The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann

The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann is an American TV talk/news show owned, hosted and produced by political commentator and radio host Thom Hartmann, and Hartmann's production company (which also produces his radio show), Mythical Research, Inc., and is represented by WYD Media, Inc. The Big Picture started in 2008 in Portland, Oregon, as a half-hour TV show and was originally syndicated exclusively on Free Speech TV.

The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann
Genre	Political news/opinion program
Presented by	Thom Hartmann
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	Washington, D.C.
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30-60 minutes
Release
Original network	RT
Original release	October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11) – September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
External links
Website

Over the next few years, more community TV stations and cable systems picked it up, and Hartmann moved to Washington, DC, taking both his radio show and The Big Picture with him. With that move, he expanded the show to an hour, and also licensed the show to RT, partially in exchange for use of their television studios and facilities. While the show is licensed to RT, it is entirely owned by Hartmann's company, which has contractual editorial control over the program. The editorial staff of the show are employees of Hartmann's company, while the TV production staff work for RT.

The show is recorded and broadcast by RT America, the Washington, D.C.-based affiliate of RT with a presence on both over-the-air and cable TV systems in many major American cities, also continues to be syndicated by Free Speech TV and carried nationwide on both Dish Network channel 9415, DirecTV Channel 348, and on local Public-access television stations across the country.[1] From January 17, 2012 RT's international English-language channel started to broadcast it worldwide in over 100 countries.

Until September 2011, RT personality Lucy Kafanov filled in for Hartmann when he was unavailable. Since that time, writer and producer Sam Sacks has served as primary alternate host for the show; other fill-in hosts include Democratic Party strategist Erikka Knuti and political analyst Nathaniel Sweet.

After hosting the program for seven years, Hartmann announced his departure as host on September 29, 2017. He introduced and interviewed the new host of the program, Holland Cooke.[2]