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This article is about the TV show. For its host, the former Republican Arkansas governor, seeMike Huckabee.For other uses, seeHuckabee (disambiguation).
Huckabee
Presented byMike Huckabee
Country of originUnited States
No.of episodes191(FNC run)
302(TBN run)(list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersMatthew Crouch
Mike Huckabee
Production locationsNew York City(2008–2015)
Hendersonville, Tennessee
(Trinity Music City)(2017–)
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkFox News Channel
ReleaseSeptember 27, 2008(2008-09-27)–
January 3, 2015(2015-01-03)
NetworkTrinity Broadcasting Network
ReleaseOctober 7, 2017(2017-10-07)–
present(present)
This article is part of a series about
Mike Huckabee
  • Governor of Arkansas
  • Presidential campaigns

Huckabeeis a televisiontalk showbroadcast byTBN,hosted by formergovernor of ArkansasMike Huckabee.The program's format is modeled afterlate-night talk shows,featuring an opening monologue, interviews, and musical performances.

The series was originally broadcast byFox News Channelfrom September 27, 2008, to January 3, 2015, when Huckabee ended the show to focus on his2016 presidential campaign.On October 7, 2017,Huckabeewas revived by TBN, with the program moving to the auditorium of TBN'sTrinity Music Citycomplex inHendersonville, Tennessee.

Schedule[edit]

Barring pre-emption, new episodes ofHuckabeeregularly air on Saturdays at 8 PM ET. Repeats are shown at 11 PM, and on the following Sunday (the next day) at 9 PM ET.Newsmax TVairs a next-day encore of the show on Sunday afternoons.

Format[edit]

Fox News[edit]

The show was shot before alive studio audience.Huckabee started with an opening monologue discussing issues of the day, then opened the floor to field several questions from the audience. The show also featured one or more guests as well as a panel of commentators.

Huckabee maintains a genial style as host and speaker, "markedly less combative" than other commentators on theFoxnetwork and Fox News Channel.[1]Tonal differences aside, he believes the show'sconservativepolitical content is harmonious with other Fox News hosts past and present such asGlenn Beck,Sean HannityandBill O'Reilly,saying "I'm certainly on the same ideological spectrum" as them.[1]

The programs concluded with a "house band" (named The Little Rockers; the name is a play onthe Arkansas state capitalwhere Huckabee once served) consisting of several Fox News staff, host Huckabee on bass guitar, and chief religious correspondentLauren Greenon keyboards.[2]

In some instances, the final segment featured Huckabee answering questions from e-mails or from the live studio audience.

TBN[edit]

In 2017, the show made a comeback on TBN.[3]The show is recorded before a studio audience at the Trinity Music City auditorium inHendersonville, Tennessee(which is christened as the "Huckabee Theatre" ),[4]a few days before it airs.[3]

AnnouncerKeith Bilbreygoes over the lineup of the show at the beginning and throughout the show. The house band, the Music City Connection,[5]performs instrumentals of various songs throughout the show. Huckabee then starts with an opening monologue discussing the issues of the week. The show features a handful of different guests each week who are invited by Huckabee to talk about their topics of expertise and how one can learn more about them and their work. There are recurring segments of the show as well, such as "In Case You Missed It", which highlights the funny and weird news stories of the week, and "Huck's Heroes", which highlights someone who has done a good deed in their community. The show features a different comedy act each week. Sometimes, Huckabee will set time aside to answer questions sent to him by viewers. The show ends with a different musician each week or if there is no musical guest, the Music City Connection will perform.[citation needed]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abLevy, Ariel(June 28, 2010)."Prodigal Son".The New Yorker.Condé Nast. pp. 49–57.Retrieved9 August2011.
  2. ^O'Hare, Kate (December 20, 2008)."Former Arkansas governor hosts 'Huckabee'".The Oklahoman.Retrieved2023-11-12.
  3. ^abJennifer Sprouse,Mike Huckabee to revive his talk show on TBN,wjhl.com, USA, May 25, 2017
  4. ^"Remembering Trinity Music City's first Christmas".WKRN News 2.2022-12-25.Retrieved2024-02-14.
  5. ^"The Music City Connection".Huckabee.Retrieved2023-11-12.

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