TV series

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

2011 · 1 season

A breezy, joke-dense panel quiz that feels like eavesdropping on very funny people riffing on the week's news.

Overview: 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
How it feels: Light, satirical, whimsical and warm. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Media, politics, celebrity, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: media
politics
celebrity
identity
deception
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild