Television Appearances
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- Franzen made an appearance on Charlie Rose in 1996 with fellow authors David Foster Wallace and Mark Leyner to discuss the effects of electronic media on the role of fiction in society.
- Franzen guest starred alongside Michael Chabon, Tom Wolfe, and Gore Vidal in The Simpsons episode "Moe'N'a Lisa", which first aired 19 November 2006. In the episode, he is depicted fighting over literary influences with his real-life friend Chabon.
- Franzen appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on December 6, 2010, to discuss his latest novel Freedom, Oprah's Book Club selection at the time.
- Franzen appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on October 7, 2011, along with Richard Trumka, P.J. O'Rourke, Alan Grayson, and Nicolle Wallace.
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