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! She's!been!on!the!campaign!trail!and!done!the!cable!news!thing,!so!it's!not!surprising!that!Meghan! McCain's!new!TV!show!"Raising!McCain"!would!be!a!blend!of!the!two.!
[READ:'Network!Releases!Meghan!McCain's!'Takes'!on!New!Show]! "I!felt!like!more!interesting!conversations!were!being!held!in!the!green!room,!or!in!the!car!on!the!way! to!the!event,!or!in!the!hotel!room!afterward,"!McCain!told!Whispers.!"I!thought!it!would!be!a!cool!idea! to!do!a!talk!show,!but!it!would!film!kind!of!like!a!reality!show!or!a!documentary."! Thus!"Raising!McCain,"!which!debuts!Saturday!at!10!p.m.!on!the!new!Pivot!television!network,!blends! both!television!styles.!The!star!is!McCain,!a!pundit,!author!and!the!daughter!of!Sen.!John!McCain,!RH Ariz.!And!in!every!episode,!she!and!her!team!tackle!a!different!topic!–!from!modern!feminism!to! millennial!veterans.! "I!just!wanted!to!do!something!where!I!could!wear!the!clothes!that!I!wear!everyday,!I!could!do!my!hair! however!I!wanted,!hang!out!with!my!friends!and!come!from!a!really!nonHjudgmental!place,"!McCain! says.! Inspiration!for!the!show!came!from!28HyearHold!McCain's!love!of!MTV!News!growing!up.! "Tabitha!Soren!and!all!the!MTV!VJs,!they!were!the!coolest!people!ever,!I!loved!them,"!she!says.! Additionally,!the!way!that!MTV's!"Catfish"!is!shot!impressed!her.!"I!like!the!way!they!film!him!in!his! hotel!room!and!in!the!car,!etc."! McCain!conducts!interviews!using!her!own!brand!of!straight!talk,!which!includes!a!lot!of!swearing.!"I! swear!like!a!trucker,"!McCain!says,!adding!that,!on!the!new!network,!her!fHbombs!most!likely!wouldn't! be!bleeped.!"I!think!it's!better!in!general,!I!think!anything!that's!more!authentic!is!better."!And!so!far,! her!parents!are!on!board.!"They!saw!the!first!episode!and!they!both!really!like!it,!thank!God,!I!was! really!nervous!about!them."! [ALSO:'Meghan!McCain!Gets!'DocuHTalk'!TV!Show]! McCain!made!her!transition!into!the!media!after!making!a!name!for!herself!as!the!"McCain!Blogette"!on! the!campaign!trail!in!2008,!during!her!father's!White!House!bid.!Since!then,!she's!penned!a!column!for! the!Daily!Beast,!written!two!books!and!been!an!MSNBC!contributor.! Now!she's!hoping!to!jumpstart!a!new!genre.! "I!understand!it's!a!new!network,!it's!a!new!format,!we're!kind!of!asking!a!lot!of!people,!to!film!not!just! in!a!scripted!way,"!she!said!of!the!challenges!she's!encountered!thus!far.!While!she!says!she!hasn't!had! trouble!getting!guests,!it!hasn't!been!a!cakewalk!either.!"I!mean,!I!really!wanted!to!interview!Hillary! Clinton!and!her!people!said!no,!twice,!which!makes!me!so!sad,"!McCain!said.!"I!thought!she'd!at!least! do!an!interview!or!a!phoner!or!something,!but!maybe!I'm!just!overselling!myself.!I!don't!know."! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !