Journalist Arnab Goswami launched his much-awaited ‘Republic TV’ on Saturday at 10am.
Arnab is back! Watch him on Republic TV from 10 am on Super Saturday #May6WithArnab pic.twitter.com/yP0TUsVXFB
— Republic (@republic) May 5, 2017
Goswami, former editor-in-chief of Times Now went live starting with a monologue thanking the viewers for showing ‘patience’ and reflecting into the reasons behind launching his own venture.
You can read about highlights of his address to his viewers here.
Some top BJP leaders congratulated him:
Delighted to see Arnab back on TV. Compliment and best wishes to @republic for scaling new heights in Indian journalism #May6WithArnab
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) May 6, 2017
Congrats and best wishes to Sh Arnab Goswami and his team on the occasion of launch of #Republic TV.
— M Venkaiah Naidu (@MVenkaiahNaidu) May 6, 2017
Happy to watch you on TV again Arnab Goswami, welcome back! I wish team @republic all the best for this endeavour. #Republic #May6WithArnab pic.twitter.com/BgoUez353E
— Saket Bahuguna (@BahugunaSaket) May 6, 2017
First, the predicted jokes, many on Arnab’s rivals by his fans:
BREAKING: Arnab Goswami invites Liberals saying: Aao kabhi #Republic pe. #May6WithArnab pic.twitter.com/dIRiD7Wx2H
— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) May 6, 2017
Pic 1: Barkha, Rajdeep, Sagarika & Rana, when Arnab left Times Now
Pic 2: Barkha, Rajdeep, Sagarika & Rana today#May6WithArnab pic.twitter.com/VddjHKzl96— Sunil (@akshaykanitkar) May 6, 2017
Barkha Dutt watching #Republic 😂#May6WithArnab pic.twitter.com/6oeI9C3Dly
— Delhi se hu bhench*d (@delhichatter) May 6, 2017
Current state of Barkha, Sagarika, Rajdeep etc while watching Arnab, in his channel #Republic pic.twitter.com/0Ns6mLlYGg
— Arnab Goswami (@the_sashiks) May 6, 2017
Arnab announces his comeback & will be live tomorrow…and this is how Shri Rajdeep Sardesai ji has responded to this news. #May6WithArnab pic.twitter.com/ZkvcQRBDfL
— Paresh Rawal fan (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) May 5, 2017
Nationalists welcoming Arnabali #May6WithArnab pic.twitter.com/oShtzy4m30
— Dhaval Patel (@dhaval241086) May 6, 2017
How was the first look of the channel? Viewers had mixed reactions:
Good to have Arnab back. Btw @republic, the studio is ridiculously huge, reminds one of Xanadu living room. Terrible echo too. Sort this out pic.twitter.com/8y4mnnvTkC
— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) May 6, 2017
.@republic Also, found Arnab to be a little subdued. Think the reason could be the panelists. All of them agree with him. Bad for viewers. Change this.
— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) May 6, 2017
First visuals of Uranium 235 being split. https://t.co/hW3kPuTVlS
— Anand Ranganathan (@ARanganathan72) May 6, 2017
Acoustics of #Republic‘s studio are terrible for yelling. Too much echo. What was Arnab thinking??
— Vinay Kesari (@vinaykesari) May 6, 2017
Audio levels go up and down when different people speak on @republic. I am not a tech expert or a PCR guy, but you may consider hiring me.
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) May 6, 2017
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