An American Moment was a widely acclaimed syndicated program, created by James R. Kirk

James R. Kirk

James R. Kirk serves as President and Chief Creative Officer of Corporate Magic, a production company based in Dallas, Texas.-Career:...

 and Neal Spelce.

The show consisted of 90-second vignettes that focused on "small town America" and overlooked news stories. It was carried by
over 70 stations throughout the United States

United States

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.

The show's original host, Charles Kuralt

Charles Kuralt

Charles Kuralt was an American journalist. He was most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years.Kuralt's "On the Road"...

, had come out of his retirement to fill the role as American Moment's lead talent.
Kuralt would later be replaced by James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

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, after his death in 1997. Jones would continue in the lead role throughout
the remainder of the program, which ended in 1999.

"Charles Kuralt's American Moments" was published by Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster

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in 1998, which contains a compilation of actual vignettes
from Kuralt's An American Moment television program.