Series synopsis
Democracy Now! is an American documentary news talk television series that premiered on Syndication on January 1, 2001. It was created by Amy Goodman. It stars Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
A United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion.
Premise
A United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Amy Goodman as Herself - Host
- Juan Gonzalez as Himself - Host
Guest cast
- Fatima Bhutto as Herself
- Virgil Goode as Self
- Mitt Romney as Self (archive footage)
- Barack Obama as Self (archive footage)
- Jill Stein as Self (archive footage)
- Rocky Anderson as Self (archive footage)
- Frank Church as Self (archive footage)
- Elizabeth Holtzman as Self
- Matt Meyer as Self
- Jeff Merkley as Self
- Tony Benn
- Russ Feingold as Self
Episodes
This series spans 20 seasons with 1366 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 2001 | 0 | ||
| Season 2002 | 0 | January 1, 2002 | December 31, 2002 |
| Season 2003 | 1 | July 11, 2003 | December 31, 2003 |
| Season 2004 | 0 | January 1, 2004 | December 31, 2004 |
| Season 2005 | 0 | January 3, 2005 | December 30, 2005 |
| Season 2006 | 0 | January 2, 2006 | December 29, 2006 |
| Season 2007 | 0 | January 1, 2007 | December 31, 2007 |
| Season 2008 | 0 | January 1, 2008 | December 31, 2008 |
| Season 2009 | 10 | January 1, 2009 | December 31, 2009 |
| Season 2010 | 260 | January 4, 2010 | December 31, 2010 |
| Season 2011 | 260 | January 3, 2011 | December 30, 2011 |
| Season 2012 | 209 | January 2, 2012 | December 28, 2012 |
| Season 2013 | 256 | January 1, 2013 | December 31, 2013 |
| Season 2014 | 0 | January 1, 2014 | December 31, 2014 |
| Season 2015 | 0 | January 1, 2015 | June 3, 2015 |
| Season 2016 | 262 | January 1, 2016 | December 30, 2016 |
| Season 2017 | 108 | January 2, 2017 | December 29, 2017 |
| Season 2018 | 0 | December 31, 2018 | |
| Season 2019 | 0 | December 31, 2019 | |
| Season 2020 | 0 | December 31, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tuesday, January 01, 2002 Against Oblivion: On the Eighth Anniversary of the Zapatista UprisingNoam Chomsky Ushers in the New Year with Democracy Now! in ExileEdward Said Ushers in the New Year with Democracy Now! in ExileTuesday, January 01, 2002 |
January 1, 2002 |
| 2 |
Wednesday, January 02, 2002 As al-Qaeda and the Taliban Head to Guantánamo, Cuba, a Look Back at What They'll Be Facing in Detention Camps from the Experience of Haitian RefugeesNancy Murray: Hyper-Nationalism and Our Civil LibertiesMerrie: Supporting Communities at Risk and Immigrant RightsIndia and Pakistan On the Brink: The Nuclear Powers May Be Heading for a Fourth War |
January 2, 2002 |
| 3 |
Thursday, January 03, 2002 Afghan Journey: The Last DayTop Eleven Worst Corporations of 2001Activist Philip Berrigan Released From Prison, Confronts Bush at ChurchPentagon Downplays Number of Military Deaths and Injuries in AfghanistanPalestinian Activist and Physician Arrested, Beaten Twice by Israeli ForcesInternational Civilians Defy Israeli Army with Direct Action, Dismantling Checkpoints in Theoccupied TerritoriesUnited Nations: Governments Are Using the U.S. "War On Terrorism" to Justify Repression At Home |
January 3, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Friday, July 11, 2003 * Drilling and Killing: As President Bush Meets with the CEO of Chevron Texaco in Nigeria, a Look at Chevrons Role in the Killing of Two Nigerian Villagers * Transcript of Drilling and Killing Documentary |
July 11, 2003 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 2, 2003 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 3, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 1, 2004 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 2, 2004 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 5, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 3, 2005 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 4, 2005 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 5, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 2, 2006 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 3, 2006 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 4, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 1, 2007 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 2, 2007 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 3, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 1, 2008 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 2, 2008 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 3, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Thursday, January 01, 2009 2009/01/01 Headlines:$ |
January 1, 2009 |
| 2 |
Friday, January 02, 2009 2009/01/02 Headlines:$ |
January 2, 2009 |
| 3 |
Monday, January 05, 2009 2009/01/05 Headlines: Israeli Troops Invade Gaza; Death Toll Tops 530; US Blocks UN Call for Ceasefire in Gaza; Gaza Hospitals Struggle Without Power & Supplies; Israel Assassinates Hamas Official & His Family; International Protests Against Israel Continue; Commerce Pick Richardson Withdraws; Obama Stimulus to Include $300 Billion in Tax Cuts; Franken Takes 225-Vote Lead Over Coleman; Denver School Chief to Become Colorado Senator; Democrats Threaten to Block Burris from Taking Senate Seat; Coal Ash Disaster: Test Show Arsenic at 300x Normal Level in Water; Suicide Bomber Kills 40 in Baghdad; 5,300 Die in Drug-Related Killings in Mexico in 2008; Sri Lankan Military Take Rebel Capital; Cuba Marks 50th Anniversary of Revolution; AirTran Removes Muslim Family from Plane; Texas Activist Admits He Was FBI Informant; Anti-Apartheid Politician Helen Suzman, 91, Dies |
January 5, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Monday, January 04, 2010 2010/01/04 Headlines: 14 Nations to Face Stricter Airport Screening; Federal Judge Tosses Charges Against Blackwater Operatives; Two Blackwater Operatives & Jordanian Spy Among Dead at CIA Base; US Closes Embassy in Yemen Citing Threat; Afghan Parliament Rejects Most of Karzai's Cabinet Picks; Afghan Students Protest Killing of Civilians by US Forces; 101 Died in Pakistani Bombing at Volleyball Match; Report: The 00s Was a Lost Decade for American Workers; Food Stamps Now Only Source of Income for 6 Million Americans; 25-Year Sentence for Ex-Peruvian President Fujimori Upheld; Somali Man Charged with Attacking Danish Cartoonist; Indiana University Professor Don Belton Murdered; US Lifts 22-Year Ban on Visitors with HIV or <span class="caps">AIDS; Effigy of Obama Found Hanging in Georgia Town; Gaza Freedom Marchers Call for Divestment Against Israel |
January 4, 2010 |
| 2 |
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2010/01/05 Headlines: Jordanian Double Agent Blamed for CIA Base Bombing; General Criticizes State of US Intelligence in Afghanistan; Clinton: Situation in Yemen Threatens Global Stability; Senate and House Democrats to Forgo Committee Process to Reconcile Health Bill; Number of Bankruptcies Increases by 32 Percent; Maliki Threatens to Sue Blackwater over Killings; Germany Knew Nothing of Alleged CIA/Blackwater Murder Plot; Israel to Build New Israeli-Only Highway in West Bank; Israeli Military Officers Cancel Trip to Britain Fearing Arrest; Pentagon Resisting Obama's Plan to Reduce Nuclear Arsenal; New York Lawmakers Rally to Oppose Natural Gas Drilling; Greenpeace Activists Sentenced for Mt. Rushmore Action; Chilean Copper Miners Go On Strike; Annise Parker Becomes First Lesbian to Head Major City; President Obama Appoints Transgender Woman as Commerce Adviser |
January 5, 2010 |
| 3 |
Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2010/01/06 Headlines: 1M Somalis Face Starvation as WFP Suspends Food Aid; Obama: US Intel Could Have Prevented Failed Jetliner Attack; US Won't Release Cleared Yemeni Prisoners from Gitmo; Dozens Wounded as Egypt Blocks Gaza Aid Convoy; McCain Calls for Appeal of Blackwater Ruling; Bolivia to Hold Indigenous Climate Conference; Dem. Sens Dorgan, Dodd Won't Seek Re-Election; Dems Begin Closed-Door Healthcare Talks; Court Upholds Sweeping Authority to Jail Terror Suspects; 10 Arrested at Protest for Jailed Immigrant Rights Leader Jean Montrevil |
January 6, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Monday, January 03, 2011 2011/01/03 Headlines: Palestinian Protester Dies After Israeli Tear Gas Attack; Report: More than 10,000 Died in 2010 in Afghanistan; U.S. Air Force to Deploy New Surveillance System in Afghanistan; Pakistan Faces Political Turmoil; 21 Christians Killed in Egyptian Church Bombing; WikiLeaks: U.S. Diplomats Helped Market Boeing Jets Overseas; Bank of America Prepares for Possible Disclosures by WikiLeaks; African Leaders Pressure Ivory Coast President to Cede Power; Dilma Rousseff Sworn in as Brazilian President; 3,100 Killed in Ciudad Juárez in 2010; Australian Floods Kill 10 People; Jerry Brown to be Sworn in as Governor of California; Arizona Suffers from Record Number of Foreclosures; RNC Members Turn Against Michael Steele; Judith Miller Criticizes WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange; Hong Kong Democracy Activist Szeto Wah Dies at 79 |
January 3, 2011 |
| 2 |
Tuesday, January 04, 2011 2011/01/04 Headlines: Pakistani Governor Assassinated in Islamabad; Rep. Issa to Big Business: What Regulations Should GOP Fight?; GOP House to Vote to Repeal Entire Healthcare Bill; JPMorgan Exec Considered for White House Chief of Staff; Schwarzenegger Reduces Sentence of Son of Former Assembly Speaker; Union & State Workers Come Under Increasing Attack; Survey: 61 Percent Support Higher Taxes on the Rich; Iran Offers Access to Nuclear Facilities; WikiLeaks: Israel is Preparing for "Major War" in Middle East; Obama Prepares to Defy Congress on Guantánamo Limitations; Goldman Sachs Invests $450 Million in Facebook; Psychologists Protest Army's Treatment of Bradley Manning |
January 4, 2011 |
| 3 |
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 2011/01/05 Headlines: Republicans Set to Take Control of House; Slain Pakistani Governor Salmaan Taseer Buried; WikiLeaks: Israeli Blockade Meant to Keep Gaza on "Brink of Collapse"; DNA Evidence Frees Texas Prisoner After 30 Years; Healthcare Trade Association CEOs Pull in Millions; Texas Moves Toward Accepting Nuclear Waste; Navy Captain Relieved from Duty over Explicit Videos; Ex-U.S. Official Accuses Haiti Contractor of Shortchanging Him; Floods Threaten Australia's Great Barrier Reef; Netanyahu Calls for U.S. to Release Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard; Chávez Suggests Oliver Stone, Sean Penn or Noam Chomsky Be Named Ambassador; Son of Deposed Shah Commits Suicide; Puerto Rican National Sentenced for 1968 Plane Hijacking; Judy Bonds, Anti-Mountaintop Coal Remove Campaigner, Dies at 58 |
January 5, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Monday, January 02, 2012 Today we look back at 2011, a year that saw the U.S. killing of Osama Bin Laden, the ouster of a dictator in Egypt and the death of one in Libya, the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, and the expansion of the secret U.S. drone war in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula. As U.S. troops leave Iraq, thousands of private security contractors remain to guard the U.S. embassy—the largest in the world. The Horn of Africa was hit by the region’s worst drought in decades as the devastating impact of extreme weather was felt across the globe, while the world’s most powerful countries continue to refuse to join in a pact to address climate change. However, 2011 may be most remembered as a year of global uprisings. From the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, millions of people took to the streets to oppose repressive regimes and an unjust economic system. We spend the hour today looking back at the protest movements that shaped 2011. |
January 2, 2012 |
| 2 |
January 03, 2012 2012/01/03 Headlines: Obama Signs Defense Bill Allowing for Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Trial; Controversial Defense Bill Tightens Sanctions on Iran; Iowa Holds First 2012 Presidential Caucus; Occupy Supporters in Iowa Stage Actions Against GOP Candidates, Obama; Scores of Occupy Protesters in New York City Arrested Following New Year's Eve Action; Global Revolution, Occupy Wall Street Live Streaming Source, Evicted from Brooklyn Production Studio; Iraq PM Declares National Holiday to Commemorate U.S. Troop Withdrawal; Egypt: Mubarak in Court, Accused of "Tyrannical Rule"; Egyptian Military Defends Office Raids of Human Rights, Civil Society Groups; Nigerian Protesters Demand Shell Clean Up Massive Oil Spill; Senegal: Music Star Youssou N'dour Announces Plans to Run for President; Islamic Center Targeted in String of Firebombings in Queens; Federal Authorities Investigate Fire at Florida Abortion Clinic Previously Targeted with Violence; LAPD Arrests German Man in Connection with 53 Arson Fires; Iraq War Veteran Suspected in Park Ranger Killing Found Dead After Massive Manhunt; Seismologists: Fracking Linked to 11 Ohio Earthquakes Since March |
January 3, 2012 |
| 3 |
January 04, 2012 2012/01/04 Headlines: Romney Edges Out Santorum by 8 Votes in Iowa Caucus; Obama Talks Re-Election in Iowa Address; Iran Threatens Response over U.S. in Gulf; Taliban Suggests Potential of U.S. Talks; Ecuadorian Court Upholds Chevron Fine for Amazon Pollution; Israeli, Palestinian Negotiators Meet in Jordan; Washington State Governor to Back Gay Marriage; California, NYC Take Up Corporate Personhood Amendment; Suspect Confesses to New York City Arsons at Religious Sites; Global Revolution, Live Streamers of Occupy Wall Street, Arrested in NYPD Raid;$ |
January 4, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tuesday, January 01, 2013 2013/01/01 Headlines:$ |
January 1, 2013 |
| 2 | Wednesday, January 02, 2013 | January 2, 2013 |
| 3 |
Thursday, January 03, 2013 2013/01/03 Headlines: U.S. Drone Strikes Kill Taliban Leader, 14 Others in Pakistan; U.N.: More Than 60,000 Killed in Syria Conflict; News Blackout Lifted over U.S. Journalist Missing in Syria; Obama Signs Renewal of Controversial Defense Act; House Sets Vote on Sandy Aid After Torrent of Criticism; House GOP Blocks Violence Against Women Act; Outgoing Rep. Dennis Kucinich Calls for Unity in Farewell Address; New Hampshire to Swear In All-Female Congressional Delegation; India: 5 Charged in Court over Fatal Gang Rape; Cold Snap Kills More Than 100 in India; Colombia: 13 FARC Rebels Killed in Gov’t Strike; Chile: Widow of Singer Víctor Jara Asks U.S. to Extradite Suspect in His 1973 Murder; Hillary Clinton Discharged from Hospital After Blood Clot; Al Jazeera Expands U.S. |
January 3, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wednesday, January 01, 2014 | January 1, 2014 |
| 2 | Thursday, January 02, 2014 | January 2, 2014 |
| 3 | Friday, January 03, 2014 | January 3, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursday, January 01, 2015 | January 1, 2015 |
| 2 | Friday, January 02, 2015 | January 2, 2015 |
| 3 | Monday, January 05, 2015 | January 5, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday, January 1, 2016 | January 1, 2016 |
| 2 | Monday, January 4, 2016 | January 4, 2016 |
| 3 | Tuesday, January 5, 2016 | January 5, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monday, January 2, 2017 | January 2, 2017 |
| 2 | Tuesday, January 3, 2017 | January 3, 2017 |
| 3 | Wednesday, January 4, 2017 | January 4, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monday, January 1, 2018 | January 1, 2018 |
| 2 | Tuesday, January 2, 2018 | January 2, 2018 |
| 3 | Wednesday, January 3, 2018 | January 3, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuesday, January 01, 2019 | January 1, 2019 |
| 2 | Wednesday, January 02, 2019 | January 2, 2019 |
| 3 | Thursday, January 03, 2019 | January 3, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wednesday, January 01, 2020 | January 1, 2020 |
| 2 | Thursday, January 02, 2020 | January 2, 2020 |
| 3 | Friday, January 03, 2020 | January 3, 2020 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Syndication |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 1, 2001 |
| Last aired | January 3, 2024 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday |