NEW TELEVISION FORMATS 'VOL II': TALK SHOWS

Infidelities, hatred, violence, alcoholism, lies and treachery, between other human weaknesses, have passed to form part of the television since the decade of 90 with the ‘talk show’. The intimacies and confessions of persons, generally from socio-economic low sectors, exhibited publicly by the television, catch the attention of million television viewers around the world. But, there is a special audience: USA and Latin America.

Why can the public exhibition of the intimate, complicated and turbulent life of some persons, generate the attention of million television viewers? What are behind the production and emission of this talk shows? What causes that some of this programs commit excesses and degrade the dignity of the persons? For what this kind of production can be attractive and interesting for many people and repugnant for others?

A lot of questions have came up in the last years on this subject, a kind programs in the point of view. In the academic world, between the critics of television, in institutions and governmental authorities, as well as in the own public television viewer, all them analyze the situation. For example, even, in more than one country of Latin America, the place with more quantity of talk shows, they have begun the lawsuits to suspend the emission of some of this programmes.

And of course here is the most popular talk show’ in USA (together with ‘Oprah’s Show’ and ‘Jay Leno’s Show’, both in the photos): THE JERRY SPRINGER’S SHOW.