Firing Line (TV program)
Firing Line is an American public affairs television show. It first ran from 1966 to 1999, with conservative author and columnist William F. Buckley Jr. as host. It was relaunched in 2018 with Margaret Hoover as host.
| Firing Line | |
|---|---|
Title screen from the first season of Firing Line | |
| Also known as | Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. |
| Genre | Talk show |
| Directed by | Warren Steibel |
| Presented by | William F. Buckley Jr. (1966–1999) Margaret Hoover (2018–present) |
| Theme music composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Opening theme | Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Third Movement (Allegro assai) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 34 |
| No. of episodes | 1,504 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (1966–1988) 30 minutes (1988–1999, 2018–) 120 minutes (debate specials: 1978–1999) |
| Production companies | WOR-TV (1966–1971) SCETV (1971–1999) WNET (2018–) |
| Original release | |
| Network | First-run syndication (1966–1971) PBS (1971–1999, June 22, 2018–) |
| Release | April 4, 1966 – December 26, 1999 |
| Release | June 22, 2018 – present |
| Related | |
| Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | |
With 1,504 episodes over 33 years under Buckley, Firing Line was the longest-running public affairs show with a single host in television history. The program featured many influential public figures in the United States and won an Emmy Award in 1969.
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