Crossfire

The original dance program, originally aired on CNN, Crossfire was a dance show, occassionally interrupted by political punditry.

Panelists
Crossfire introduced American television viewers to "scream TV". Many believe  was the bastard child of talk radio, others say it was talk radio's precursor.

Crossfire had a stable of regular panelists:
 * Tucker Carlson
 * Robert Novak
 * miscellaneous sentence-talkers