the show featured segments such as "the corporate challenge," in which ceos are challenged to prove they can use the products their companies create; the storming of the supposedly "private" beach in greenwich, connecticut; hiring ex-kgb officer yuri shvets to conduct investigations; an experiment to see if hiring a lobbyist for $5,000 could get the congress to declare a "tv nation day" (it did); and "crackers the corporate crime fighting chicken." among its correspondents were janeane garofalo, karen duffy, jonathan katz, rusty cundieff and louis theroux. crackers was first portrayed by lee brownstein, but "tv nation" writer john derevlany played crackers for the remainder of the show's run. "tv nation" also featured humorous (but true) public opinion polls, each conducted by the firm of widgery and associates from a random sample of americans.