To me, talk shows are those things during the middle of the afternoon where the underbelly of society is made to look like Middle America.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows suffered a metamorphosis, going from the real and social issues to the hair-raising.
I'd actually rather have a talk show in Australia than even America; I hope I do end up with a talk show.
I think all regions have had their peculiarities of speech rounded off by television, radio, and people travel so much more now.
Every so often, there is an article saying the old kind of talk show isn't possible now. In the oldest kind of talk show, you only had the choice of that or two other channels!
A talk show is about having a look at a famous face, a bit of stand-up comedy, knockabout stuff - an interview is what Barbara Walters or Connie Chung does in the States, in-depth, done properly.
I feel my shows are like a late-night talk show that we settle down and do every night.
My feeling is talk shows have not kept pace with the breakthroughs and changes in format in television generally.
I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
My talk show takes place in bed, in Italy.