"TV Nation" (1994) TV series 1994-1995

Director:

Michael Moore

Writers:

Annie Cohen (writer) (1995)
John Derevlany (writer) (1995)
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

19 July 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Comedy | News

Plot:

Micheal Moore presents a humorous newsmagazine that focuses primarily on wrongdoing by big business, privileged society and right-wing politicians.

Plot Keywords:

Newsmagazine | Civil Rights | Politics | Protest | Satire

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Michael Moore	...	Himself - Host (17 episodes, 1994-1995)
Bruce Brown	...	Weekly Announcer (15 episodes, 1994-1995)
Louis Theroux	...	Himself - Correspondent (10 episodes, 1994-1995)

Series Directed by
Michael Moore		(unknown episodes, 1994-1995)

Series Writing credits
Randy Cohen		(9 episodes, 1994)
Jeff Stilson		(8 episodes, 1995)
Annie Cohen		(unknown episodes, 1995)
John Derevlany		(unknown episodes, 1995)
Francis Gasparini		(unknown episodes, 1995)
Jay Martel		(unknown episodes, 1995)
Chris Kelly		(unknown episodes)
Michael Moore		(unknown episodes)
Steve Sherrill		(unknown episodes)
Howard Silver		(unknown episodes)
Louis Theroux		(unknown episodes)
Richard Whitley		(unknown episodes)
Eric Zicklin		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Randy Cohen	....	co-executive producer (9 episodes, 1994)
Jerry Kupfer	....	producer / supervising producer (unknown episodes, 1994-1996)
Jim Czarnecki	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
Joanne Doroshow	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
Gideon Evans	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Jeremy Gibson	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Kathleen Glynn	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Immy Humes	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Michael Moore	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Geoffrey O'Connor	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
David Van Taylor	....	producer (unknown episodes)
David Wald	....	senior producer (unknown episodes)
Richard Whitley	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Pamela Yates	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Bob Golden		(unknown episodes)
tomandandy		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Duane Conder		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Jay Keuper		(15 episodes, 1994-1995)
Pamela Scott Arnold		(unknown episodes)
Nigel Bell		(unknown episodes)
Kristen Huntley		(unknown episodes)
Karl Woitach		(unknown episodes)
David Zieff		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Todd Rutt		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Dina Varano	....	props (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Chris Floberg	....	sound designer (9 episodes, 1994)
Paul Furedi	....	sound mixer (9 episodes, 1994)
Matt Foglia	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Brian Miksis	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Ralph Scaglione	....	on-line editor (9 episodes, 1994)

Series Other crew
Willis Baxter Johnson	....	location assistant (unknown episodes)
Charles Ricciardi	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Dawn Murphy Riley	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Dog Eat Dog Films

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1994) (UK) (TV) (BBC 2)
• Columbia TriStar (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Fox Television (1995) (USA) (TV)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1994) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Appleton, Minnesota, USA

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Several segments were not aired due to controversial subject matter: - A segment about Fred Phelps and his anti-gay group "God Hates Fags" who protest the funerals of homosexuals. Moore confronts the group in a pink RV filled with gay men. The segment was released on the videotape compilation TV Nation: Volume Two (1997) (V). Moore later confronted Phelps with the RV again in his show "The Awful Truth" (1999). - An interview with Christian abortion abolitionist C. Roy McMillan who declared that deadly force against abortionists, the Supreme Court and President Bill Clinton would be justified. NBC claimed they only pulled the segment because the airdate was during the holiday season (December 28) and promised to air the segment at a later date. But NBC later cancelled the show and the segment never aired. The US Secret Service investigated the tape of the interview. - A segment about small-size condoms was pulled because NBC feared it would "lose affiliates in the South" due to the repeated use of the word "condom". When the show moved to Fox, the network agreed to air it but later changed their minds. The segment was released on the videotape compilation TV Nation: Volume One (1997) (V).

Movie Connections:

Edited into TV Nation: Volume One (1997) (V)

Entertaining but...

That's about all one can say for this twice-failed TV series which had talent behind it but unfortunately most of the talent had nothing to do with the creator, Michael Moore. He is notorious for his hypocrisy on the "working man" (few if any walked away from this show saying that it was a good "working experience") and all in all, a one-trick pony who has since fallen deeply, deeply in love with himself and made some of the most insensitive remarks about 9/11 on record. An entertaining show, yes, but only because of the real talent involved (I'm thinking Janeane Garofalo and a few others). C