The Ed Show

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American television news program political talk show

The Ed Show was an American political talk show on MSNBC hosted by commentator Ed Schultz, focusing on progressive viewpoints and U.S. current affairs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
News with Ed Schultz	1
The Ed Schultz Show (radio program)	1
The Ed Show canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6176240 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Ed Show
Context triple: [All In with Chris Hayes, replaced, The Ed Show]

A. The O’Reilly Factor
The O’Reilly Factor was a long-running, highly rated American political talk show hosted by Bill O’Reilly that became one of cable news’ most influential and controversial programs.
B. Hannity
Hannity is a conservative political talk show on Fox News Channel hosted by commentator Sean Hannity, known for its opinion-driven coverage of U.S. politics and current events.
C. The President Show
The President Show is a satirical television series that parodies the presidency of Donald Trump through sketch and late-night talk show formats.
D. The Rachel Maddow Show
The Rachel Maddow Show is a primetime American news and opinion television program hosted by political commentator Rachel Maddow, known for its in-depth analysis of U.S. politics and current events.
E. The Michael Reagan Talk Show
The Michael Reagan Talk Show is a conservative American radio program hosted by political commentator Michael Reagan, known for its discussions of U.S. politics and public policy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Ed Show
Target entity description: The Ed Show was an American political talk show on MSNBC hosted by commentator Ed Schultz, focusing on progressive viewpoints and U.S. current affairs.

A. The O’Reilly Factor
The O’Reilly Factor was a long-running, highly rated American political talk show hosted by Bill O’Reilly that became one of cable news’ most influential and controversial programs.
B. Hannity
Hannity is a conservative political talk show on Fox News Channel hosted by commentator Sean Hannity, known for its opinion-driven coverage of U.S. politics and current events.
C. The President Show
The President Show is a satirical television series that parodies the presidency of Donald Trump through sketch and late-night talk show formats.
D. The Rachel Maddow Show
The Rachel Maddow Show is a primetime American news and opinion television program hosted by political commentator Rachel Maddow, known for its in-depth analysis of U.S. politics and current events.
E. The Michael Reagan Talk Show
The Michael Reagan Talk Show is a conservative American radio program hosted by political commentator Michael Reagan, known for its discussions of U.S. politics and public policy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American television news program ⓘ political talk show ⓘ
airedOn	weekday evenings ⓘ
basedOn	The Ed Schultz Show (radio program) ⓘ linked to: The Ed Show
broadcastArea	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
broadcastOn	cable television ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
debutYear	2009 ⓘ
endYear	2015 ⓘ
firstAired	2009-04-06 ⓘ
focusesOn	American politics ⓘ U.S. current affairs ⓘ
format	interviews ⓘ opinion and analysis ⓘ panel discussions ⓘ
genre	news and opinion program ⓘ political talk show ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Ed Schultz ⓘ
host	Ed Schultz ⓘ
ideology	progressivism ⓘ
language	English-language television program ⓘ
lastAired	2015-07-31 ⓘ
location	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
medium	television ⓘ
network	MSNBC ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy of progressive policies ⓘ commentary critical of conservative politics in the United States ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	MSNBC ⓘ
originalRun	2009-04-06 to 2015-07-31 ⓘ
politicalOrientation	progressive ⓘ
presenter	Ed Schultz ⓘ
producer	MSNBC ⓘ
productionCompany	MSNBC ⓘ
subjectMatter	domestic policy in the United States ⓘ economic issues in the United States ⓘ elections in the United States ⓘ labor issues in the United States ⓘ
targetAudience	American progressive viewers ⓘ
typicalRuntime	60 minutes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All In with Chris Hayes → replaced → The Ed Show ⓘ

RT America → notableProgram → News with Ed Schultz ⓘ

subject linked to: RT America (defunct as a U.S. cable channel)

linked to: The Ed Show

The Ed Show → basedOn → The Ed Schultz Show (radio program) ⓘ