{{Short description|American television series}} {{for|the film of the same name|After Words (film)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use American English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox television | image = AfterWords logo 200px.jpg | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Talk show | creator = | developer = | writer = | director = | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United States | language = | num_seasons = <!-- or num_series --> | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = | channel = C-SPAN2 | first_aired = {{Start date|2005|1|2}} | last_aired = present | related = ''Booknotes'' }} '''''After Words''''' is an American television series on the C-SPAN2 network's weekend programming schedule known as ''Book TV''. The program is an hour-long talk show, each week featuring an interview with the author of a new nonfiction book. The program has no regular host. Instead, each author is paired with a guest host who is familiar with the author or the subject matter of their book.<ref name=Milliot>{{cite news |title=BookTV Eyes More Original Programming |author=Jim Milliot |newspaper=Publishers Weekly |date=10 January 2005 }}</ref>
The program airs on Saturday at 10 p.m. Eastern Time, with encores on Sunday at 12 p.m. and at 9 p.m., and Monday at 12 a.m.<ref name=BookTV>{{cite web |url=http://www.c-span.org/series/?afterWords |title=After Words |work=C-SPAN.org |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=19 October 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101026064352/http://www.booktv.org/Series/AW/After-Words.aspx| archive-date= 26 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
==History== ''After Words'' debuted on January 2, 2005, with Norman J. Ornstein from the American Enterprise Institute interviewing Newt Gingrich about his book ''Winning the Future''.<ref name=Milliot/><ref name=Biffle>{{cite news |title=The Last Author Of One Last Book For One Final Hour |author=Tony Biffle |newspaper=The Sun Herald |date= 5 December 2004}}</ref> {{As of|2010|December}}, ''After Words'' has produced more than 260 hours of programming.<ref name=Milestones>{{cite web |url= http://www.c-span.org/about/company/index.asp?code=MILESTONES |title=C-SPAN Milestones |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=1 December 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101209032304/http://c-span.org/about/company/index.asp?code=MILESTONES| archive-date= 9 December 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
Noteworthy authors and guest hosts who have appeared on the program include: Jimmy Carter, interviewed by Douglas Brinkley;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/after-words-with-jimmy-carter/233408 |title=After Words with Jimmy Carter |date=21 September 2010 |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=March 1, 2026}}</ref> Bob Dole, interviewed by Rick Atkinson;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.c-span.org/program/after-words/bob-dole/142048 |title=After Words with Bob Dole |date=15 April 2005 |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=March 1, 2026}}</ref> Andrea Mitchell interviewed by Samuel Robert Lichter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.c-span.org/program/after-words/andrea-mitchell/148361 |title=After Words with Andrea Mitchell |date=14 September 2005 |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=March 1, 2026}}</ref> and Simon Schama interviewed by Edna Medford.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.c-span.org/program/after-words/simon-schama/163529 |title=After Words with Simon Schama |date=26 June 2006 |publisher=C-SPAN |accessdate=March 1, 2026}}</ref>
==Show format== The program is an hour-long author interview-based talk show, focusing on non-fiction writers, with different participants each week.<ref name=Biffle/> On each program an author is interviewed about their book by a guest host who is an expert on the topic of the book. The goal of this format, as stated by C-SPAN, is to put a "different spin" on the usual format of author interview programs.<ref name=Milliot/> ''After Words'' is now a weekly part of ''Book TV'''s schedule, along with ''History on Book TV'', ''Book Parties and Festivals'', ''Public Lives'' and ''Encore Booknotes''.<ref name=Brazzel>{{cite news |title=Book bus finds story of Bates worth stop |author=Kyle Brazzel |newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |date=25 October 2005}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.c-span.org/series/?afterWords}} *{{IMDb title|1088131}}
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