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Firing Line

Season 8

20 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 8 of Firing Line (1966–1999) on Syndicated/PBS as a mid listed season (8; 8 of 33) — 20 listed hours, 1973-01-10–1973-12-07 from “What are the Challenges for Conservatives in 1973?” (S08E04) to “The Jesus Movement” (S08E46). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S08E26 Is There an Ecological Crisis?

    Is There an Ecological Crisis? — 1973 hour as the clipboard turning toward a new public argument, PBS adjacency already in view.

  1. S08E04

    What are the Challenges for Conservatives in 1973?

    What are the Challenges for Conservatives in 1973? — Season 8, Episode 4 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-01-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S08E07

    Texas Politics

    Texas Politics — Season 8, Episode 7 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-01-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S08E08

    How Does It Go with the Black Movement?

    How Does It Go with the Black Movement? — Season 8, Episode 8 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-01-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S08E13

    Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment — Season 8, Episode 13 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-02-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S08E16

    The Equal Rights Amendment

    The Equal Rights Amendment — Season 8, Episode 16 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-03-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S08E17

    Proposals for Welfare

    Proposals for Welfare — Season 8, Episode 17 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-04-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S08E18

    What to Do About the Post Office?

    What to Do About the Post Office? — Season 8, Episode 18 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-04-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S08E19

    The Implications of Watergate

    The Implications of Watergate — Season 8, Episode 19 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-05-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S08E26

    Is There an Ecological Crisis?

    Is There an Ecological Crisis? — Season 8, Episode 26 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-05-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S08E28

    What Now for the Ghetto?

    What Now for the Ghetto? — Season 8, Episode 28 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-07-24. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S08E29

    World Federalism Today

    World Federalism Today — Season 8, Episode 29 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-07-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S08E30

    Russian Jewry and American Foreign Policy

    Russian Jewry and American Foreign Policy — Season 8, Episode 30 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-07-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S08E34

    Has America Had It?

    Has America Had It? — Season 8, Episode 34 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-08-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  14. S08E35

    The Energy Crisis and Energy Policy

    The Energy Crisis and Energy Policy — Season 8, Episode 35 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-09-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  15. S08E36

    Amnesty

    Amnesty — Season 8, Episode 36 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-09-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  16. S08E38

    The Nixon Presidency

    The Nixon Presidency — Season 8, Episode 38 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-09-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  17. S08E39

    The Mechanism of Moral Development

    The Mechanism of Moral Development — Season 8, Episode 39 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-10-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  18. S08E40

    Heredity, IQ, and Social Issues

    Heredity, IQ, and Social Issues — Season 8, Episode 40 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-10-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  19. S08E42

    The Middle East Explosion and American Detente

    The Middle East Explosion and American Detente — Season 8, Episode 42 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-11-12. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  20. S08E46

    The Jesus Movement

    The Jesus Movement — Season 8, Episode 46 of Firing Line. Aired 1973-12-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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