Huckabee

Huckabee Summary

• Show Status: Active
• Huckabee is 90 minutes long
• 1 Taping(s) per week
• Opened September 27, 2008
• Show Closes: Open ended
• Talk Show
• Cable

From Politics To TV

Baptist minister turned governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee may have lost his 2008 and 2016 bids for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, but he has been successful with his own TV show which was formerly shot in New York City and is now shot in Hendersonville Tennessee.

Blend of TV Show Formats

Huckabee with Mike Huckabee is a blend of two TV formats: the daytime and evening television variety talk show format and the cable TV news political "talking head" show format. In his self-titled show, Huckabee includes an opening monologue, a house band, and interviews with both politicians and celebrities. The show is now recorded in in Hendersonville Tennessee.

New York City Show

The New York City version of the show was shot in front of a live audience and was owned by Fox. This show ran from 2008 until 2015 and was a weekly show broadcast on a Friday night.

Hendersonville Tennessee Show

The Hendersonville Tennessee version of the show began in 2017. The show is taped, edited and broadcast a few hours later.

Two Year Show Hiatus During Election Presidential Election Run 2016

In January 2015, Huckabee announced that he would be stepping down from the show to prepare for a run in the 2016 presidential election. Huckabee had hosted the conservative leaning talk show since 2008 and the show generally received positive ratings over the course of its first 7 year run.

After a failed run in 2016 when Trump won the nomination, Huckabee's show was then picked up by TBN and Fox and the show began taping again in 2017 in Hendersonville, Tennessee.