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Popular Car Talk radio show headed for television

LOS ANGELES
Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:41pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Car Talk," a popular car advice talk radio program hosted by mechanics Click and Clack, is being made into an animated television show, the Public Broadcasting Service said on Wednesday.

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The show will launch with ten, 30-minute prime-time episodes in summer 2008 and will be named with the help of fans.

The radio version of Car Talk is hosted by Tom and Ray Magliozzi -- known on the show as Click and Clack. The brothers offer comic advice to callers' car-related questions.

The TV show will "take off where the radio series ends," showing what the hosts do off-air, said the statement.

This is the second public radio program to jump to television in recent months. In March, renowned radio personality Ira Glass announced he was going to do a television version of his show, "This American Life."
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