Iranican
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| Iranican | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Talk show |
| Starring | Behnoush Babzani, Mahvash Jafarinejad, Elham Mireshghi, Iman Oskoorouchi, Arash Shokuh, Salman Roknizadeh, Shobeir Shobeiri |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Persian News Network Pnn |
| Original run | October 8, 2005 – Present |
Iranican is a Live Iranian talk show that airs Sundays at 5PM PST on iranicanlive.com . Iranican was pioneered as a talk show by 8 Iranians in the California Bay Area in their early 20's on Saturday October 8, 2005. Later on, the TV show was polished and developed and officially launched as Iranican on February 11, 2006. Currently the co-hosts of the program are Behnoush Babzani, Mahvash Jafarinejad, Elham Mireshghi, Iman Oskoorouchi, Arash Shokuh, Salman Roknizadeh, and Shobeir Shobeiri.
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[edit] The Name
The term Iranican was first introduced by one of the hosts. Later the team relaized this term was widely coined by Siamack Baniameri's book The Iranican Dream published in 2005. Iranican is a derivative of the two words "Iranian" and "American", however since in Persian, "Irani" means Iranian, it also carries the meaning of Irani[an] can.
[edit] History
From October 8th, 2005 with original co-hosts were Ali Ebrahimi, Samira Kashani, Iman Oskoorouchi, Shobeir Shobeiri, Shadi Sharif, Salman Roknizadeh, and Shadi Vaezzadeh till December 23rd, 2006; Iranican aired on Saturdays from 11AM-Noon PST on Persian News Network Pnn (See a List of Persian language television channels). A day or two later, Pnn was cut off Telestar5 satellite, however Iranican continued airing its shows live online directly from its website. Pnn has not come back since.
[edit] Launch
The official launch on Februay 11, 2006 featured Maz Jobrani, an Iranian American Comedian 1 and Ahmad Ahmad, an Egyptian American Comedian 2. This launch was the first Iranican show to feature a live audience in the studio and since then, Iranican has not had another show with a live audience.
