Editing Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (section)

==Television==
In 2008, National Public Radio reached an agreement with CBS Entertainment to create a television pilot of ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-tue-phil-rosenthal-0909sep09,0,2782717.column 'Wait' may soon get answer on TV vision], ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', September 9, 2008</ref> Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell would be in the pilot, and Doug Berman would be the executive producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/radio/wait_wait_to_become_tv_show_93640.asp|title="Wait, Wait" To Become TV Show? - mediabistro.com}}</ref>

On November 16, 2011, [[BBC America]] announced that the show would make its television debut with a "2011 Year in Review" special airing on December 23, to be retransmitted by [[NPR]] stations on the 24th and 25th. The taping included two American panelists—''Wait Wait'' regulars [[Paula Poundstone]] and [[Alonzo Bodden]]—and British newcomer [[Nick Hancock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/bbc-america-and-npr-to-bring-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-to-tv-in-december/|title=BBC America And NPR To Bring ''Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!'' To TV In December|date=November 16, 2011|access-date=August 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804212626/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/bbc-america-and-npr-to-bring-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-to-tv-in-december/|archive-date=August 4, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 2018, [[NBCUniversal]] announced it was developing a television version of ''Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thewrap.com/nprs-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-is-being-developed-for-tv-by-nbcus-wilshire-studios/ | title = NPR's 'Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me' Is Being Developed for TV By NBCU's Wilshire Studios | date=December 11, 2018 }}</ref>