Firing Line
The GOP and the Hispanic Vote
TV Flash files “The GOP and the Hispanic Vote” as the last listed hour of season 33 — Firing Line (1966–1999) on Syndicated/PBS, season 33, episode 44, aired 1998-12-03, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S33E44: listed hour 317 of 326 in the Firing Line guide, last listed hour of season 33. It aired 1998-12-03 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “On Impeachability” (S33E35). Next is “Is New York City Out from Under?” (S34E01).
Viewer FAQ
Where does The GOP and the Hispanic Vote sit in the Firing Line guide?
S33E44 is listed hour 317 of 326 — last listed hour of season 33, season 33 episode 44.
When did Firing Line S33E44 air?
The GOP and the Hispanic Vote aired 1998-12-03 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Where should I start?
A Buckley hour with a guest from across the aisle and room for full sentences is the contract. Clipboard, drawl, no countdown clock. Sample debates, not a serialized doctrine.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Firing Line is William F. Buckley Jr. turning argument into spectator sport: clipboard, drawl, and guests from across the aisle in conversations that refused the sound bite. Syndicated, then PBS, it ran for decades on polysyllables. Political talk before the countdown clock — intellectual blood sport with manners, and sentences allowed to finish on national television.
Clipboard, drawl, and a guest from across the aisle — argument as spectator sport before the countdown clock. Firing Line is William F. Buckley Jr. turning political talk into ballet and blood sport at once. Premiered 1966, then ran through syndication and PBS into 1999. Sesquipedalian flair, pointed civility, ideas as combat. Public-affairs TV with a maestro's ego. Sentences allowed to finish on national television. **It set a gold standard for intellectual TV debate across ideological lines.**
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- William F. Buckley Jr. as Host
William F. Buckley Jr. hosted Firing Line as argument-as-spectator-sport — clipboard, drawl, guests from across the aisle in conversations that refused the sound bite. Syndicated, then PBS, decades on polysyllables. TV Flash files him as…