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Booknotes

Booknotes is an American television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004. The format of the show is a one-hour, one-on-one interview with a non-fiction author. The series was broadcast at 8 p.m. Eastern Time each Sunday night, and was the longest-running author interview program in U.S. broadcast…

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Genre
Talk show
Country of origin
United States
Network
C-SPAN
No. of episodes
801
No. of seasons
16
Original language
English

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Booknotes

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Edges38
Triples90
Avg. degree1.95
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Booknotes

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related to history · 23
Booknotes → Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, After, American, April, Brian Lamb, Communism, Death, December, English, For, Harper's Magazine, Lamb's, Life Stories, Mark Edmundson, The, The Birth, The Grand Failure, Titled Booknotes, Twentieth Century, United States National Security
related to Guests · 20
Booknotes → Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, David Crosby, December, Dixy Lee Ray, February, Frank McCourt, Hillary Clinton, In, Isaac Stern, January, Jimmy Carter, My First, Notable, Pat Buchanan, Richard Nixon, Thatcher, UK Prime Minister Margaret, While, Years
related to Books · 12
Booknotes → America's Finest Authors, American History, Brian Lamb’s, Ideas, Including Booknotes, Life Stories, On American Character, Power, Reading, Stories, The, Writing
related to External links · 9
Booknotes → An Exhibition, April, Beyond, Book, Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection, George Mason University's Fenwick, IMDb, LibraryBooknotes, Official
related to Development · 8
Booknotes → According, Bright Shining Lie, Lamb, Neil Sheehan, September, Sheehan, The, The Booknotes
related to Production · 5
Booknotes → Brian Lamb, Lamb, One, Research, The
related to Format · 3
Booknotes → Each Booknotes, In, The
Country of origin · 1
Booknotes → United States
Genre · 1
Booknotes → Talk show
Network · 1
Booknotes → C-SPAN

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lamb interview program author history series brian c-span american book books show time authors stories interviews broadcast network april anniversary

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BooknotesCountry of originUnited States1.00infobox
BooknotesGenreTalk show1.00infobox
BooknotesNetworkC-SPAN1.00infobox
BooknotesNo. of episodes8011.00infobox
BooknotesNo. of seasons161.00infobox
BooknotesOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
BooknotesPresented byBrian Lamb1.00infobox
BooknotesReleaseApril 2, 1989 (1989-04-02) – December 5, 2004 (2004-12-05)1.00infobox
BooknotesRunning time60 minutes1.00infobox
Booknotesis aAmerican television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb0.90text
Booknotesrelated to BooksIncluding Booknotes0.60section
Booknotesrelated to BooksLife Stories0.60section

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