Issues and Answers
| Issues and Answers | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Presented by | Howard K. Smith Bob Clark |
| Opening theme | Second Suite in F for Military Band, Movement III: "Song of the Blacksmith" (Op. 28, No. 2) |
| Composer | Gustav Holst |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Peggy Whedon |
| Running time | appx. 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 27, 1960 – November 8, 1981 |
| Related | |
| This Week (successor) | |
Issues and Answers was a weekly Sunday morning talk show telecast by the American Broadcasting Company from November 27, 1960[1] to November 8, 1981. At the time, Sunday morning talk shows as they are now carried actually aired in mid-afternoons on Sundays before sports divisions had taken over the time slot in full, and the network distributed the show either live airing or for later broadcast to its affiliates (though interviews were often recorded in the later part of the previous week on Thursdays or Fridays).
Issues and Answers was ABC's counterpart to NBC's Meet the Press and CBS's Face the Nation. It featured TV reporters interviewing selected newsmakers of the contemporary time period – mainly domestic and foreign government officials and other insiders. Unlike the other networks' news-interview TV programs, which featured newspaper and radio reporters along with TV correspondents, Issues and Answers more commonly featured only personnel from ABC News.
For its entire run it was produced by Margaret "Peggy" Whedon, one of ABC's first female correspondents.[2]
Issues and Answers aired its last edition on November 8, 1981, and replaced on November 15 by the re-formatted and hour-long This Week with David Brinkley, which remains on the air as of 2025, and now features George Stephanopoulos as moderator.[3]
References
- ^ "The politicians can't say 'no' to a lady" (PDF). Programming. Broadcasting. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications Inc. July 3, 1961. p. 70. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
The show went on the air last November.
- ^ "Peggy Whedon" (PDF). Fates & Fortunes. Broadcasting. Vol. 104, no. 3. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications Inc. January 17, 1983. p. 141. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
- ^ O'Neal Parker, Lonnae (September 25, 1996). "Margaret Whedon Dies at 80". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
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