Talk:Tabloid talk show

Greece
I believe the pioneer of the genre in Greece was Andrea Mikroutsikos not Anitta Pania (though she had the distinction of the longest running trash tv show) Straight from his wikipedia page "Mikroutsikos moved to Alpha TV where he presented the reality show Apo Kardias (By My Heart). The show was banned by the Greek authorities after an episode in which a woman accused her husband of forcing her to agree to bestiality, specifically sexual acts with their dog.[6][7] Mikroutsikos defended himself by saying that all the things presented through his popular show were pieces of the puzzle of our life and by closing our eyes we just ignore the problem. Mikroutsikos was nicknamed "realitaras" (reality trump).[8]". Seems to fit the bill and it appeared some time before Pania. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:85F:E029:3B00:A13B:E026:19AB:FE9 (talk) 11:11, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

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)

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)

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)

Nor was he the only one before Oprah, as a Sally Jessy Raphael was just as trashy as him. Also, she had her trash show BEFORE Oprah. Someone needs to say something like "Donahue was mildly challenged by others, namely Sally Jessy Raphael, which changed in 1986 when a 32-yr-old Oprah Winfrey started her talk show." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.216.121.133 (talk) 06:42, 3 September 2010 (UTC)