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{{short description|American news panel radio game show}}
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{{Infobox radio show
| show_name = Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
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| producer = {{unbulleted list | Miles Doornbos | Ian Chillag | [[Jennifer Mills News|Jennifer Mills]] | Lillian King | Robert Neuhaus | Lorna White | Colin Miller | Shayna Donald}}
| executive_producer = Mike Danforth
| presenter = Dan Coffey (1998) <br /> [[Peter Sagal]] (1998–present)
| announcer = {{unbulleted list | [[Carl Kasell]] (1998–2014) | [[Bill Kurtis]] (2014–present)}}
| country = United States
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| last_aired = present
| opentheme = [[B. J. Leiderman]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2100788 | title=BJ Leiderman, NPR Biography | publisher=NPR | access-date=April 25, 2007}}</ref> (composer)
| website = {{URL|https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/|waitwait.npr.org}}
| podcast = {{URL|https://www.npr.org/
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[[File:Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Live Taping.jpg|thumb|Taping of a 2010 episode at the Chase Auditorium, with panelists [[Adam Felber]], [[Roxanne Roberts]], and [[Keegan-Michael Key]]]]
The show is hosted by playwright and actor [[Peter Sagal]]. When the program had its debut in January 1998, Dan Coffey of ''[[Ask Dr. Science]]'' was the original host, but a revamping of the show led to his replacement in May of that year. The show has also been guest-hosted by [[Tom Bodett]], [[Luke Burbank]], [[Adam Felber]], [[Peter Grosz]], [[Tom Papa]], [[Mike Pesca]], [[Richard Sher (producer)|Richard Sher]], [[Bill Radke]], [[Susan Stamberg]], [[Robert Siegel]], [[Brian Unger]], [[Drew Carey]], [[Tom Hanks]], [[Helen Hong]], [[Jessi Klein]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35&prgDate=08-12-2006 |title=Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!- August 12, 2006|publisher=NPR |access-date=February 3, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/archrndwn/2005/aug/050827.waitwait.html |title=Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!- August 27, 2005 |publisher=NPR |access-date=February 3, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/archrndwn/2004/aug/040814.waitwait.html |title=Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!- August 14, 2004 |publisher=NPR |access-date=February 3, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Roti|first1=Jessi|title=Tom Hanks to guest host 'Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me' in Chicago|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chicagoinc/ct-tom-hanks-to-guest-host-on-npr-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune|date=December 14, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/519656715/wait-wait-for-march-11-2017-with-not-my-job-guest-neal-brennan|title='Wait Wait' For March 11, 2017: With Not My Job Guest Neal Brennan|website=NPR.org}}</ref> [[Maz Jobrani]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2021 |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/996891102/wait-wait-for-may-15-2021-with-not-my-job-guest-elizabeth-warren |title='Wait Wait' For May 15, 2021, With Not My Job Guest Elizabeth Warren |website=NPR.org}}</ref> [[Negin Farsad]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/29/1076494413/wait-wait-for-jan-29-2022-with-not-my-job-guest-jeremy-o-harris|title='Wait Wait' for Jan. 29, 2022: With Not My Job guest Jeremy O. Harris|publisher=NPR}}</ref> Alzo Slade,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/02/15/1157244228/rosie-perez-on-her-first-meeting-with-spike-lee|title=Rosie Perez on her first meeting with Spike Lee and her favorite Rihanna song|publisher=NPR|date=February 18, 2023}}</ref> [[Josh Gondelman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/03/01/1160422137/malala-yousafzai-won-the-nobel-peace-prize-while-in-chemistry|title=Malala Yousafzai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize while in chemistry class|publisher=NPR|date=March 4, 2023}}</ref> [[Karen Chee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/03/17/1164375148/sam-waterston-on-being-the-most-recognizable-pretend-lawyer-in-new-york|title=Sam Waterston on being the most recognizable pretend lawyer in New York|publisher=NPR|date=March 18, 2023}}</ref> and [[Dulcé Sloan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/10/26/g-s1-30019/wait-wait-for-october-26-2024-with-not-my-job-guests-sue-bird-and-megan-rapinoe|title='Wait Wait' for October 26, 2024: With Not My Job guests Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe|publisher=NPR|date=October 26, 2024}}</ref>
The
''Wait Wait...'' listeners also participate by telephoning or sending emails to nominate themselves as contestants, or as of January 9, 2024, followers of the show's official Instagram account can click a link in the bio which will take them to a form to fill out and register to be a contestant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C15n7IMM0yf/|title=Instagram|website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> The producers select several listeners for each show and call them to appear on the program, playing various games featuring questions based on the week's news. Prior to October 21, 2017, the usual prize for winning any game was to have Kasell (named "Scorekeeper [[Emeritus]]" following his retirement) record a greeting on the contestant's home [[answering machine]] or [[voice mail]] system; after Kasell's death in 2018, the prize was changed to have a host or panelist of the contestant's choice record a greeting.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.avclub.com/article/carl-kasell-steps-down-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-201796 | title = Carl Kasell steps down from Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me | first = Erik | last = Adams | date = March 4, 2014 | access-date = July 11, 2017 | work = [[The A.V. Club]] }}</ref>
==Panelists==
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* [[Luke Burbank]]
* [[Adam Burke (comedian)|Adam Burke]]
* [[Eugene Cordero]]
* [[Amy Dickinson]]
* [[Negin Farsad]]
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* [[Tom Papa]]
* [[Paula Poundstone]]
* [[Greg Proops]]▼
* [[Roxanne Roberts]]
* [[Mo Rocca]]
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<big>'''Past panelists'''</big><ref>{{cite web|last=Pham|first=Linh|title=NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Stats and Show Details |url=http://wwdt.me/panelists |access-date=January 30, 2014}}</ref>
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<!--All other panelists with at least five appearances but none in 2018/2019-->
* [[Sue Ellicott]] <small>(1998–2007)</small>
*
* [[Margo Kaufman]] <small>(1998–1999)</small>
* [[Angela Nissel]] <small>(2006–2007)</small>
* [[Patt Morrison]] <small>(2000–2001)</small>
* [[Kyrie O'Connor]] <small>(2004–2015)</small>
* [[P.J. O'Rourke]] <small> (2001-2020)</small>
* [[Charlie Pierce]] <small>(1998–2015)</small>
* [[Greg Proops]] <small>(2015-2017)</small>
* [[Paul Provenza]] <small>(2006–2010)</small>
* [[Richard Roeper]] <small>(2004–2006)</small>
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* [[Alison Stewart]] <small>(2008–2009)</small>
* [[Julia Sweeney]] <small>(2009–2010)</small>
* [[Keegan-Michael Key]]
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===Opening tease===
As with other NPR programs, ''Wait Wait'' offers a one-minute top-of-hour billboard teasing the program that will follow the network's hourly newscast (which traditionally starts at
===Who's Bill This Time?===
The contestant is asked to identify the speaker or explain the context of three quotations from that week's major news stories as read by the announcer (usually Bill Kurtis). Each answer is followed by a humorous discussion of the story by the host and the panelists. Two correct answers constitute a win for the contestant. Prior to Kasell's retirement, the segment was known as "Who's Carl This Time?" and he read the quotations. Whenever Kurtis is absent, his first name is replaced by that of the person filling in for him in the game's name.
===Panel questions===
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=== Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank ===
In the Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank, each panelist has to answer as many questions as they can in 60 seconds with each correct answer earning the panelist 2 points. At the end there is a question whose answer gets an expanded clarification by Peter or whoever is guest hosting; this question usually deals with an especially odd or obscure news story from the week.
==Television==
In 2008, National Public Radio reached an agreement with CBS Entertainment to create a television pilot of ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-tue-phil-rosenthal-0909sep09,0,2782717.column 'Wait' may soon get answer on TV vision], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', September 9, 2008</ref> Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell would be in the pilot, and Doug Berman would be the executive producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/radio/wait_wait_to_become_tv_show_93640.asp|title="Wait, Wait" To Become TV Show? - mediabistro.com}}</ref>
On November 16, 2011, [[BBC America]] announced that the show would make its television debut with a "2011 Year in Review" special airing on December 23, to be retransmitted by [[NPR]] stations on the 24th and 25th. The taping included two American panelists—''Wait Wait'' regulars [[Paula Poundstone]] and [[Alonzo Bodden]]—and British newcomer [[Nick Hancock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/bbc-america-and-npr-to-bring-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-to-tv-in-december/|title=BBC America And NPR To Bring ''Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!'' To TV In December|date=November 16, 2011|access-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804212626/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/bbc-america-and-npr-to-bring-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-to-tv-in-december/|archive-date=August 4, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 2018, [[NBCUniversal]] announced it was developing a television version of ''Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thewrap.com/nprs-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-is-being-developed-for-tv-by-nbcus-wilshire-studios/ | title = NPR's 'Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me' Is Being Developed for TV By NBCU's Wilshire Studios | date=December 11, 2018 }}
==Live cinema==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|1=http://waitwait.npr.org/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120810204334/http://www.bbcamerica.com/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/ ''Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!'']'s [[BBC America]] site
* [http://wwdt.me/ Show Details and Statistics]
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