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Firing Line

Season 9

23 listed hours · 1966–1999 · Syndicated/PBS

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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 9 of Firing Line (1966–1999) on Syndicated/PBS as a mid listed season (9; 9 of 33) — 23 listed hours, 1974-01-23–1974-12-02 from “The Revisionist Historians” (S09E02) to “Jews and American Politics” (S09E42). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

  1. S09E02

    The Revisionist Historians

    The Revisionist Historians — Season 9, Episode 2 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-01-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S09E05

    The British Crisis

    The British Crisis — Season 9, Episode 5 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-02-12. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S09E06

    Enoch Powell and the British Crisis

    Enoch Powell and the British Crisis — Season 9, Episode 6 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-02-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S09E07

    Tax Reform

    Tax Reform — Season 9, Episode 7 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-01-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S09E08

    Politics and Black Progress

    Politics and Black Progress — Season 9, Episode 8 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-01-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S09E11

    The Question of South Africa

    The Question of South Africa — Season 9, Episode 11 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-03-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S09E12

    The Question of Rhodesia

    The Question of Rhodesia — Season 9, Episode 12 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-03-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S09E13

    The Republican Party and Mr. Nixon

    The Republican Party and Mr. Nixon — Season 9, Episode 13 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-05-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S09E14

    The Blackmailing of the President

    The Blackmailing of the President — Season 9, Episode 14 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-05-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S09E15

    Where Do We Go from Here in the Middle East?

    Where Do We Go from Here in the Middle East? — Season 9, Episode 15 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-05-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S09E16

    Should the United States Disarm?

    Should the United States Disarm? — Season 9, Episode 16 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-05-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S09E19

    Amnesty

    Amnesty — Season 9, Episode 19 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-06-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S09E20

    Government and the Arts

    Government and the Arts — Season 9, Episode 20 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-06-03. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  14. S09E21

    The Future of the GOP

    The Future of the GOP — Season 9, Episode 21 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-06-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  15. S09E23

    The Limits of Journalistic Investigation

    The Limits of Journalistic Investigation — Season 9, Episode 23 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-07-09. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  16. S09E24

    Shockley's Thesis

    Shockley's Thesis — Season 9, Episode 24 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-06-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  17. S09E26

    Public Medicine

    Public Medicine — Season 9, Episode 26 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-06-10. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  18. S09E29

    The Political Responsibility of Artists

    The Political Responsibility of Artists — Season 9, Episode 29 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-06-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  19. S09E31

    The Nixon Experience and American Conservatism

    The Nixon Experience and American Conservatism — Season 9, Episode 31 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-09-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  20. S09E33

    Chile and the CIA

    Chile and the CIA — Season 9, Episode 33 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-09-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  21. S09E35

    The Economy

    The Economy — Season 9, Episode 35 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-09-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  22. S09E41

    Democratic Culture

    Democratic Culture — Season 9, Episode 41 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-11-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  23. S09E42

    Jews and American Politics

    Jews and American Politics — Season 9, Episode 42 of Firing Line. Aired 1974-12-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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