Broadcast Career
The McLaughlin Group premiered in 1982. The show features four political commentators, usually two conservatives and two liberals, with McLaughlin seated in the middle. The McLaughlin Group is most widely seen on PBS affiliates, and is taped at the studios of WUSA-TV in Washington, DC.
The McLaughlin Group is seen in the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe and worldwide on American Forces Network and on the WORLDNET satellite service.
The McLaughlin Group is available in low-resolution video podcast form on the show's web site and on iTunes. Although the show is broadcast on PBS with no commercials, the podcast edition has commercial messages from the broadcast Sunday mornings on WUSA-TV.
McLaughlin is fond of making witty predictions based on current events, and of asking questions in interesting ways. One of the phrases he often uses is:
| “ | On a scale of 0 to 10—with 0 representing zero possibility and 10 representing metaphysical certitude—what is the chance of...? | ” |
His loud and forceful style of presentation has been parodied by comedians and other commentators, most notably Dana Carvey of Saturday Night Live. McLaughlin himself appeared as the Grim Reaper in an SNL sketch that parodied his show.
McLaughlin also hosts John McLaughlin's One On One, first telecast in 1984, and from 1989 through 1994, produced and hosted McLaughlin, a one-hour nightly talk show on CNBC.
Read more about this topic: John McLaughlin (host)
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