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TV Nation: Season 1: Episode 1

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NBC | FOX | Air Date: July 19, 1994
Starring: Jane Morris, Janeane Garofalo, Merrill Markoe, Jonathan Katz, Rusty Cundieff, Louis Theroux, Michael Moore, Ben Hamper, Karen Duffy, Roy Sekoff, Jon Derevlany
Summary: This Episode's Segments:NAFTA: TV Nation travels to Mexico to take advantage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and make the show with cheaper labor and maximize profits-just like GM and Converse. Taxi: New Yorkers know cabs may be difficult to get at rush hour or during a rainstorm. Black New Yorkers know another reason a cab mayThis Episode's Segments:NAFTA: TV Nation travels to Mexico to take advantage of the North American Free Trade Agreement and make the show with cheaper labor and maximize profits-just like GM and Converse. Taxi: New Yorkers know cabs may be difficult to get at rush hour or during a rainstorm. Black New Yorkers know another reason a cab may be hard to get-drivers refuse to stop for them. TV Nation goes to the streets to find out who is more likely to get a cab in New York City-Yaphet Kotto, a distinguished black actor, or Louis Bruno, a convicted white felon. Appleton: Appleton, Minnesota has hit hard times lately. So what did they do to improve the economy? They built a prison, of course, using private and public funds. TV Nation goes to Appleton to discuss with the community the only thing missing to make their dreams come true-inmates. Love Canal: Remember Love Canal, the small town near Niagara Falls? You may only remember the evacuation that occurred there due to the leakage of toxic waste into homes. But now, some industrious realtors are trying to convince people to move back to the new, less toxic Love Canal. Mike's Missiles: Remember the Cold War? And threats of nuclear weapons being aimed at us? These weapons are not still a threat are they? TV Nation creator Michael Moore travels to Russia to find the missile still aimed at his hometown, Flint, Michigan and convince the Russians to redirect it.… Expand
Genre(s): Comedy, News/Documentary, News, Documentary

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