Face the Nation

This article is about the newsprogram on CBS. For the 4Him album, see Face the Nation (4Him album). For the Kid 'N Play album, see Face the Nation (Kid 'n Play album).

Face The Nation with Bob Schieffer
Face the Nation Title Card as of 2011
Genre	Public affairs/political talk
Created by	Frank Stanton
Presented by	Bill Shadel (1954–1955) Stuart Novins (1955–1960) Howard K. Smith (1960–1961) Paul Niven (1961–1965) Martin Agronsky (1965–1969) George Herman (1969–1983) Lesley Stahl (1983–1991) Bob Schieffer (1991–present)
Narrated by	John Wilcox
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	57
Production
Executive producer(s)	Carin Pratt
Producer(s)	Arlene Weisskopf
Location(s)	Washington D.C.
Camera setup	Videotape, Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes (60 minutes starting April 2012)
Production company(s)	CBS News Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Picture format	1080i HD
Original run	November 7, 1954 – present
External links
Website

Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer is an American Sunday-morning political interview show which premiered on the CBS television network on November 7, 1954. It is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television. At 30 minutes (approximately 21½ without commercials), Face the Nation is the shortest of the Sunday talk shows and the only half-hour Sunday morning talk show on the four major broadcast networks. It is scheduled to expand to 60 minutes for a preliminary period of twenty weeks in April 2012, at the end of which unnamed executives in the CBS news division hope the extended format will become succeed and become permanent. The show airs live at 10:30 am Eastern, though most CBS affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone air it at 8:30 am local time.

Each Sunday, the moderator interviews newsmakers on the latest issues and delivers a short topical commentary at the end of the broadcast. The program broadcasts from Washington, D.C. Guests include government leaders, politicians, and international figures in the news. CBS News correspondents and other contributors engage the guests in a roundtable discussion focusing on current topics. The program broadcasts on CBS, usually at 10:30 AM ET, right after CBS News Sunday Morning. Local affiliates are free to air the show at the time of their choosing, usually before noon local time. The show is also broadcast on a delay on a handful of radio affiliates through the CBS Radio Network.

Face the Nation began broadcasting in high definition in July 2011, the last Sunday-morning talk show to do so, leaving only CBS's overnight Up to the Minute as the only American news program on the four major networks and three cable news channels not to convert to the format.

External links

• Official website
• Face The Nation with Bob Schieffer at the Internet Movie Database
• Face The Nation with Bob Schieffer at TV.com