What is a talk show and what is the secret of their popularity?

Such a genre of telecast, as a talk show, today is very popular in different countries. What is a talk show, every TV viewer knows. Themes, heroes, plots win the attention of viewers, and they can not tear themselves away from the screen.

History of occurrence

Today the Russian TV program is full of names of various talk shows. On the air are "conversational" programs that meet the interests of most viewers: culinary, political, biographical, humorous, medical, entertaining and cognitive.

On the question of what a talk show is, even a schoolboy can answer today, but not everyone knows the history of origin.

The ancestor of this trend is the American journalist and TV presenter Phil Donahue. In one of the issues of his program, the presenter ran out of questions and turned to the auditorium. The audience had a lot of questions to the hero of the program. So, in 1967, Americans were the first in the world to learn what a talk show is.

Modern programs represent a discussion by the heroes of a given topic at the sight of a television camera. The facilitator directs the discussion and sometimes attracts spectators or real experts, professionals of any activity.

There are several types of talk shows: space bridge, TV debates, discussion and conversation.

Genres

Each channel includes in its broadcast network a talk show that corresponds to its direction. Depending on the genre of transmission, the time will be different for broadcasting, since it is oriented to a certain circle of viewers.

If the broadcasts are classified by subject, then the following genres can be singled out:

• Psychological . The personal life of the heroes is discussed. Fans of such programs are mostly women, housewives, so show such programs in the afternoon or evening.
• Narrowed . The themes of such programs are health, cooking, fashion, education of children, etc. Transfers with such themes are shown in the morning or in the afternoon.
• Scandalous . The themes of such programs are similar to psychological ones, but the intensity of passions in the studio is much higher. The script is written in such a way as to provoke the characters, intrigue and shock the audience, and all this, imitating the live broadcast. Often on the set, there are fights, which only warms the interest of viewers. The programs are broadcasted in the evening.
• Mixed . Here the topic can be from any area, but most often this event or a significant public issue at the time of publication. The talk shows of this genre are aired in the afternoon, in the evening or on the weekends.

• Political . Guests of the studio are well-known politicians, viewers are often also politicians. During the transfer, a political question is being discussed. Or the heroes and guests are divided into several groups, during the transfer they exchange opinions on the given topic and defend their position, giving facts, arguments, asking questions to opponents. You can watch a political talk show late in the evening or on a day off.

The four main components of a talk show

What is a talk show for viewers? This is an opportunity to look at the problem from different sides, learn the opinions of different people, formulate their attitude to the issue and just relax at the TV. What influences the success of the "talk show":

1. Leading. The main role is played by the person directing the course of the conversation. He should be erudite, charming, attentive, have a sense of humor and oratorical skills. The more well-known the host in the audience, the better for the transfer.
2. Subject. For each issue, an interesting, resonant, shocking or topical issue should be chosen to "catch" and keep the viewer's attention. The show script is prepared in advance, although it includes elements of improvisation.
3. An important role is played by the invited heroes. It happens that the heroes of the transfer are simple, unknown people from the people. But often the theme of the transfer is "twisted" around a famous person or several famous and significant people. Scandalous and psychological talk shows often resort to the services of front-line actors. Producers are betting on the entertainment and emotionality of the release.
4. In the role of guests and experts, can also act as ordinary viewers, as well as movie stars, entertainers, politicians or professionals of certain areas. Although it happens that the audience is not given the floor, their mission is to create an atmosphere: with laughter and applause.

If a famous person invites celebrities to visit you and discuss interesting topics with them, answer questions from the guests of the studio and phone callers, be sure that such a talk show will have tremendous success. Of course, in order to keep leadership and airtime, you need to develop, invent something new, look for the most interesting and "burning".

The most famous talk shows

In America, the most popular are the "Show Helen Degeneres", "The Show with Craig Ferguson", "Regis and Kelly", "106 and Park" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Basically, these are mixed programs with a humorous bias. Many of them visited Barack Obama or his wife. By the way, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" has been on the air for more than 25 years, it's the record among such kind of programs.

In Russia there are also talk shows, known and beloved by many viewers: "Let them talk", "Fashion sentence", "Hour of court", "Let's get married", "Alone with everyone", "Sunday evening with Vladimir Soloviev", "Duel "," Wait for me "," 100 to 1 "and many others.