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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" />
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>
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> [[Lakshmi Singh]],<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> [[Andy Richter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/03/16/1238865519/wait-wait-for-march-16-2024-with-not-my-job-guest-david-alan-grier|title='Wait Wait' for March 16, 2024: With Not My Job guest David Alan Grier|publisher=NPR|date=March 16, 2024|access-date=March 16, 2024}}</ref> Helen Hong,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/20/1245939719/wait-wait-for-april-20-2024-with-not-my-job-guest-judith-butler|title='Wait Wait' for April 20, 2024: With Not My Job guest Judith Butler|publisher=NPR|date=April 20, 2024|access-date=April 20, 2024}}</ref> and [[Ayesha Rascoe]] have substituted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2024/09/21/g-s1-23945/wait-wait-for-september-21-2024-with-not-my-job-guest-gary-oldman|title='Wait Wait' for September 21, 2024: With Not My Job guest Gary Oldman|publisher=NPR|date=September 21, 2024|access-date=September 21, 2024}}</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>
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