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Ventura was succeeded in his office on January 6, 2003 by Republican Tim Pawlenty.

He began a cable television show in October 2003, on MSNBC called Jesse Ventura's America.

The show was broadcast once a week, on Saturdays, unlike many MSNBC shows which are on five nights a week ( this show was originally planned for five nights a week as well, but MSNBC executives changed their minds ).

At the time of its airing, Jesse Ventura's America was the only national television show filmed in Minnesota.

Among his guests were Charles Barkley, Gray Davis, Arianna Huffington, Rob Kampia, and Kathy McKee.

However, the show was short-lived and ended on December 26, 2003, only a couple of months after the show began.

Ventura later claimed that the show was cancelled because of his opposition to the Iraq War.