B.A.N. (Atlanta)

"**B.A.N.**"
"B.A.N."
Atlanta episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 7
Directed by	Donald Glover
Written by	Donald Glover
Production code	XAA01007
Original air date	October 11, 2016
Running time	24.3 minutes
Guest appearances
	Niles Stewart as Antoine Smalls/Harrison Booth; Alano Miller as Franklin Montague; Mary Kraft as Dr. Deborah Holt; Tim McAdams as Charger Man; Kevin Michael Richardson as Wally the Wolf (voice); Cree Summer as Kids (voice); Dave Willis as Cop (voice); Emmett Hunter as Ahmad White;
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"B.A.N." is the seventh episode in the first season of the FX series Atlanta. The episode depicts Paper Boi being interviewed on Montague, a talk show on the fictional Black American Network (B.A.N). The entire episode is shot in the style of a block of television programming and includes both footage from the talk show and fake commercials.

The episode originally aired on October 11, 2016. It was written and directed by series creator Donald Glover. Glover won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series and was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for directing the episode.^[1]^[2]

^ Weldon, Sarah (September 17, 2017). "Donald Glover becomes first black director to win Emmy for directing a comedy series". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
^ Hipes, Patrick (January 11, 2017). "DGA TV Awards Nominations: 'Stranger Things', 'Westworld' & 'Atlanta' On List; Docus Include 'OJ: Made In America'". Deadline. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

[e-1] Weldon, Sarah (September 17, 2017). "Donald Glover becomes first black director to win Emmy for directing a comedy series". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

[dga-2] Hipes, Patrick (January 11, 2017). "DGA TV Awards Nominations: 'Stranger Things', 'Westworld' & 'Atlanta' On List; Docus Include 'OJ: Made In America'". Deadline. Retrieved March 1, 2018.

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