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Line 46: ==Broadcast history== ''We the People'' was a 30-minute [[talk show]] on CBS for the first season and on NBC for its final two seasons. The host interviewed politicians, celebrities, and everyday people. The interviews tended to be "up close and personal", giving audiences an opportunity to see into celebrities' lives where they had struggled to overcome some difficulty. The non-celebrities were usually people who had participated in some type of charitable work. The show was sponsored by [[Gulf Oil]] and produced by ''[[Life (magazine)\|Life]]'' magazine.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=rx8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=we+the+people+dumont+1952&source=bl&ots=7jBDWQbjaw&sig=UngTc7hhFpnE445fqxDjGb7vJ9U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6zPwU8eENs3-oQTfpIKICQ&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=we%20the%20people%20dumont%201952&f=false ''Billboard'' (August 9, 1952)]</ref> The TV show aired Tuesdays at 9pm ET, and then Fridays at 8:30pm ET, and was simulcast on radio and TV for a time. The show had been aired on [[CBS Radio]] since 1936.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/we-the-people TV.com entry]</ref>