Week 4 Analysis " Not another talk show"

It’s all about who is going to have a talk show next. This is getting a little out of hand, it’s just my opinion. I think the broadcasting companies will give anyone a talk show if they think it will get ratings.


I remember back in the day and I mean way back. Talk shows had a little bit more intellectual content and less dense and uninspiring content. I know that there were some episodes back in the day that were questionable but come on it was bad enough we had Jerry Springer, now we have Jerry’s privately paid police officer Steve Wilkos who use to be on stand by for the fights on Jerry running his own show where he throws more chairs then the guests. Oh and what about this Wendy Williams character she is something. She refuses to read teleprompters so she is always reading from her queue cards which makes her look unprepared and a little out of her league.






What ever happen to the shows like Phil Donahue and we still have Oprah. I know he had moments on his show that were controversial but at least it was believable. Did you know that the Donahue show aired Nationwide from Dayton, Ohio in 1970 and the Oprah show aired nationally in 1986 (Hume, 2009). I really thought that Oprah had been around longer.

We have so many celebrities or celebrity wannabes trying to get their own talk show. I think there should be a committee that each person trying to get a talk show should have to have to go through to get approval before they start airing. It needs to be regulated. LOL, ok maybe that is taking it to the extreme but you have to admit that it is a little bit much. I just can’t understand why I watch them secretly.

Thanks Bobbie Hill

Reference
Hume, E. (2009). Talk Show Culture. History: U.S. Talk Shows from Radio to Television and the Internet. Retrieved on September 7, 2009. From Website: http://www.ellenhume.com/articles/talkshow6.htm