| THIS AMERICAN LIFE (SHOWTIME)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
3/22/07
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6/8/08
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STATUS:
canceled/ended (2007-2008 season) |
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season |
SEASON(S):
2 (12 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air) |
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
a show on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - is assumed to be canceled |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Showtime's web site, September 2008) Compelling stories are explored every day on "This American Life," the nearly 15-year-old, award-winning Chicago Public Radio show that boasts a devoted weekly listening audience of 1.7 million, and is heard on more than 500 stations nationally. The series, created in 1995 by host and executive producer Ira Glass, pioneered a unique way of telling stories on the radio. Its first-person telling of these revealing stories makes the radio series a great fit for television. In the same spirit of the radio show, the televised version of THIS AMERICAN LIFE, premiering Thursday, March 22nd at 10:30 p.m. PT/ET, takes 30-minute looks at stories culled from all over the country. Glass and a small team of radio producers and filmmakers spent six months on the road: traveling to Iowa pig farms, following a first-time filmmaker in California, photographing a raucous night at an Illinois hot dog stand. The result is true stories that are dramatic, emotional, and often funny. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Ira Glass as Host
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Christine Vachon as EP
· Ira Glass as CRTR/EP
· Julie Snyder as EP
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GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Killer Films
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