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| runtime = Approx. 50 min.
| creator = Doug Berman
| producer = {{unbulleted list | Miles Doornbos | Ian Chillag | [[Jennifer Mills News|Jennifer Mills]] | Lillian King | Robert Neuhaus | Lorna White | Colin Miller | Shayna Donald | [[Emma Choi]]}}
| executive_producer = Mike Danforth
| presenter = Dan Coffey (1998) <br /> [[Peter Sagal]] (1998–present)
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==Format==
{{further|List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes{{!}}List of ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' episodes}}{{Multiple image
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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]]]]▼
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''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' premiered in 1996 and was recorded in front of a live audience in the Chase Auditorium beneath Chicago's [[Chase Tower (Chicago)|Chase Tower]] on Thursday nights.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me Ticketing|url=https://www.wbez.org/events/wait-wait-dont-tell-me-tickets |publisher=[[WBEZ]] Chicago}}</ref> Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], episodes were recorded remotely beginning March 2020, largely from panelists' homes, with sound effects added for broadcast.<ref>{{Cite web |title=For this NPR host, the show goes on ... even during a pandemic |author=Ethan Bauer |work=Deseret News |date=1 May 2020 |access-date=6 May 2022 |url= https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2020/4/30/21238543/people-of-the-pandemic-peter-sagal-npr-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-coronavirus}}</ref> Live audience recordings resumed in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me' makes its return to live audiences in Philly |author=Peter Crimmins |work=WHYY |date=6 August 2021 |access-date=6 May 2022 |url= https://whyy.org/articles/wait-wait-dont-tell-me-makes-its-return-to-live-audiences-in-philly/}}</ref> In June 2022, the show moved to the [[Fine Arts Building (Chicago)|Studebaker Theater]] in Chicago's Fine Arts Building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099627383/mandy-moore|title='Wait Wait' for May 21, 2022: With Not My Job guest Mandy Moore|publisher=NPR|date=May 21, 2022|time=0.47}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103508516/kenan-thompson|title='Wait Wait' for June 11, 2022: With Not My Job guest Kenan Thompson|publisher=NPR|date=June 11, 2022|time=1.00}}</ref> Episodes are periodically recorded on tour in venues across the United States.<ref name=":0" />▼
| caption1 = Taping of a 2025 episode at [[Tanglewood]], with panelists [[Mo Rocca]], [[Joyelle Nicole Johnson]], and [[Tom Bodett]]
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▲''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' premiered in
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>
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In addition to the regular panelists listed below, the show also occasionally features one-off guest panelists.
[[File:WaitOctaviaMoRSigningADRB3PanelistsCrop.JPG|thumb|Regular ''Wait Wait...'' panelists (l–r) Roy Blount Jr., Amy Dickinson, and Mo Rocca sign autographs following a 2010 taping in [[New Orleans]].]]
[[File:WaitWaitPanel.jpg|thumb|Panelist Table]]
<big>'''Regular'''</big><ref>{{cite news |title=About The Panelists |url=https://www.npr.org/2010/12/07/110997511/about-the-panelists |date=July 21, 2009 |newspaper=[[NPR]] |access-date=January 22, 2020}}</ref>
<!-- Panelists who appear under "About the Panelists" on the main page of the "Wait Wait..." website, and made at least one appearance in 2018/2019. -->
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* [[Helen Hong]]
* [[Maz Jobrani]]
* [[Joyelle Nicole Johnson]]
* [[Jessi Klein]]
* [[Hari Kondabolu]]
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* [[Alzo Slade]]
* [[Dulcé Sloan]]
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| caption2 = Taping of a 2010 episode at the Chase Auditorium, with panelists [[Adam Felber]], [[Roxanne Roberts]], and [[Keegan-Michael Key]]
| caption1 = Taping of a 2025 episode at [[Tanglewood]], with panelists [[Mo Rocca]], [[Joyelle Nicole Johnson]], and [[Tom Bodett]]
}}
<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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==On-air segments==
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Though there are some deviations from time to time, episodes of ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'' feature the following format:
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===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.
[[File:WaitWaitDontTellMeStage.jpg|thumb|Announcer podiums (left), celebrity guest chair (center) and panelist table (right)]]
===Panel questions===
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{{external media | width = 210px | float = right | audio1 = [https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/2006/11/04/13109791/ Jimmy Wales plays "Not my job"], 10:19, [[NPR]], November 4, 2006<ref name="w8w8">{{cite web | title =Not My Job: Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales | work = Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! | publisher =[[NPR]] | date = November 4, 2006 | url =https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/2006/11/04/13109791/ | access-date =January 13, 2017}}</ref> }}
{{For|a full list of "Not My Job" participants|List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! guests}}
[[File:L-16-01-21-A-071 (24523631981).jpg|thumb|''Wait Wait...'' with [[Tom Perez]]]]
A celebrity guest calls in (or occasionally appears onstage) to be interviewed by the host and the panelists as well as take a three-question multiple-choice quiz. In ''Wait Wait''{{'}}s early years, "Not My Job" guests were mainly pulled from NPR's roster of personalities and reporters; the pool of guests later expanded to include guests of greater celebrity. As the segment's title suggests, the guests are quizzed on topics that are not normally associated with their field of work. For example, former U.S. Secretary of State [[Madeleine Albright]] was asked questions on the history of [[Hugh Hefner]] and ''[[Playboy (magazine)|Playboy]]'' magazine,<ref>{{cite interview | subject=Madeleine Albright | interviewer=Peter Sagal |title=Not My Job! | url=https://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/archrndwn/2003/dec/031206.waitwait.html | type=Interview: Audio | work=Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! | publisher=NPR/WGBH | date=December 6, 2003 | access-date=January 13, 2008}}</ref> while author [[Salman Rushdie]] was asked about the history of [[Pez]] candy.<ref>{{cite interview | subject=Salman Rushdie | interviewer=Peter Sagal |title=Not My Job! | url=https://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/archrndwn/2001/sep/010908.waitwait.html | type=Interview: Audio | work=Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! | publisher=NPR/WGBH | date=September 9, 2001 | access-date=January 13, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NPR's 'Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!' You Can't Make This Stuff Up. Or Can You? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/arts/television/04brenn.html?_r=0 |work=[New York Times] |date=June 4, 2006 |last=Brenna |first=Susan |access-date=July 22, 2016}}</ref> Often, the subject matter of the quizzes serve as an oblique yet comic juxtaposition to the guests' fields of work, such as when ''[[Mad Men]]'' creator/producer [[Matthew Weiner]] was quizzed on ways people try to cheer others up ("Glad Men") in a March 2015 appearance.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2015/03/28/395741081/not-my-job-mad-men-creator-matthew-weiner-gets-quizzed-on-glad-men "Not My Job: 'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner Gets Quizzed On Glad Men,"] from NPR.org (March 28, 2015)</ref>
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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.
=== Panelist Predictions ===
Each panelist is asked to give their prediction of a story that may appear in the following week's news, often being prompted with a question that relates to a previously mentioned story. Sagal (or the week's host) does not award points, but jokes that if any of the stories are correctly predicted, they will be asked about it on the following episode.
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==Awards==
[[File:Peter Sagal and the crew of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards.jpg|thumb|Peter Sagal (third from left) and the crew of ''Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me'' at the 67th Annual Peabody Awards]]
[[File:WaitWaitDontTellMeStaffandSupport.jpg|thumb|Production staff for ''Wait Wait...'' at Tanglewood]]
In April 2008, ''Wait Wait'' won a [[Peabody Award]].<ref>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/wait-wait...dont-tell-me 67th Annual Peabody Awards], May 2008.</ref> The program website was nominated for a [[Webby Award]] for Humor in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title=Webby Nominees | url=http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=12 | publisher=Webby Awards | year=2008 | access-date=June 29, 2008}}</ref>
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