The 700 Club is the flagship news talk show of the Christian Broadcasting Network, airing in syndication throughout the United States and Canada. In production since 1966, it is currently hosted by Pat Robertson, Terry Meeuwsen, Kristi Watts, and Gordon P. Robertson, two of whom (one male and one female) will host on any given day. Lee Webb (Lee Webb (newscaster)) serves as the CBN News anchorman. The live broadcast and past episodes are available on the official website.
Previous co-hosts over the years included Ben Kinchlow (1975-88, 1992-96), Sheila Walsh (1988-92), Danuta Rylko Soderman (1983-87), and Lisa Ryan. Tim Robertson served as host for a year from 1987-88 along with Kinchlow and actress Susan Howard while his father ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States in the 1988 campaign.
The show presents news stories from Robertsons religious and political perspective, often relating stories to passages from the Bible which are generally followed by commentary from the hosts. Celebrities and other guests are interviewed about religious views. The news segments frequently emphasize an apocalyptic (apocalypse) eschatology. The style of news reporting on the show has been criticized by many as unfairly biased.
Religious lifestyle issues are presented with a distinct Pentecostal/charismatic (charismatic (movement)) flavor. Robertson is a Southern Baptist (Southern Baptist Convention) and was an ordained minister with that denomination from 1961 until he surrendered his credentials in 1987 to prepare for his failed presidential bid in 1988.Citation neededdate=September 2007
In 2009, it became the first Christian television program (Christian television) to be televised in high definition (High-definition television), when it was shown on ABC Family since no Christian television networks were in HD at the time.Citation neededdate=January 2010
Show Name: The 700 Club
Genre: Religious broadcasting
Runtime: 60 minutes
Starring: Pat Robertson (1966-1987, 1988-present),Kristi Watts (1989-present),Terry Meeuwsen (1993-present),Lee Webb (Lee Webb (newscaster)) (1993-present),Gordon P. Robertson (1996-present)
Birth Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Language: English (English language)
Network: Syndicated (television syndication) (1966-present),CBN Cable/The Family Channel/Fox Family (Television networks preceding ABC Family)/ABC Family (1977-Present)
First Aired: April 1, 1966
Last Aired: Present
Website: cbn.com/700club