"Stir", also referred to as StirTV, Stir TV and Stir-TV, was the first nationally distributed Asian American

Asian American

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...

 television show. Produced by former A. Magazine

A Magazine

A Magazine was founded in 1989 by Jeff Yang, Amy Chu, Sandi Kim and Bill Yao to cover Asian American issues and culture, and grew out of a campus magazine Yang edited while an undergraduate at Harvard University....

 publisher Jeff Yang

Jeff Yang

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 in collaboration with KTSF producers Ashley Hathaway and David Baker

David Baker

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, the 30-minute show aired on the International Channel

AZN Television

AZN Television promoted itself as "the network for Asian America". It was run by International Networks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. The channel’s programming targeted the fast-growing, young, affluent, English-speaking Asian American community...

 for two seasons from December 2004-2005. The magazine-style program, which targeted viewers aged 18–25, was hosted by Tony Wang, a Chinese American

Chinese American

Chinese Americans represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans...

 corporate lawyer

Corporate lawyer

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; Sabrina Shimada, a Japanese-German American highschool student; Brian Tong, a Chinese-American Apple computer

Apple Computer

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad...

 salesman; and Jeannie Mai

Jeannie Mai

Jeannie Mai is an American makeup artist, fashion expert, actress, and TV personality. She is most known for her work as the host of Style Network's "How Do I Look?", and USA's "Character Fantasy"...

, a Vietnamese-Chinese American makeup artist

Makeup artist

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The show was nominated for an Emmy in 2005 for Episode #1 in the Children/Youth Program category.