

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
2011-12-23 · 60 min / episode · ★ 5.0
The long running NPR news quiz hosted by Peter Sagal since 1998, replacing Dan Coffey. Carl Kasell served as announcer & scorekeeper until 2014 and ceded duties to Bill Kurtis. WWDTM came to television for the first time in 2011 with a BBC America one-off special, then in 2013 a special live broadcast was shown in movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada
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- Doug Berman
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- NPR, Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ), Urgent Haircut Productions, Chauncey Street Productions
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- United States of America
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- Ended
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Peter SagalSelf - Host
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