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The O'Reilly Factor

O'Reilly Factor promotional image from FoxNews. com
Format Commentary
Created by Bill O'Reilly
Starring Bill O'Reilly
Country of origin United States
No. Political criticism (also referred to as political commentary or political discussion) is Criticism that is specific of or relevant to Politics William James O'Reilly Jr (born September 10 1949 is an American television / radio host, Author, Syndicated columnist, and William James O'Reilly Jr (born September 10 1949 is an American television / radio host, Author, Syndicated columnist, and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the  of episodes 2690 as of January 26, 2007
Production
Running time 60 minutes, 43 minutes excluding commercials and news breaks
Broadcast
Original channel Fox News Channel
Picture format NTSC (480i)
Original run October 7, 1996 – Present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary
An example of The O'Reilly Factor's Talking Points Memo
An example of The O'Reilly Factor's Talking Points Memo

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The O'Reilly Factor is among the highest rated shows on cable news. O'Reilly is known for his confrontational interview style and strong opinions, for which the program has been both criticized and praised.

Contents

Format

The program is done "live to tape", meaning that unlike other Fox News Channel programs at night, The O'Reilly Factor is prerecorded. The program is live for breaking news or special events. The show usually tapes between 5 and 7pm Eastern Standard Time, and airs weekdays at 8pm, 11pm, and 5am ET some guests are interviewed before the "live to tape" period and are slotted in the program as appropriate. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America (Some guests have suggested that interviews are edited after taping, although O'Reilly's producers insist that editing happens only when an interview exceeds the available length in a program of which the total is 43 minutes for an hour-long slot, once commercials and news breaks are added. )[1][2]

O'Reilly and his producers discuss potential topics twice a week. [3] A producer will research the story and book guests for O'Reilly, and an information packet will be produced with possible angles for O'Reilly to explore. The producers will often "pre-interview" the guest so that they know what potential points he will make. [4] For each show, O'Reilly with the assistance of his staff will produce a script with the words for the "Talking Points Memo" and "Most Ridiculous Item of the Day" segments, and points of discussion and questions for the guests that will appear on the program.

O'Reilly divides his show into titled segments, appearing in the following general order. Not all segments appear in all programs, and occasionally segments will repeat.

Occasionally, the following segments appear:

Audience

the set for The O'Reilly Factor
the set for The O'Reilly Factor

58% of O'Reilly's audience is over 50 years of age according to a Pew research poll. [5]

68% of "The Factor's" regular viewers identify as conservative while 10% consider themselves liberal. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined [6] In June 2007, Adweek Magazine sponsored a survey that asked participants who they trusted more as a source of political information between ABC News and Bill O'Reilly. Adweek is a weekly American Advertising trade publication that was first published in 1978 This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American According to the poll, 36% believe that O'Reilly is a better source than ABC News while 26% believe the opposite. According to the survey, 23% of Democrats believed that O'Reilly was a better source while 55% of Republicans believed the same. [7]

According to Nielsen Media Research, The O'Reilly Factor averaged 2. Nielsen Media Research ( NMR) is an American firm that measures media Audiences including Television, Radio 3 million viewers each night for November 2007, with 474,000 viewers in the 25-54 demographic. According to Mediaweek, "The most contested hour of each weeknight continued to be a three-way race for second place," with The O'Reilly Factor finishing first in the timeslot. The Nielsen Company is a Dutch-American Media conglomerate, headquartered in New York NY. [8]

Regular guests

Parodies

In 2005, The Colbert Report premiered on Comedy Central. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Colbert Report (/kolˈbɛr rəˈpɔr/&mdashthe t is silent in "Colbert" is a Peabody Award and Emmy Award winning American Comedy Central is an American Cable television and Satellite television channel that carries predominantly Comedy programming The show, hosted by Stephen Colbert, is a satirical spoof of The O'Reilly Factor, spoofing its format and the mannerisms and ideology of O'Reilly, whom Colbert calls "Papa Bear. Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( born May 13 1964 is an American Comedian, satirist, Actor and Writer, known for his ironic style Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject " Colbert makes no secret of his spoofing O'Reilly: upon hearing the news that O'Reilly approved of The Colbert Report, he declared on-air that "I like you too. In fact, if it wasn't for you, this show wouldn't exist. " [10] On January 18, 2007, Colbert appeared on The O'Reilly Factor and O'Reilly appeared on The Colbert Report. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [11][12]

The O'Reilly Factor has also been spoofed on Saturday Night Live, first by Jeff Richards and later on by Darrell Hammond. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Jeff Richards (born October 21 1975) is an American Comedian. Darrell Hammond (born October 8, 1955) is an American Comedian who has been a cast member of Saturday Night Live (SNL On Mad TV it was Michael McDonald doing the honors. MADtv, is an American Sketch comedy television series based on the humor magazine Mad. Michael James McDonald (born December 31, 1964) is an American Comedian and Actor formerly starring in the Sketch comedy show O'Reilly himself has appeared on Mad TV as a judge on an American Idol parody. American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition

The show was also spoofed by the TV series The Boondocks; first in the episode The Trial of R. Kelly where O'Reilly is shown talking about R. Kelly's latest legal trouble. The Boondocks is an American animated series created by Aaron McGruder for the Adult Swim programming block of Turner Broadcasting " The Trial of R Kelly " is the second episode of the Adult Swim Animated television series ''The Boondocks''. Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) better known by his Stage name R Later in "Return of the King", O'Reilly is shown attacking Martin Luther King for saying that America should "love thy enemy" and "turn the other cheek", even in respects to the 911 attacks. " Return of the King " is the ninth episode of the Adult Swim Animated television series The Boondocks. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader O'Reilly accuses him of hating America and tells him to "Take another 40 year nap, Commie bastard. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based "

In addition, The O'Reilly Factor has been parodied on South Park in the episode "Goobacks". South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central "Goobacks" is episode 118 of Comedy Central's South Park.

The Political Machine features a skit called "The O'Malley Factor" ("A show you appear on while running for president"). The Political Machine is a strategic-political Computer game from Stardock, in which the player lead a campaign to elect the President of the

CNNNN, an Australian comedy show which satirized cable news, featured a recurring segment entitled The Firth Factor. CNNNN ( C haser N o N -stop N ews N etwork These segments typically showed Charles Firth, a member of the Chaser comedy team, presenting his opinion on topical issues, often through use of over-the-top comparisons (such as dipping a paper heart in a can of black paint and claiming: "This is how black Saddam Hussein's heart is") and outrageous statements in a parody of O'Reilly and Australian current affairs personalities. The Chaser is an Australian satirical comedian group most famous for their television programmes on ABC TV. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30

People who decline to appear on The Factor

O'Reilly has invited onto the show people who have been critical of him (or vice versa) and/or dealing with a controversial situation that have declined or ignored the invitation. Some that have been invited but have not gone on include George Clooney, Dick Cheney,[13] Bill Moyers,[14] Nicholas Kristof[15] and Tony Blair. George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. Bill Moyers (born June 5, 1934, as William Donald "Billy Don" Moyers) is an American Journalist and public commentator Nicholas Donabet Kristof (born April 27, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American Journalist, Author, op-ed Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to [16] O'Reilly has also offered to donate $25,000 to Habitat for Humanity if Bruce Springsteen would come on the show. Habitat For Humanity International ( HFHI) (generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or simply Habitat) is an international Ecumenical [17]

One person that O'Reilly has tried for years to have come on the show has been Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from [18] On April 30, 2008, Clinton agreed to come on the show as part of a pre-taped interview that would be broadcast over two days. The interview drew significant media attention. [19][20][21][22][23]

External links

References

  1. ^ Greenroom Confessions - Boise weekly (2005).
  2. ^ Bill O'Reilly.com behind the scenes Q/A.
  3. ^ Bostonia - BU alumni quarterly (2001).
  4. ^ Accuracy in media report (2003).
  5. ^ Pew Research Center Report - Maturing Internet News Audience Broader Than Deep (2006).
  6. ^ Pew Research Center Report - Maturing Internet News Audience Broader Than Deep (2006).
  7. ^ Where Voters Go for News. Adweek Magazine (2007-06-11). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Retrieved on 2007-06-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.
  8. ^ Anthony Crupi. "MSNBC Closing Gap on CNN", Mediaweek. com, November 28, 2007.  
  9. ^ Michelle Malkin » Stiiiiill going
  10. ^ Solomon, Deborah. "Funny About the News", New York Times Magazine.  
  11. ^ Stephen Colbert Enters the No Spin Zone. Foxnews. com Published . Last Retrieved .
  12. ^ Bill O'Reilly Pt. 1. ComedyCentral. com January 18, 2007. Last Retrieved .
  13. ^ ABC News: Bill O'Reilly Calls Himself 'T-Warrior'
  14. ^ ABC news - Bill O'Reilly calls himself T-warrior -.
  15. ^ Sympathy for Bill O'Reilly (2006).
  16. ^ FOXNews.com - The Trouble with Mexico - Bill O’Reilly | The O’Reilly Factor
  17. ^ FOXNews.com - The Trouble with Mexico - Bill O’Reilly | The O’Reilly Factor
  18. ^ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=26087
  19. ^ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/04/hillary-clin-15.html
  20. ^ http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=desperado&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3AdesperadoPost%3A357a7ca4-ddad-48cb-84c3-9375433cf075
  21. ^ http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-ushill305668357apr30,0,3974843.story
  22. ^ http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/04/30/the_hillary_factor.html
  23. ^ http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/04/clintons_unusua.html


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