Hockenberry is an American

United States

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 television talk-show style current affairs program that aired on MSNBC

MSNBC

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 in 1998 and 1999. It was hosted by and named after journalist John Hockenberry

John Hockenberry

John Charles Hockenberry is an American journalist and author. A four-time Emmy Award winner and three-time Peabody Award winner, Hockenberry has worked in media since 1980....

 and aired each weeknight.

Hockenberry was created as a replacement for The Big Show

The Big Show

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when host Keith Olbermann

Keith Olbermann

Keith Theodore Olbermann is an American political commentator and writer. He has been the chief news officer of the Current TV network and the host of Current TV's weeknight political commentary program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, since June 20, 2011...

 departed. The show was canceled in July 1999 after six months. The time slot was filled by Hardball with Chris Matthews

Hardball with Chris Matthews

Hardball with Chris Matthews is a talk show on MSNBC, broadcast weekdays at 5 and 7 PM hosted by Chris Matthews. It originally aired on now-defunct America's Talking and later CNBC. The current title was derived from a book Matthews wrote in 1988, Hardball: How Politics Is Played Told by One Who...

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