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Friday, December 19, 2008

Media Weekend America Cancelled

Posted by Anthony Hecht on Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:37 AM

Word on the street is that Weekend America will be cancelled as of January 31, another casualty of this whole nobody-has-any-money-and-we're-all-screwed thing.

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Doesn't KUOW have money coming out their butts? They should bring John Moe back.

Posted by DOUG. on December 19, 2008 at 11:52 AM

So, wait... I have to listen to even more A Prairie Home Companion, but Weekend America, something I actually love, is going away?

There is no justice in this world.

Posted by Nic on December 19, 2008 at 11:54 AM

how will we know what people all over america are doing this weekend? HOW WILL WE KNOW?!

Posted by spoiler alert on December 19, 2008 at 12:03 PM

Is this good news, bad news, or no news?

Posted by SeanD on December 19, 2008 at 12:12 PM

So.... no one in America gets a weekend anymore?

Posted by confused on December 19, 2008 at 12:13 PM

I'm with you @2. And throw in that awful Michael Feldman too. What sort of stranglehold does the midwest have over NPR? Weekend America is worth 300 Keillors and Feldmans.

Posted by Lola, Now in Iowa City, Iowa on December 19, 2008 at 12:15 PM

That's funny, SeanD.

No News, because NPR has already announced that a lot of good shows are going, and, except for MarketPlace, I am addicted to nothing produced by APM (American Public Media), which is the company that produces Weekend America.

I won't miss Weekend America. Day to Day (NPR), absolutely crushed. Weekend America seemed really silly and often annoying to me.

Posted by Enuja on December 19, 2008 at 12:23 PM

Weekend America? Meh...

But cancelling On The Media and canning John McChesney and Renee Montagne sucks. It was my favorite NPR show...

Posted by The Fourth Estate Has Left the Building on December 19, 2008 at 12:37 PM

This makes me sad. That program kept John Moe off our local stations for a good while. He enjoyed his own cleverness so much I never could.

Posted by tomasyalba on December 19, 2008 at 12:37 PM

Weekend America was okay. It seemed like it was actually starting to get better w/ the addition of more This-American-Life-like segments. I didn't love the show--it's typical NPR fare--but it's certainly better than a Prairie Home Companion. Does that really need to run twice in one weekend? While Garrison Keillor (sp?) is a good storyteller the rest of the show falls flat.

Posted by know-it-all on December 19, 2008 at 12:51 PM

@6, Weekend America is a product of American Public Radio, which is the "national brand" of Minnesota Public Radio.

Posted by Q*bert H. Humphrey on December 19, 2008 at 2:02 PM

Didn't John Moe move to Minnesota when he got the hosting spot for Weekend America? That kinda sucks.

Posted by Gina on December 19, 2008 at 5:26 PM

On The Media hasn't been cancelled -- that's a WNYC production.

Posted by kate on December 19, 2008 at 6:08 PM

Thank the maker! Weekend America was such an awful show!

Posted by Matt in Southampton on December 20, 2008 at 8:14 AM

I'm gonna miss it. I like the stories and makes for good listening. It's one of the three Saturday radio shows I like.... I hope Living on Earth and This American Life aren't going away. T_T

Posted by Robrt3 on December 22, 2008 at 5:50 PM

I like Weekend America. I don't think I ever listened to an entire broadcast...who can on a Sat afternoon? But I thought the show struck a nice mix between weekend casual and Public Radio self-importance. As for Garrison being a good story teller, um, I beg to differ. I like the other stuff but when "It's been a good week in Lake Wobegone..." begins, I take my dog for a walk. It's all impromptu and never maintains my interest due to the lack of a storyline. Too bad.

Posted by duke of york on December 26, 2008 at 6:30 PM

Will we now just have to get our NPR fix from the good folks at Irrational Public Radio?

http://www.IrrationalPublicRadio.com

Posted by Joe on January 12, 2009 at 10:46 AM

The only reason I'm upset is because I hate a Prairie Home Companion so much.

Posted by osubusmaj on January 17, 2009 at 3:30 PM

I am bummed out. I'd much rather listen to weekend america every day than be subjected to Click and Clack cackling twice on the weekends.

Posted by izzy2 on January 17, 2009 at 5:23 PM

I'm really going to miss Weekend America. I have to wonder if Target pulled its funding, given the economic climate.

Those crazy Ira Glass "commercials" during fundraisers where he talks about NPR shows going silent is eerily coming to pass....

Posted by Kalesy on January 18, 2009 at 9:01 AM

WEEKEND AMERICA WAS INSIPID AND ANNOYING. The worst segment was the "good news, bad news, no news" banality, closely followed by that "soundtrack of your weekend" drivel. The whole thing was just so cutsie and vapid. The tone was just to smug and forced. I made several complaints to my local NPR station, so I can only hope I did my part to do them in. It gives me encouragement to take on A Prarie Home Companion which is smug and cutsie on steroids.

Posted by Good Riddance Weekend America on February 28, 2009 at 12:19 PM