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Firing Line

Season 34

9 listed hours · 1966–1999 · Syndicated/PBS

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How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

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.

TV Flash files Season 34 of Firing Line (1966–1999) on Syndicated/PBS as the last listed season of 33 — 9 listed hours, 1999-01-13–1999-12-14 from “Is New York City Out from Under?” (S34E01) to “The End of Firing Line, Part I” (S34E36). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S34E36 The End of Firing Line, Part I

    The End of Firing Line, Part I closes decades of across-the-aisle conversation: catalog tail of political talk before the timer.

  1. S34E01

    Is New York City Out from Under?

    Is New York City Out from Under? — Season 34, Episode 1 of Firing Line. Aired 1999-01-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S34E06

    Tom Wolfe and His Critics

    Tom Wolfe and His Critics — Season 34, Episode 6 of Firing Line. Aired 1999-01-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S34E08

    Legalize Pot?

    Legalize Pot? — Season 34, Episode 8 of Firing Line. Aired 1999-01-12. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S34E14

    Kissinger's Years of Renewal

    Kissinger's Years of Renewal — Season 34, Episode 14 of Firing Line. Aired 1999-04-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S34E16

    Professor Galbraith Names Names

    Professor Galbraith Names Names — Season 34, Episode 16 of Firing Line. Aired 1999-05-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S34E20

    Looking Back on Senator Joe McCarthy

    Looking Back on Senator Joe McCarthy — Season 34, Episode 20 of Firing Line. Aired 1999-06-29. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S34E31

    Philanthropy and the Conservative Movement

    Philanthropy and the Conservative Movement — Season 34, Episode 31 of Firing Line. Aired 1999-10-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S34E34

    The Conservative Search for a Foreign Policy

    The Conservative Search for a Foreign Policy — Season 34, Episode 34 of Firing Line. Aired 1999-11-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S34E36

    The End of Firing Line, Part I

    The End of Firing Line, Part I — Season 34, Episode 36 of Firing Line. Aired 1999-12-14. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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