Talk shows
It’s been lauded as one of the best comedies, but Hacks is about to get darker
The third season ended on a note so toxic it surprised even its co-stars Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder.
- Michael Idato
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Sam Pang Tonight review: Opening night jitters, with just enough titters
The popular comedian has finally got his own talk show. But did it work?
- Karl Quinn
‘It was chaos’: Inside the trashy talk show that changed television
The Jerry Springer Show, originally dismissed as a joke, turned out to be a harbinger of what our world would become.
- Jacqueline Cutler
Why Ellen DeGeneres’ new Netflix special is so uncomfortable
In a world where other celebrities have found the road to redemption, why can’t we forgive Ellen DeGeneres?
- Michael Idato
It’s so funny how we don’t talk any more. What’s up with late night TV?
Jimmy Kimmel is worried US late-night talk shows may soon cease to exist. Here, they already have.
- Nell Geraets
Pioneer of daytime talk shows Phil Donahue dies
Donahue’s willingness to explore the hot-button social issues of the day emerged immediately. In 1967, he featured an atheist as his first guest.
- Julie Carr Smyth
Gen Z has discovered why Conan O’Brien was the best late-night TV host of all time
A viral appearance on Hot Wings has introduced O’Brien to a new audience. We take a look at some of the funniest moments over the decades.
- Nell Geraets
Don Lane, the Devil, and why Aussie horror is taking over the world
Hot on the heels of breakout hit Talk To Me, Late Night With the Devil is the latest Aussie horror flick to attract worldwide buzz, and box office results.
- Karl Quinn
Drew Barrymore criticised for bringing talk show back amid strike
The talk show will return for its fourth season next week, triggering the writers’ union to announce it will picket the production’s studios.
- Nell Geraets
Brawls, sex, and real people: How Jerry Springer took on Oprah
To boost ratings, Springer focused on “regular folks of no fame, little if any wealth and very little influence”. Here’s how it worked.
- Timothy Bella
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