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In the News
- After 61 years on WRC-TV, ‘It’s Academic’ is moving to WETA — The Washington Post, 10/4/2021
- Long-running high school quiz show It’s Academic gets new sponsors — WTOP News, 6/15/2021
- David Rubenstein Sponsors It’s Academic — Washingtonian, 6/16/2021
- TV’s It’s Academic Coming Back for 61st Season Thanks to New Sponsors — Montgomery County Media, 6/16/2021
- With new sponsors, It’s Academic lives on to keep quizzing high school students — The Washington Post, 6/15/2021
- Anyone have room for a TV show? ‘It’s Academic’ is seeking a new home. — The Washington Post, 1/9/19
- ‘It’s Academic’ settles in to new studio ahead of 59th season — WTOP, 9/14/19
- The It's Academic TV Show — Centennial High School website, 6/12/13
- Mac McGarry makes guest appearance on 'It's Academic' — WTOP, 1/20/12
- Quizmaster Reflects On 50 Years Of 'It's Academic' — NPR, 1/19/12
- Yes, Anacostia high schoolers can compete with the best — The Examiner, 1/14/12
- Host Of 'It's Academic' Retiring After 50-Year Run — WBAL TV, 11/3/11
- After 50 years, Mac McGarry leaving 'It's Academic' — The Baltimore Sun,11/3/11
- ‘It’s Academic’ host Mac McGarry retires — The Washington Post,11/2/11
- 'It's Academic' host retires; WTOP's Hillary Howard takes over — WTOP,11/2/11
- Host of 'It's Academic" Mac McGarry Retires — MSNBC,11/2/11
- In 50 years of ‘It’s Academic,’ McGarry ‘never worked a day’ | Photo Gallery — The Washington Times,11/2/11
- Farewell, Mac — Washington CityPaper,11/2/11
- American Quiz Show On Air for 50 Years — Voice of America, 9/22/11
- After 50 years, ‘It’s Academic’ is still getting it right — The Washington Post, 5/16/11
- Five Greatest high school TV series — The Washington Post, 3/13/11
- Mason Student Wins Giant Food Bag Competition — Falls Church Times, 2/7/11
- Cheers & Jeers: Q: What Is TV's Longest-Running Quiz Show? A: It's Academic! — TV Guide, 12/6/10
- "It's Academic": Celebrity Q & A — The Washington Post, 4/11/08
- Academic Achievement — The Washington Post, 9/25/05
- Whiz Quiz — The Washington Post, 11/14/04
- TV Show Is a DC Who's Who — The Washingtonian Magazine, 2005
- 'It's Academic' Goes Diplomatic (Teen Quiz Show Visits State Department for Contest on World Affairs) — The Washington Post, 11/20/02
- It's Academic — or Is It? — Roll Call, 4/22/04
- These Local Teens Bear Watching — The Washington Post, 6/27/81
- Redskins Special -"It's Academic" — The Washington Post, 1976
- It's Academic — The Show's Teen Quiz Kids Who Won in Politics, Too...Today's Categories, History, Politics, Famous Contestants
— The Washington Post, 9/3/95
- It's No Longer It's Academic — It's a Fact — The Washington Post, 8/21/03
- TV Pals Visit Quiz-Whiz Chuck — The New York Post, 3/5/07
- For Schumer, a Chance to Relive A 1960s Quiz Show Triumph
— The New York Times, 3/5/07
- It's Academic team wins first round — Blueprint News, 10/26/07
- It's Academic — The Lasso (George Mason High School), 4/22/09
- Congratulations — The News Hound (The Newsletter of the St.Albans Parent's Club), 03/05
- Bishop Ireton Students Compete on It's Academic — Alexandria Times, 2/05/09
- It's Academic — The South Lakes Sentinel, 2006
- Mind Games — Bethesda Magazine, 08/06
Also Newsworthy
- It's Academic is in The Guinness Book of World Records as "the world's longest running TV quiz show."
- It's Academic is in the Congressional Record. The Senate declared a "National It's Academic Television Quiz Show Day."
- The White House has sent letters congratulating It's Academic contestants and coaches.
