Al Franken Heads to Cable TV's Sundance Channel (also)

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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/entertainment-leisure-franken.html

Al Franken Heads to Cable TV's Sundance Channel
By REUTERS

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Liberal political humorist Al Franken, once a star of ``Saturday Night Live,'' is headed back to television next month with plans to bring his radio show to the Sundance cable TV channel, a spokesman said on Monday.

Starting Sept. 7, Sundance will package the best of Franken's three-hour weekday radio program into a one-hour telecast of highlights that will air at 11:30 p.m. the same night, with repeats at 2:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. the next morning.

Sundance plans to keep the satirist on its network through the November U.S. presidential election, and possibly beyond, a spokesman for Franken said.<snip>

His radio show debuted on March 31 as part of the fledgling Air America radio network, billed as a liberal antidote to the predominantly right-leaning talk-show culture whose ranks include Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly.

``The Al Franken Show.'' which airs on 17 stations, features a mix of political commentary, humor and interviews with an anti-Republican, pro-Democrat slant.

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1. Step in the correct direction

small step, but a step.