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n.

A television or radio show in which noted people, such as authorities in a particular field, participate in discussions or are interviewed and often answer questions from viewers or listeners.


 
 
Marketing Dictionary: talk show

Broadcast show with a format arranged around interviews conducted by a host. The interviewees may be celebrities, or members of the viewing or listening audience. NBC's Tonight Show is a familiar example of a television talk show.

 
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: talk show

Radio or television program in which a well-known personality interviews celebrities and other guests. The late-night programs hosted by Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Conan O'Brien have emphasized entertainment, incorporating interludes of music or comedy. Other talk shows have focused on politics (see David Susskind), controversial social issues or sensationalistic topics (Phil Donahue), and emotional therapy (Oprah Winfrey). See also Merv Griffin; Larry King; Jack Paar.

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WordNet: talk show
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience
  Synonym: chat show

 
Wikipedia: talk show
This article is about the type of television program, for other meanings see Talk show (disambiguation).

A talk show (American) or chat show (British) is a television or radio program where one person or group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host. Sometimes, 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. Other times, a single guest discusses their work or area of expertise with a host or co-hosts. A call-in show takes live phonecalls from callers listening at home, in their cars, etc.

Genres

Television talk shows often feature celebrity guests who talk about their work and personal lives as well as the their latest films, TV shows, music recordings or other projects they'd like to promote to the public. The hosts are often comedians who open the shows with comedy monologues.

Political talk shows of all sorts are common on radio stations across the United States ranging from local radio talk stations in major metropolitan areas, to nationally syndicated radio talk shows such as the Mike Dickin show and the Rush Limbaugh show. Talk-radio host 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 American 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.

History

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 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.

The Guinness world record of 33 hours for longest talk show was broken in 28 August 2007 by Davor Dretar Drele and Kristijan Petrović - Kiky in Varaždin, Croatia durring the Špancir festival. The show lasted for 35 hours.[1] [2]

List of television talk shows

Note: Some of the talk shows listed below are temporarily or permanently off the air or have not premiered yet.

Portuguese language

  • As Tardes da Júlia(the best portuguese show inspired in "The Oprah Winfrey Show")
  • Você na TV!
  • Fátima
  • Contacto
  • Portugal no Coração
  • Praça da Alegria
  • Dr. Preciso de Ajuda
  • SIC 10 Horas
  • Ponto de Encontro
  • Às duas por três
  • Noites Marcianas
  • A noite da má língua
  • As manhas de Sofia
  • A vida é bela
  • Vidas Reais
  • Fátima Lopes
  • Olá Portugal
  • Herman SIC
  • Domingo é Domingo
  • Domingo Fantástico
  • Clube Morangos
  • Bon Chic

English language

German language

  • Arabella (ProSieben, 1994–2004)
  • Andreas Türck (ProSieben, 1998–2002)
  • Nicole - Entscheidung am Nachmittag (ProSieben, 1999–2001)
  • Hans Meiser (RTL, 1992–2001)
  • Ilona Christen (RTL, 1993–1999)
  • Bärbel Schäfer (RTL, 1995–2002)
  • Birte Karalus (RTL, 1998–2000)
  • Sabrina (RTL, 1999–2000)
  • Die Oliver Geissen Show (RTL, since 1999)
  • Fliege - Die Talkshow (ARD, 1994–2005)
  • Kerner (Sat.1, 1996–1998)
  • Vera am Mittag (Sat.1, 1996–2006)
  • Sonja (Sat.1, 1997–2001)
  • Jörg Pilawa (Sat.1, 1998–2000)
  • Ricky (Sat.1, 1999–2000)
  • Peter Imhof (Sat.1, 2000–2001)
  • Franklin - Deine Chance um 11 (Sat.1, 2000–2004)
  • Britt – Der Talk um eins (Sat.1, since 2001)
  • Ze'via-talk with her' '(1991-2009)

Bulgarian language

Croatian language

Finnish language

  • A-talk
  • Arto Nyberg
  • Ben Furman
  • Hyppönen Enbuske Experience
  • Joonas Hytönen Show
  • Krisse
  • Lauantaivekkari
  • Mirja Pyykkö
  • Ruben & Joonas
  • Sunnuntaivekkari
  • Tuomas & Juuso
  • Nevada

Hebrew language

Italian language

  • Maurizio Costanzo -- introduced the format to Italian television in 1976 and has hosted since then the most successful talk show of Italy
  • satirist Daniele Luttazzi brought Steve Allen's genre of talk show to Italy in 1998. His first was Barracuda on Mediaset, but he left the network because of censorship and started, on the public RAI in 2001, Satyricon, that became a "media case" and had great success and controversy.
  • Fabio Fazio Che Tempo Che fa

Japanese language

Norwegian language

Romanian language

  • Chestiunea zilei with Florin Călinescu
  • Marius Tucă Show with Marius Tucă
  • 100%
  • De 3X femeie
  • Dan Diaconescu in Direct
  • Miezul Problemei
  • Nasul

Russian language

  • Okna
  • Bol'shaya stirka
  • Pyat' vecherov
  • Pust' govoryat

Spanish language

Swedish language

Thai language

Turkish language

  • Beyaz Show
  • TV Makinası
  • Kime Diyorum Ben

Persian Talk Show

  • Shab-e-Shishei (Crystal Night)

Chinese Language

Mandarin

Cantonese

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.vtv.hr/vijesti/usprkos-kisi-kiky-i-drele-i-dalje-u-talk-showu/
  2. ^ http://www.sarajevo-x.com/clanak/070829006

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