talk shows that dominated daytime TV during the 1990s.[4]

Revival

On March 21, 2005, the program was revived after a nine-year hiatus. Former

O&Os including UPN affiliates). This resurrection would be short- lived, however, as the departure from the Fox organization of Lachlan Murdoch and his replacement by 20th Television chairman Roger Ailes led to Fox's announcement that Ailes would replace the program with Geraldo at Large
in November 2005, only seven months after ACA 2 premiered.

Suspicions that Ailes pulled the program because the ACA team was competing with, and sometimes besting, his cable Fox News, were intensified in October 2005, when, after its cancellation was announced, ACA broadcast an exclusive interview with Natalee Holloway murder suspect Joran van der Sloot, and Rivera revealed to the press that Ailes planned to use the timeslot as a beachhead for the establishment of a Fox News nightly newscast.[6]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4
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  2. ^ "Maury Povich discusses the title, logo, and sound effect for "A Current Affair" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG". YouTube. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Edd Kalehoff "A Current Affair".mov". YouTube. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ISBN 1580291074
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  5. ^ "'A Current Affair' to return to television". msnbc.msn.com. 2005-01-13. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15.
  6. ^ "Geraldo Rivera to Launch New News Program From Twentieth Television in November". PR Newswire. September 21, 2005. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008.

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