Talk show
See also: Talk radio. For the American rock band, see Talk Show (band).A
talk show (
U.S.) or
chat show (
Brit.) is a
television or
radio program where a group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show
host. Often, talk shows feature a panel of guests, usually consisting of a group of people who are learned or who have great experience in relation to whatever issue is being discussed on the show for that episode. A
call-in show takes live phonecalls from callers listening at home, in their cars, etc.
Political talk shows of all sorts are common on radio stations across the country ranging from local radio talk stations in major metropolitan areas, to nationally syndicated radio talk shows such as the
Rush Limbaugh show. Popular radio "
shock jock"
Howard Stern also hosted a talk show that was syndicated nationally, then moved to satellite radio's
Sirius. The
tabloid talk show genre, pioneered by
Phil Donahue but popularized by
Oprah Winfrey was extremely popular during the last two decades of the
20th century.
Politics are hardly the only subject of talk shows, however. Other radio talk show subjects include
Car Talk hosted by
NPR and
Coast to Coast AM hosted by
Art Bell and
George Noory which discusses topics of the
paranormal,
conspiracy theories,
fringe science and the just plain weird.
Sports talk shows are also very popular ranging from high-budget shows like
The Best Damn Sports Show Period to
Max Kellerman's original
public access show
Max on Boxing.
Talk shows have been broadcast on
television since the earliest days of the medium. Late night talk shows are among the oldest, the oldest of which is
RTÉ's
The Late Late Show. Current late night talk shows such as
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and
The Late Show with David Letterman have aired for years, featuring celebrity guests and comedy sketches. TV news pioneer
Edward R. Murrow hosted a talk show entitled
Small World in the late 1950s and since then, political TV talk shows have predominantly aired on Sunday mornings.
Syndicated daily talk shows range from
tabloid talk shows, such as
The Jerry Springer Show.to celebrity interview shows like
Ellen shows to industry leader
The Oprah Winfrey Show which popularized the former genre and has been evolving towards the latter.
Talk shows have more recently started to appear on Internet radio.
Networks enjoy talk shows because they are generally inexpensive to produce. However, they rely heavily on the personality of the talk show hosts, which sometimes makes that host a valuable commodity. There have also been cases in which a person who is skilled in acting has proven to be a spectacularly bad talk show host as in the case of short lived talk show host
Chevy Chase.
Note: Some of the talk shows listed below are temporarily or permanently off the air or have not premiered yet.
English language
*
Da Ali G Show*
The Arsenio Hall Show*
The Charlie Rose Show*
The Colbert Report*
Crossfire*
The Daily Show*
The David Letterman Show*
Dennis Miller Live*
The Dick Cavett Show*
Dr. Phil*
The Early Show*
Insight with Javed Malik*
The Ellen DeGeneres Show*
The Gene Burns Program*
Geraldo*
Good Morning America*
The Graham Norton Effect*
The Howard Stern Show*
Jenny Jones*
The Jeremy Kyle Show*
The Jerry Springer Show*
Jimmy Kimmel Live*
Kilroy*
Larry King Live*
Last Call with Carson Daly*
The Late Late Show*
Late Night with Conan O'Brien*
Late Night with David Letterman*
The Late Show with David Letterman*
Live with Regis and Kelly*
The Mark Belling Late Afternoon Show*
The Martin Short Show*
Maury*
Meet the Press*
The Mike Malloy Show*
Montel*
Night Stand with Dick Dietrick*
The Oprah Winfrey Show*
Parkinson*
INSIGHT WITH JAVED MALIK*
Person to Person*
Real Time with Bill Maher*
Ricki Lake*
The Rosie O'Donnell Show*
Rove Live*
The RuPaul Show*
Rush Limbaugh*
Sally*
Sex, Toys & Chocolate*
Shariah TV*
Sidewalks Entertainment*
The Sound of Young America*
Space Ghost: Coast to Coast*
The Today Show*
The Tom Green Show*
The Tonight Show*
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson*
The Tony Danza Show*
Too Late with Adam Carolla*
Gettin' Later*
Topic A with Tina Brown*
Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn*
Trisha*
The Tyra Banks Show*
Unscrewed with Martin Sargent*
The Vicki Gabereau Show*
The View*
The Wright Stuff*
MTV Live*
The Other Half(talk show)German language
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Arabella*
Reinhold Beckmann*
Elton.tv*
Die Harald Schmidt Show*
Sarah Kuttner - Die Show*
TV total* Various programmes hosted by
Sandra MaischbergerCroatian language
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Latinica*
SanjaFinnish language
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Arto Nyberg*
Ben Furman*
Krisse*
Mirja Pyykkö*
Ruben & Joonas*
Tuomas & JuusoHebrew language
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יאיר לפי" חי בעשר (Yair Lapid live at 10)
*
יצפאן (Yatzpan)
Italian language
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Maurizio Costanzo -- introduced the format to Italian television in 1976 and has hosted since then the most successful talk show of Italy
Norwegian language
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Først & sistRussian language
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OKNASpanish language
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La Noche del 10*
El Show de Cristina*
Laura En America*
El Diario de Patricia*
La Señora LeónSwedish language
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Bettina S.*
Sen Kväll med LuukThai language
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Muang Thai Rai Sapda*
Trash TV
