Dan Rather Reports

Dan Rather Reports is a weekly news television show hosted by former CBS news anchor Dan Rather that airs on HDNet. After being broadcast, episodes are available on DVD and in the iTunes Store. Like all HDNet programming it is broadcast in high definition.

The show premiered on November 14, 2006, when Rather was 75 years old. As host, correspondent, and narrator,^[1] Rather had been given full creative and editorial control over the new program.^[2] Rather planned to focus the show on field correspondence news, investigative journalism, and politics.^[3] The hour-long show is broadcast commercial-free on Tuesdays at 8:00 pm ET (rebroadcast at 11:00).^[1] Its longer format allows for more in-depth presentation of issues.^[4]

Initially The New York Times commented that it "seems to favor Democrats who love America".^[1]

In 2008, Dan Rather Reports was awarded a News and Documentary Emmy.^[5] The show was also nominated for Emmy awards in 2007 and 2009.^[6][7]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Virginia Heffernan (November 16, 2006). "Lowdown on War Veterans, Seasoned Anchor in High-Def". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/16/arts/television/16heff.html?_r=1. Retrieved 2010-04-06. 
2. ^ Arenstein, Seth (July 31, 2006). "Editor’s Note: Cowboys Return to Cable". CableFAX, the Magazine. http://www.cable360.net/cablefaxmag/programming/people/18807.html. Retrieved 2010-04-06. 
3. ^ "Dan Rather". Tavis Smiley. Public Broadcasting Service. October 30, 2006. http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200610/20061030_rather.html. Retrieved 2010-04-06. 
4. ^ "'Dan Rather Reports' Marks One Hundred Episodes on HDNet". redOrbit. March 18, 2009. http://www.redorbit.com/news/entertainment/1656768/dan_rather_reports_marks_one_hundred_episodes_on_hdnet/. Retrieved 2010-04-06. 
5. ^ Gough, Paul J. (September 23, 2008). "War stories honored at News Emmys". Reuters. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE48M3XN20080923. Retrieved 2010-04-06. 
6. ^ Greppi, Michele (July 17, 2007). "Public TV Leads List of News Emmy Nominees". TVWeek. http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/07/public_tv_leads_list_of_news_e.php. Retrieved 2010-04-06. 
7. ^ "Dan Rather Reports Get Emmy Nomination". HDNet. November 9, 2009. http://blog.hd.net/post/238247667/dan-rather-reports-gets-emmy-nom. Retrieved 2010-04-06. 

External links

• Official website
• Dan Rather Reports at the Internet Movie Database
• Review at the New York Times

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