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A Current Affair is a television magazine that ran from 1986 to 1996 before reappearing in 2005. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox and airs on most Fox Television Stations. The logo of the show is a distinctive pyramid with a "zoom-like" sound effect (immortalized as the "ka-chung") for a theme. While showing some hard news stories, the focus of the show is often entertainment, scandals, and gossip. It was popular during the 1990s when magazine-type news shows were common during daytime television. Its main competitors were Hard Copy and Inside Edition, along with the many talk shows that dominated daytime TV during the 90s. Maury Povich and Maureen O'Boyle both served as show hosts during its original run. Image File history File links Logo for the television magazine program A Current Affair. ... Image File history File links Logo for the television magazine program A Current Affair. ... ô[[]]~ ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū ǖ ǘ ǚ ǜ Ĉ ĉ Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Ĵ ĵ Ŝ ŝ Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ă ă Ğ ğ Ŭ ŭ Ċ ċ Ė ė Ġ ġ İ ı Ż ż Ą ą Ę ę Į į Ų ų Ł ł Ő ő Ű ű Ŀ ŀ Ħ ħ Ð ð Þ þ Œ œ Æ æ Ø ø Å å Ə ə – — … [] [[]]ƏÅÅǘ ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... This is an incomplete list of Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates. ... A logotype, commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface/font, or arranged in a particular, but legible, way. ... Geometric shape created by connecting a polygonal base to an apex An n-sided pyramid is a polyhedron formed by connecting an n-sided polygonal base and a point, called the apex, by n triangular faces (n≥3). ... Hard news brings us news, reviews and contest reports from the events that make history. ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Hard Copy was a tabloid news infotainment magazine show similar to Inside Edition and A Current Affair. ... WJLA, Washington, DC Inside Edition promo featuring Bill OReilly, 1993. ... Maury Povich publicity shot. ...

Initially, the show broadcast as an irreverent, late-night New York City broadcast, but as it expanded, the show began to cover stories throughout America that were overlooked or ignored by the then-dominant network news organizations. By 1989, the show's coverage of controversies and scandals caused the show's demographic to change significantly and to challenge the authority of network television news. New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and the largest financial center in the world. ...

The show's landmark coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was seen as the harbinger for "tabloid" television newsmagazines' dominance of, and leadership in, coverage of serious news stories. Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989 The Berlin Wall (German: Die Berliner Mauer) was a long barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of East Germany. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The book, Tabloid Baby, written by the show's first managing editor, was said by Povich to be the Bible on the era, and is regarded as the definitive work on the show's history, as well as the rise and fall of the tabloid television genre. Tabloid Baby (Celebrity Books, 1999): The book by television journalist and producer Burt Kearns on the rise of the tabloid television genre and his rollicking experiences as one of its field marshals. ... The Bible (sometimes The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, plural of βιβλιον, biblion, book, originally a diminutive of βιβλος, biblos, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos, meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material... A WNYW-TV full screen segment intro from 2005. ...

ACA Gets New Life in the U.S.

On March 21, 2005 Fox began airing new episodes of A Current Affair after an 8-year hiatus. Former Atlanta Falcons defensive end and lawyer Tim Green hosted the new edition, known as "ACA 2". In resurrecting the show, Fox gave the show a more serious tone by covering more news and crime, rather than entertainment-oriented stories. As with the original incarnation, overt politicizing was left out of the show, unlike its Fox News counterpart. The series aired on all Fox owned and operated stations (O&O's). This resurrection would be short lived, however, as the departure from the Fox organization of Lachlan Murdoch and his replacement by Fox News chief Roger Ailes led to Fox's announcement that Ailes would replace the show with a Geraldo Rivera-hosted program in November 2005, only six months after ACA 2 premiered. Suspicions that Ailes pulled the show because the ACA team was competing with, and sometimes besting his cable Fox News Channel, were intensified in October 2005, when, after its cancellation, ACA broadcast an exclusive interview with Natalee Holloway murder suspect Joran van der Sloot, and Rivera revealed to the the press that Ailes planned to use the timeslot as a beachhead for the establishment of a Fox News nightly newscast. [1] March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Conference NFC Division South Year Founded 1965 Home Field Georgia Dome City Atlanta, Georgia Team Colors Black, Red, Silver, and White Head Coach Jim L. Mora League Championships (0) Conference Championships (1) NFC: 1998 Division Championships (3) NFC West: 1980, 1998 NFC South: 2004 The Atlanta Falcons are a National... Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American football. ... Tim Green (b. ... Fox News Channels slogan is We Report, You Decide The Fox News Channel is a U.S. cable and satellite news channel. ... In the television industry (especially in North America), an owned and operated station (frequently abbreviated as O&O) is a television station that is owned by the network with which it is associated. ... Lachlan Keith Murdoch (born 1971) is the elder son of media mogul, Rupert Murdoch and the former Anna Torv. ... Roger Ailes President of Fox News Roger Eugene Ailes (born May 15, 1940) is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President, of FOX News. ... Geraldo Rivera on the Fox News Channel in 2004. ... Ongoing events • 2005 Kuomintang visits to Mainland • Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage) • German Visa Affair 2005 • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Election of OAS Secretary General • Stanislav Gross scandal in Czech republic Upcoming events Deaths in May May 3: Jagjit Singh Aurora May 3: Don Canham May... Yearbook portrait of Natalee Holloway Natalee Holloway (born October 21, 1986) is a U.S. teenager from Mountain Brook, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, whose disappearance on May 30, 2005 during a post-graduation trip in Aruba caused citizen concern in Aruba along with a media sensation in the United... Joran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot (born August 6, 1987 in Arnhem, Netherlands) is a Dutch teenager who lived in Aruba, but who has returned to his native land for college. ...

References

Tabloidbaby.com: [2]. [3]

• (January 13, 2005). A Current Affair to return to television. Associated Press/MSNBC.