Talk show

A talk show (American and Australian English) 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.

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. Joe Franklin, an American radio and television personality, hosted the first television talk show. The show began in 1951 on WJZ-TV (later WABC-TV) and moved to WOR-TV (later WWOR-TV) from 1962 to 1993.

Steve Allen was the first host of The Tonight Show, which began as a local New York show, being picked up by the NBC network in 1954. It in turn had evolved from his late-night radio talk show in Los Angeles. Allen pioneered the format of late night network TV talk shows, originating such talk show staples as an opening monologue, celebrity interviews, audience participation, and comedy bits in which cameras were taken outside the studio, as well as music.

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.

Ireland's The Late Late Show is the world's longest running talk show, although The Tonight Show is equally as old, though it has changed formats and titles since its beginnings in 1950.

Syndicated daily talk shows began to gain more popularity during the mid-1970s and reached their height of with the rise of the tabloid talk show. Morning talk shows gradually replaced earlier forms of programming - there were a plethora of morning game shows during the 1960s and early to mid-1970s, and some stations formerly showed a morning movie in the time slot that many talk shows now occupy.

Current late night talk shows such as The Tonight Show with Conan O' Brien and Late Show with David Letterman have aired for years, featuring celebrity guests and comedy sketches. Syndicated daily talk shows range from tabloid talk shows, such as The Jerry Springer Show to celebrity interview shows like Ellen 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. Also, several internet blogs are in talk show format including the Baugh Experience.

The Guinness world record of 40 hours for longest talk show was broken in 27 OCTOBER-28 OCTOBER2007 by Paweł Kotuliński in Poland.

Examples

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

Hungarian language

Nap-Kelte (Early Political Show - present)
Reggeli (Early Show -present)
Esti Showder Fábry Sándorral (Late Show - present)
Mónika Show (Afternoon Show - present)
Mokka (Morning Show - present)
Szulák és Más (Evening Talk Show - present)
Jam (Morning Show - present)
Havas (Evening Talk Show - present)
Joshi Bharat (Afternoon Talk Show - present)
Esti Frizbi Hajdú Péterrel (Evening Talk Show - present)
Barbara Show (Afternoon Talk Show)
Szulák Andrea Show (Late Talk Show)
Liptai Claudia Show (Late Talk Show)
Claudia Show (Afternoon Show)
Balázs Show (temporarily not in the screen of RTL Klub)
ufthaka show

Portuguese language

Portugal

Sexta à Noite - ''Friday at Night'' (''January, 2008 - May, 2008'')
As Tardes da Júlia - ''Júlia's Afternoons'' (''April, 2007 - present'')
Contacto - ''Contact'' - ''(January, 2006 - present'')
Dr. Preciso de Ajuda - ''Dr I Need Help'' (''2006 - temporarly not in screen'')
AB...Sexo - ''AB...Sex'' (''2006-2007'')
Clube Morangos - ''Strawberries Club'' (''2006'')
Câmara Clara - ''Clear Chamber'' - (''September, 2005 - present'')
Fátima - ''Fátima'' - (''December, 2005 - present'')
Bon Chic - ''Bon Chic'' (''2005'')
Você na TV! - ''You on TV'' - (''September, 2004 - present'')
Portugal no Coração - ''Portugal in the Heart'' - (''February, 2003 - present'')
Vidas Reais - ''Real Lives'' (''2003'')
Domingo é Domingo - ''Sunday is Sunday'' (''2003'')
A vida é bela - ''Life is Wonderful'' (''2002, 2004'')
Olá Portugal - ''Hi Portugal'' (''September, 2002 - September, 2004'')
As Manhãs de Sofia - Sofia's Mornings'' (''February, 2002 - September, 2002'')
Domingo Fantástico - ''Fantastic Sunday'' (''2002'')
Noites Marcianas - ''Martian Nights'' (''February, 2001 - 2002'')
Às duas por três - ''Two by Three'' (''2001-2004'')
Herman SIC - ''Herman SIC'' (''2000-2006'')
SIC 10 Horas - ''SIC 10 Hours'' (''1999-2005'')
Fátima Lopes - ''Fátima Lopes'' (''1998'')
Mundo VIP - ''VIP World'' (''1997-2001'')
Praça da Alegria - ''Joy Plaza'' (''September, 1995 - present'')
Big Show SIC - ''Big Show SIC'' (''1995-2001'')
Perdoa-me - ''Forgive Me'' (''1995'')
Ponto de Encontro - ''Meeting Point'' (''1994-1996'')
All You Need Is Love (''1994'')
A Noite da Má Língua - ''Gossip Night'' (''1991-1995'' - ''2004-2005'')
Uma Tarde com o Padrinho - ''An Afternoon with Godfather'' (''2004 - present'')

Brazil

Programa do Jô - Jô's Show (2000 - present)
Jô Soares Onze e Meia - Jô Soares at 11:30pm (1988 - 1999)
Canal Livre - Free Channel (1980 - present)
Entrevista Record - Record (News TV) Interview (2007 - present)
SuperPop (1999 - present)
Altas Horas - Night Hours (2000 - present)
Programa Livre - Free Show (1991 - 2001)
Cara a Cara - Face to Face (1987 - 1994)
Marília Gabriela Entrevista - Marília Gabriela Interviews (1998 - present)
Irritando Fernanda Young - Annoying Fernanda Young (2006 - present)
Roda Viva - Alive Wheel (1986 - present)
Márcia - Márcia
Milênio - Millennium
Conexão Roberto D'Ávila - Roberto D'Ávila Connection

French language

France

On a tout essayé
On n'a pas tout dit
Le Grand Journal
Tout le monde en parle
On n'est pas couché
On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde
T'empêches tout le monde de dormir
La méthode Cauet
Toute une histoire

English language

''After Dark''
''American Morning''
''Around the Horn''
''The Arsenio Hall Show''
''Attitudes''
''The Bonnie Hunt Show''
''Jerome T. Youngman's Bring it to Jerome''
''The Charlie Rose Show''
''The Charlotte Church Show''
''Chelsea Lately''
''The Colbert Report''
''Crossfire''
''Da Ali G Show''
''The Daily Show''
''The David Letterman Show''
''Dennis Miller Live''
''The Dick Cavett Show''
''The Doctors''
''Dr. Phil''
''The Early Show''
''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''
''For the People with Chuck Harder''
''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross''
''The Friday Night Project''
''Gathering Texas''
''The Gayle King Show''
''The Gene Burns Program''
''Geraldo''
''Ghostly Talk''
''G'morning Didcot''
''Good Morning America''
''The Graham Norton Effect''
''The Greg Behrendt Show''
''The Hour''
''The Howard Stern Show''
''Insight with Javed Malik''
''The Jay Leno Show''
''Jenny Jones''
''The Jeremy Kyle Show''
''The Jerry Springer Show''
''Jimmy Kimmel Live!''
''The John Kerwin Show''
''The Joni Show''
''Dr. Keith Ablow''
''The Kumars at No. 42''
''Larry King Live''
''Last Call with Carson Daly''
''That's Life!''
''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson''
''The Late Late Show''
''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''
''Late Night with David Letterman''
''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''
''Late Show with David Letterman''
''Leeza''
''Live with Regis and Kelly''
''The Magic Hour''
''The Mark Belling Late Afternoon Show''
''The Mark Davis Show''
''Martha
''The Martin Short Show''
''The Maury Povich Show''
''Meet the Press''
''The Megan Mullally Show
''The Mike Malloy Show''
''The Montel Williams Show''
''MTV Live''
''Night Stand with Dick Dietrick''
''The Opie and Anthony Show
''The Oprah Winfrey Show''
''The Paul O'Grady Show''
''Pardon the Interruption''
''Parkinson''
''Person to Person''
''The Phil Donahue Show''
''Poolside Chats''
''Pugs and Kelly''
''Rachael Ray''
''Real Time with Bill Maher''
''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld''
''Richard and Judy''
''The Richard Bey Show''
''Ricki Lake''
''Kilroy''
''The Robert Dodds Show''
''Room 101''
''The Roseanne Show''
''The Rosie O'Donnell Show''
''Rove Live''
''The RuPaul Show''
''The Rush Limbaugh Show''
''Russel Harty Plus''
''Sally''
''Second Opinion, The Series''
''Sex, Toys & Chocolate''
''Shariah TV''
''Sidewalks Entertainment''
''The Sound of Young America''
''Space Ghost: Coast to Coast''
''Sports Kings Talk Show''
''The Steve Wilkos Show''
''Steven and Chris''
''The Sunday Night Project''
''Talk with Jordan Knight''
''Talkshow with Spike Feresten''
''Thicke of the Night''
''This Spartan Life''
''Topic A with Tina Brown''
''The Today Show''
''Tom Green's House Tonight''
''The Tom Green Show''
''The Tom Leykis Show''
''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien''
''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''
''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''
''The Tony Danza Show''
''TNC Talk with Rolfy Zhou and Nunymare Towowel''
''Too Late with Adam Carolla''
''Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn''
''Trisha Goddard''
''Tubridy Tonight''
''The Tyra Banks Show''
''Unscrewed with Martin Sargent''
''Vanessa's Real Lives''
''The Vicki Gabereau Show''
''The View''
''The Wendy Williams Show''
''The Wright Stuff''
''Wogan''
''The Sexiest British Boobs on TV''

German language

"3 nach 9" (NDR, since 1974)
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)
''NDR Talk Show (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

Slavi's Show

Croatian language

Latinica
Sanja

Arabic language

Bayna Kawsayn
Al-Ashera Masaan
Al-Kahira Al-Yom
Teseen Dakika
El-Beit Beitak
Al-Hayah Al-Yom
Al-Hayah Wa Al-Nas
Al-etgah al- moaakes

Finnish language

Still airing ''A-talk
''Arto Nyberg''
''Maria!'', hosted by Maria Veitola
''Ne Salmiset''

No longer airing Ben Furman
Hyppönen Enbuske Experience
Joonas Hytönen Show
Krisse
Lauantaivekkari
Mirja Pyykkö
Ruben & Joonas
Sunnuntaivekkari
Tuomas & Juuso
Nevada

Hebrew language

יאיר לפיד חי בעשר (Yair Lapid live at 10)
יצפאן (Yatzpan)

Icelandic language

Kastljós
Ísland í dag
Óli á Hrauni
Silfur Egils

Indonesian language

Campur-Campur
Ceriwis
Dorce Show
Empat Mata (Four Eyes)
Kick Andy
Ruming
Rumpi
Talk Life

Irish language

Imeall
Ardán

Italian language

AnnoZero (2006 - 2007, show on Rai Due and Raisat Extra)
Ballarò (2001 - present, show on Rai Tre and Raisat Extra)
Che tempo che fa (2003 - present, show on Rai Tre and Raisat Extra)
In 1/2 h (2005 - present, show on Rai Tre and Raisat Extra)
Mattino Cinque (2008 - present, show on Canale 5)
Maurizio Costanzo Show (1982 - 2008, show on Rete 4 and after on Canale 5)
Omnibus (2002 - present, show on La7)
L'Infedele (2002 - present, show on La7)
Porta a Porta (1996 - present, show on Rai Uno)
Tv Talk (2005 - present, show on Rai Tre and Rai Edu 2)
Unomattina (1986 - present, show on Rai Uno)

Japanese language

Eigo de Shabera Night (英語でしゃべらナイト)

Norwegian language

Først & sist
Nytt på nytt
Senkveld
Grosvold
Studio 5
God morgen Norge

Romanian language

''Realitatea Zilei with Andreea Creţulescu
''Chestiunea zilei'' with Florin Călinescu
''Marius Tucă Show'' with Marius Tucă
''100%''
''De 3X femeie''
''Dan Diaconescu in Direct''
''Miezul Problemei''
''Nasul''
''Magic Nights'' with Diana Singer and Eugen Huculici

Polish Language

Szymon Majewski Show
Misiek Koterski Show
Kuba Wojewódzki
Na każdy temat (On Every Topic)
A Teraz Konkretnie (And Now Definitely)
Tok-Szok
Teraz Wy (Now You)
Teraz My! (Now Us!)
Tele-Echo
Rozmowy w toku
Wieczór z Alicją (An Evening with Alicia)
Gorączka (The Fever)
Wieczór z wampirem (An Evening with Vampire), later countinued as Wieczór z Jagielskim (An Evening with Jagielski)
Ibisekcja (Ibisection)
Odcienie sukcesu (Tints of Success)
Ja tylko pytam (I'm Only Asking)
Świat według... (The World According to...)
Miasto kobiet (City of Women)
Klub młodej mamy (Young Mother's Club)
Dama Pik (Queen of Spades)
Polski żywioł (Polish Element)
Wybacz mi (Forgive Me)
Co z tą Polską? (What's Wrong with Poland?)
Inny punkt widzenia (The Other Point of View)
Debata (The Debate)
Kropka nad i (Dot over i)
Forum
Kawa na ławę (Coffee on the Table)
Po prostu pytam (I'm Just Asking)
Warto rozmawiać (It's Good to Talk)
Pod napięciem (Under Tension)
Gość poranny (Morning's Guest)
Ona i on (She and He)

Russian language

Dom-2
Okna
Bol'shaya stirka
Pyat' vecherov
Pust' govoryat

Spanish language

La Noche del 10
Esta Noche Tunight
El Show de Cristina
Laura En America
El Diario de Patricia
La Señora León
El Diario de Eva
Entre Moria y Vos
Geraldo
Cállate con Carlos Sicilia
El Show de Renny
Stilos
Maritere
¿Quién Tiene La Razón?
Caso Cerrado
Cotorreando
Escandalo TV
El Gordo y la Flaca
Despierta America
Viva la Mañana
Ya es 1/2 día en China
Yo, José Gabriel
Ya no hay respeto
El diario de Eva
Monica en confianza

Swedish language

Carin 21:30
Ett herrans liv
Gäst hos Hagge
Hylands hörna
Knesset
Robins
Sen kväll med Luuk
Studio Virtanen
Studio Belinda
Wimans

Malay language

Macam-Macam Aznil

Turkish language

Beyaz Show
Disko Kralı(King Of Disco)
Kime Diyorum Ben
Anında Görüntü Show
Mutfak
Hiç Bunları Kendine Dert Etmeye Değer mi?
Hacı Yatmaz
Şahan: Kime diyorum ben?
Maksat Muhabbet
Haydi Gel Bizimle Ol?

Persian Talk Show

Shab-e-Shishei (Crystal Night)

Chinese language

Mandarin Kangxi Lai Le (ROC, Taiwan)
Cantonese Where Are They Now (Hong Kong)

Kazakhstan talk shows

Chto delat' (How to deal, KTK TV Channel)
Na chistotu
Dela zhiteyskie

Parody talk shows

Dr. Feel (Sesame Street)
Dr. Feelbetter (Phineas and Ferb)
Talk With 9-Volt (WarioWare, Inc.)
Dr. Smart (The Mighty B!)
The Dr. Feelbetter Show (WarioWare, Inc.)
Dr. Smile (Drawn Together)
Jesus and Pals (South Park)

Translation

The phrase "Talk show" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, Croatian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Portuguese, Simple English, Serbo-Croatian, Vietnamese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Danish: Talkshow, German: Talkshow, French: Débat télévisé, Indonesian: Gelar wicara, Italian: Talk-show, Dutch: Praatprogramma, Japanese: トーク番組, Polish: Talk-show, Russian: Ток-шоу, Finnish: Keskusteluohjelma, Swedish: Talkshow, Thai: ทอล์คโชว์, Turkish: Talk-show, Ukrainian: Ток-шоу, Chinese: 脱口秀.