Talk:Tabloid talk show

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[edit] Merge

Is there really any difference between these? Kitzke 14:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I would like Tabloid Talk Show and Trash TV to be merged.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.191.208.84 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Separate articles or expansion direction

This may be too late but the term "trash TV" doesn't just encompass the tabloid talk shows. It is often used in a pejorative way to describe TV programming produced by privately-run TV broadcasters that is considered to appeal to the "lowest common denominator" which is a community of people who are deemed not be properly educated.

This term would cover such TV fare as tabloid news and public-affairs shows; game and quiz shows; most reality TV fare; soap operas and similarly-themed TV drama; and comedy that is described of being little in substance. It may be applied to TV production styles common to these shows with vision that has quick close-up shots, "sped-up" scenes or gaudy-looking graphics and sound with loud fast-paced voice-overs, short "sound-bite" interviews and continuous use of frenetic-sounding music.

SimonMackay (talk) 13:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Phil Donahue wasn't the first Tabloid Talk show

There was another show from the early 60s that debuted in California with exploitative topics. Does anyone remember the name of this show? There's also Alan Burke from New York who started in 66. The guy I'm thinking about, however, started in 64. --69.119.164.208 (talk) 11:33, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

• UPDATE: I finally got the name: Joe Pyne. Joe Pyne and Alan Burke both deserve a special place in this article. --69.119.164.208 (talk) 10:53, 24 January 2009 (UTC)