War on Terror

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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About

“I think it was a relief that these [sitcoms] were New Yorks that didn’t have 9/11. All you did at the time was watch the news, and when I put on the TV and it was Will & Grace, I thought, ‘I wonder who they knew in the towers.’ As if that was gonna come up in the show. Then I went, ‘Oh, no, this was shot before. It hasn’t happened yet. Good. I’m in a world where it hasn’t happened yet.’ And then I realized, ‘Oh wait. This is a world where it’s not ever going to happen.’ I almost started crying just from relief.” - Lisa Kudrow, Actress

Interviewees discuss the Iraq War a.k.a "The War on Terror" (2001- ) and its coverage on television.

Highlights

Lisa Kudrow on shooting the Halloween episode of Friends right after 9/11

Dan Rather on his second interview with Saddam Hussein

04:05

Patricia Heaton on winning an Emmy for Everybody Loves Raymond right after 9/11, on that show being like "lightning in a bottle"

01:21

Andy Cohen on announcing the death of Osama bin Laden on Watch What Happens Live

00:57

Ken Burns on The Civil War's effect on public perception of the War in Iraq

02:09

Geraldo Rivera on reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan

13:47

Who talked about this topic

Peter Arnett

Peter Arnett on the events leading up to his 1997 interview with Osama bin Laden

15:02

Peter Arnett on his 1997 interview with Osama bin Laden

14:19

Tom Brokaw

Tom Brokaw on being targeted with an anthrax letter in 2001

02:05

Ken Burns

Ken Burns on The Civil War's effect on public perception of the War in Iraq

02:09

Andy Cohen

Andy Cohen on announcing the death of Osama bin Laden on Watch What Happens Live

00:57

Irwin Corey with Emerson College

Irwin Corey on the then-current situation in Iraq

01:13

Jeff Fager

Jeff Fager on the Abu Ghraib story on 60 Minutes II

09:00

Jeff Fager on the controversial 2013 60 Minutes story on Benghazi

06:31

Murray Fromson

Murray Fromson on the parallels between the Iraq War and the Vietnam War

01:19

Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel on being the first Western journalist to reach Baghdad when Iraq invaded Kuwait

01:25

John Langley

John Langley on the documentary special Terrorism: Target USA

01:07

Sheila Nevins

Sheila Nevins on the HBO documentary Baghdad ER

00:06

Dan Rather

Dan Rather on his second interview with Saddam Hussein

04:05

Geraldo Rivera

Geraldo Rivera on reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan

13:47

Maria Elena Salinas

Maria Elena Salinas on covering the Iraq War from Baghdad

06:47

Max Schindler

Max Schindler on how technology has changed the news business since he began his career

01:44

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