| Huckabee | |
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| Presented by | Mike Huckabee |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 191 (FNC run) 302 (TBN run) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers | Matthew Crouch Mike Huckabee |
| Production locations | New York City (2008–2015) Hendersonville, Tennessee (Trinity Music City) (2017–) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Network | Fox News Channel |
| Release | September 27, 2008 (2008-09-27) – January 3, 2015 (2015-01-03) |
| Network | Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| Release | October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07) – present (present) |
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Huckabee is a television talk show broadcast by TBN, hosted by former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee. The program's format is modeled after late-night talk shows, featuring an opening monologue, interviews, and musical performances.
The series was originally broadcast by Fox News Channel from September 27, 2008, to January 3, 2015, when Huckabee ended the show to focus on his 2016 presidential campaign. On October 7, 2017, Huckabee was revived by TBN, with the program moving to the auditorium of TBN's Trinity Music City complex in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Barring pre-emption, new episodes of Huckabee regularly 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 TV airs a next-day encore of the show on Sunday afternoons.
The show was shot before a live 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 the Fox network and Fox News Channel.[1] Tonal differences aside, he believes the show's conservative political content is harmonious with other Fox News hosts past and present such as Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill 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 on the Arkansas state capital where Huckabee once served) consisting of several Fox News staff, host Huckabee on bass guitar, and chief religious correspondent Lauren Green on keyboards.[2]
In some instances, the final segment featured Huckabee answering questions from e-mails or from the live studio audience.
In 2017, the show made a comeback on TBN.[3] The show is recorded before a studio audience at the Trinity Music City auditorium in Hendersonville, Tennessee (which is christened as the "Huckabee Theatre"),[4] a few days before it airs.[3]
Announcer Keith Bilbrey goes 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]
