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{{Short description|American public affairs television show}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Firing Line title.jpg
| caption              = Title screen from the first season of ''Firing Line''
| alt_name             = Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.
| genre                = [[Talk show]]
| director             = [[Warren Steibel]]
| presenter            = [[William F. Buckley Jr.]] (1966–1999)<br />[[Margaret Hoover]] (2018–present)
| theme_music_composer = [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]
| opentheme            = [[Brandenburg Concertos#Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047|Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major]], Third Movement (Allegro assai)
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 34 <!-- or num_series -->
| num_episodes         = 1,504
| list_episodes        = List of Firing Line episodes
| runtime              = 60 minutes (1966–1988)<br />30 minutes (1988–1999, 2018–)<br />120 minutes (debate specials:<br />1978–1999)
| company              = [[WWOR-TV|WOR-TV]] (1966–1971)<br />[[South Carolina Educational Television|SCETV]] (1971–1999)<br />[[WNET]] (2018–)
| channel              = [[Broadcast syndication|First-run syndication]] (1966–1971)<br />[[PBS]] (1971–1999, June 22, 2018–)<!-- or network -->
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1966|04|04}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1999|12|26}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Andrew |title=All quiet on the Firing Line: William F. Buckley Jr. flicks his tongue and skewers his guests one last time |url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/12/20/firing.line.html |date=December 20, 1999 |website=[[CNN.com]] |access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref>
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|2018|06|22}}
| last_aired2          = present
| related              = ''Firing Line with [[Margaret Hoover]]''
}}

'''''Firing Line''''' is an American [[Public affairs programming|public affairs]] television show. It first ran from 1966 to 1999, with [[Conservatism|conservative]] author and columnist [[William F. Buckley Jr.]] as host. It was relaunched in 2018 with [[Margaret Hoover]] as host.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.npr.org/2018/06/09/618496720/william-f-buckleys-firing-line-returns-with-margaret-hoover | title =William F. Buckley's 'Firing Line' Returns With Margaret Hoover | last =Simon | first =Scott | date =June 9, 2018 | publisher=[[NPR]] | access-date =December 23, 2018}}</ref>

With 1,504 episodes over 33 years under Buckley, ''Firing Line'' was the longest-running public affairs show with a single host in television history. The program featured many influential public figures in the United States and won an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000223/1969/1 | title =Primetime Emmy Awards - 1969 | publisher =[[IMDb]] | access-date =December 23, 2018 | quote =Special Classification Achievements - Programs}}</ref><ref name="Online Archives of California">{{cite web | url = https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6m3nc88c/ | title =Register of the Firing Line (Television Program) broadcast records | publisher =Online Archives of California | access-date =November 25, 2018 | quote =With 1,505 installments over 33 years, Firing Line is the longest-running public-affairs show with a single host, William F. Buckley Jr., in television history.}}</ref>