Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Difference between revisions

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{{short description|American news panel radio game show}}

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{{Infobox radio show

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The announcer, also serving as judge and scorekeeper, has been Bill Kurtis<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/people/578888188/bill-kurtis|title=Bill Kurtis|publisher=NPR|access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref> since 2014,<ref name=Oregonian/> though Chioke I'Anson<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/wait-wait-for-dec-24-2022-with-not-my-job-guest-sarah-polley/|title='Wait Wait' for Dec. 24, 2022: With Not My Job guest Sarah Polley|publisher=[[WNYC]]|access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref> and [[Lakshmi Singh]] have substituted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/11/04/1198908185/dr-rae-wynn-grant-talks-bear-attacks-and-gummy-bears|title=Large carnivore ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant talks black bears and gummy bears|publisher=NPR|date=November 4, 2023|access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref> Carl Kasell preceded Kurtis, who often filled in for him.<ref name=Oregonian>{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2014/05/who_should_replace_carl_kasell.html|title=Who should replace Carl Kasell as 'Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!' scorekeeper? (poll)|last=Turnquist|first=Kristi|work=[[The Oregonian]]|date=May 16, 2014|access-date=November 4, 2023}}</ref>

''Wait Wait...'' listeners also participate by telephoning or sending emails to nominate themselves as contestants, or as of January 9th9, 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>https://www.instagram.com/p/C15n7IMM0yf/</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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<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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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 }} </ref>

==Live cinema==

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[[Category:Peabody Award-winning radio programs]]

[[Category:Chicago radio shows]]

[[Category:radioRadio programs adapted into television shows]]

[[Category:satiricalSatirical radio programmes]]