Comments on: What tv news shows skillfully cover the news of the day, and offer a bit of analysis, in 30 minutes?

Question: What tv news shows skillfully cover the news of the day, and offer a bit of analysis, in 30 minutes?

boombot — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:01:48 -0800

I love that ESPN's Pardon the Interruption takes only 30 minutes each day to not only cover the biggest sports events of the day, but to also provide some analysis and decent interviews with people in the news. Bonus points, at least for me, on the show's humor and personality. I'd love to find another show that does the same thing with national and world news. Looking for something 30 minutes long (or less, if the front end of some larger thing works), that's smart and quickly paced - NPR's top of the hour update fleshed out a bit and filtered through that PTI sensibility.

The Fox or MSNBC night-timers sort of fit the bill, but they get too bogged down in a few stories, or in opinion, or on the host. And the Daily Show and Colbert are too focused on the humor end.

By: schoolgirl report

schoolgirl report — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:04:16 -0800

The McLaughlin Group?

By: krark

krark — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:04:55 -0800

There's nothing really out there like this and for shame. I think a general news network with the ESPN sensibility could be really big.

By: Science!

Science! — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:09:24 -0800

Has it got to be a TV show?

By: boombot

boombot — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:13:28 -0800

I'd prefer a TV show, airing every day (or weekday).

By: anastasiav

anastasiav — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:48:04 -0800

Countdown with Keith Olbermann?

By: Science!

Science! — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:02:28 -0800

Well I really really love the "It's All Politics" podcast from NPR. It's usually 15-20 minutes and comes out weekly. It is focused on politics, but they touch on news stories and current events when it's applicable. The humor is just my style.

By: the christopher hundreds

the christopher hundreds — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:53:30 -0800

I was going to say Countdown as well. It's an hour long but otherwise fits the bill.

By: tetranz

tetranz — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:18:57 -0800

BBC World News America on BBC America at 7 pm Eastern (and again at 10 pm I think). It's an hour but the main stuff happens in the first 30 minutes. It's from the BBC studios in Washington.

I think it's the best news show on US TV with good reporting and there's certainly some subtle British style humour thrown in from time to time.