The Talk (TV series)

The Talk
Genre Talk show
Created by Sara Gilbert
Presented by

Theme music composer Gregg Wattenberg
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 1,127 (as of July 24, 2015)[1]
Production
Executive producer(s) Sara Gilbert
Brad Bessey (2010–2011)
Susan Winston (2011)[2]
John Redmann (2011–present)[3]
Location(s)
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 42 minutes
Production company(s)
Release
Original network CBS
Picture format 1080i (16:9 HDTV)
480i (4:3 letterbox; SDTV)
Original release October 18, 2010 (2010-10-18) – present (present)
External links
Website

The Talk is an American talk show on CBS that debuted on October 18, 2010, as part of its CBS Daytime programming block.[4] The show was created by actress Sara Gilbert, who also serves as an executive producer, along with John Redmann.

Along with Gilbert, the show features Julie Chen (who serves as the program's moderator), Sheryl Underwood, Aisha Tyler and Sharon Osbourne discussing the day's latest headlines, while usually tying in the show's theme of motherhood or at least parenthood, such as by giving their opinions "through the eyes of mothers." It also contains celebrity interviews and segments for mothers and parents in general.

The Talk is broadcast before a live studio audience at the CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California each Monday through Thursday at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time, and airs live on most CBS owned-and-operated stations and affiliates in the Eastern and Central United States at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time; the program is broadcast on tape delay elsewhere from the Mountain Time Zone westward. The Friday shows are recorded on Thursday afternoons at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time for broadcast the next day, and is taped before the studio audience in attendance for the earlier live Thursday broadcast.

Format

Similar in format to The View, the opening segment of the broadcast – known as "Everybody Talks" and usually running a combined 12 to 25 minutes over multiple segments, depending on the number of stories featured and the number of guests following the topical discussion segments – involves the five-female host panel discussing current news items, typically focusing on tabloid headlines, offbeat stories and celebrity news. The program also actively incorporates social media to allow viewers to provide their opinions on the stories discussed through Twitter (using the hashtag #EverybodyTalks, or alternately the abbreviated #EVBT), however in season five, the program began allowing viewers to use Instagram to record and upload videos using the aforementioned hashtags, with one or two videos being selected to air on the live broadcasts.[5] Twitter comments from viewers are shown on the Monday through Thursday live broadcasts in the form of a ticker at the bottom of the screen; comments from Twitter and Instagram are not featured on-air during the pre-recorded Friday broadcasts.

On most editions, the "Top Talker" serves as the final segment of the topical discussion, featuring a rotating set of contributors – most of which are correspondents/hosts of entertainment-related newsmagazine programs or magazines or hosts of local or syndicated radio programs – providing detailed analysis of a single trending, usually celebrity-related, story. Following the "Everybody Talks" segment, all five hosts interview one or two featured celebrity guests; most of these interviews are conducted at the set's roundtable, however the program does occasionally feature group interviews with multiple cast members from a promoted film or television project that are not conducted at the roundtable, and are instead conducted with the hosts and guests seated face to face on-set. Musical performances are also occasionally featured.

The show also regularly features a cooking segment two to four times each week, with two of the panelists – rotating between any combination of Chen, Underwood, Tyler or Osbourne – assisting in the preparation of the featured recipes with the guest chef (the remaining hosts not actively participating in the preparation of the item are seated on the right end of the kitchen island, typically trying the dishes prepared during or before the segment). Product giveaways are also done once per week, as part of a segment showcasing fashion/beauty products and electronics that are given away to studio audience members for attending the show, with the products also being made available for purchase through the show's website at a discounted offer.

Each episode is concluded by one of the co-hosts, primarily the moderator, with the sign-off "Remember, it's always the right time to have The Talk!" (the program's title is usually said in unision with the studio audience).

Development

In December 2009, CBS announced the cancellation of As the World Turns after 54 years, and was looking for a program to replace the long-running soap opera in its time slot. Sara Gilbert approached CBS about producing a pilot that would feature six women talking about the day's headlines with opinions told through "the eyes of mothers."

On July 21, 2010, CBS announced that it had picked up the show (by then, given the title The Talk), beating out several other contenders, including a cooking show featuring Emeril Lagasse; Say It Now, a talk show featuring Valerie Bertinelli and Rove McManus; and a revamped version of the classic game show Pyramid, hosted by Andy Richter.[6]

In the four weeks prior to the show's debut, new episodes of The Price Is Right and Let's Make a Deal as well as repeats of The Young and the Restless aired in the time slot vacated by As the World Turns.

Co-hosts

Timeline

Co-host Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6
Julie Chen
Sara Gilbert
Sharon Osbourne
Leah Remini
Holly Robinson Peete
Marissa Jaret Winokur
Aisha Tyler
Sheryl Underwood

Season 1

The original panel consisted of Sara Gilbert; Holly Robinson Peete; Leah Remini, known for her role as Carrie Heffernan in the 1998–2007 CBS sitcom The King of Queens; Big Brother hostess Julie Chen; and former talk show hostess/X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne, the wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne. Marissa Jaret Winokur was featured in an out-of-the studio position as the "mother on the street," dealing with issues like taking her toddler on an airplane, talking with kids about sex, talking to parents about the "terrible twos" and other parental issues.

On January 14, 2011, Marissa Jaret Winokur reported that she would not be returning to the show in 2011. In an exclusive statement to People, original executive producer Brad Bessey said of Winokur's departure, "We think the world of Marissa as a creative talent, on-air personality and super mom. This is a mutual decision based on time, not talent."[7][8]

When America's Got Talent resumed filming on March 2, 2011, Osbourne's daughter Kelly Osbourne began filling in for her on a substitute basis, as the show's first substitute host.

On August 26, 2011, it was announced that original co-host Leah Remini had been released from the show.[9] On September 2, 2011, it was confirmed that Holly Robinson Peete had also been released from the show.[10] Sharon Osbourne eventually gave opinion on their dismissals in December 2011 on The Howard Stern Show, stating: "Some people don't really know who they are, and you have to know who you are when you're in something like this. You can't pretend to be something you're not. You have to know your brand. You can't be all things to everyone."[11][12] The failure to disclose on-air as to why Remini and Robinson Peete were released or even mention them brought about criticism of the show from some viewers, with some fans of the two stars protesting their dismissals.[13][14]

Seasons 2–5

On August 26, 2011, CBS announced that comedienne Sheryl Underwood would join the panel as a co-host at the start of its second season; Underwood was officially added to the program on September 6, 2011, beginning with that season's premiere episode.[15]

Molly Shannon served as the guest co-host during the month of September 2011. Actress and comedienne Aisha Tyler's addition to the panel was announced on October 23, 2011.[16]

Kelly Osbourne, Marie Osmond (typically credited in episodes in which she guest hosts on a first-name-only basis), Melissa Rivers and Carnie Wilson are the current notable substitute hosts, filling in for members on the panel.

Season 6

Season 6 premiered on September 14, 2015 with a slightly new set design featuring 3 new large monitors with backdrops including palm trees and the Los Angeles skyline.

Notable episodes

Season premieres

The first week of shows featured several celebrity guests, including model Christie Brinkley, singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, actress/director Chandra Wilson, actress/author Jamie Lee Curtis, and former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford.[17]

The third season premiere (aired on September 10, 2012) featured all five co-hosts, as well as members of the studio audience, without their make-up and dressed in robes during the broadcast; all of the co-hosts were also shown beside pictures of themselves with make-up. The guests for that edition, who also participated in the stunt, were Jamie Lee Curtis; Michelle Stafford and Melody Thomas Scott of The Young and the Restless; and Katherine Kelly Lang of The Bold and the Beautiful.[18][19]

The premiere weeks of the fourth and fifth seasons (September 9 to 13, 2013 and September 8 to 12, 2014) featured "The Talk Tells All", a daily feature on the season's first week of shows in which co-hosts Chen, Gilbert, Osbourne, Tyler and Underwood revealed never-before-disclosed personal secrets on-air.[20]

On-location editions

The show made two trips to New York City during its second season, broadcasting live for one week on each trip. The first trip placed some audience members inside and some outside the studio.[21] Beginning with the second trip, the show began to tape its New York City-based episodes in a studio at the CBS Broadcast Center, similar in structure to its Los Angeles studio, with the audience members based within the soundstage. The Talk has done week-long broadcasts from New York City twice per season since then (usually during the February and May sweeps periods and in December), with the Thursday and Friday episodes being recorded on the same day as the Tuesday and Wednesday live broadcasts.[22] The program's first set of New York City episodes in the third season (from December 10 to 14, 2012), featured a partnership with Toys for Tots, asking all guests and audience members to bring a new unwrapped toy to donate to the charity.

During the third season, The Talk broadcast a week of episodes from New Orleans, Louisiana – site of Super Bowl XLVII – from January 28 to February 1, 2013, to help promote CBS's coverage of the National Football League championship game.

The Talk After Dark

From January 12 to 16, 2015, CBS broadcast a special second "late night" edition of The Talk – unofficially titled The Talk After Dark – which filled the 12:37 a.m. Eastern timeslot normally occupied by The Late Late Show (which itself utilized guest hosts on most other weeks in the four-month period between Craig Ferguson's departure from The Late Late Show in December 2014 and the start of James Corden's tenure as host of that program in March 2015). Recorded each afternoon that week before the studio audience in attendance for the earlier live daytime broadcasts for broadcast each night, the episodes featured a separate slate of guests and featured topics from the daytime editions, and featured a special house band exclusive to the late-night editions led by rock musician/songwriter Linda Perry (wife of series creator and co-host Sara Gilbert).[23][24]

Reception

Ratings

The debut episode of The Talk was number one in its timeslot in 20 of the 56 markets.[25] As of October 2011, The Talk averaged 1.83 million viewers per episode,[26] a 25% decrease from As the World Turns's ratings the previous year.[27]

By June 2012, The Talk averaged 1.7/6 in households, 2.29 million viewers, 1.1/7 in women 25–54 and 0.8/5 in women 18–49. The women 25–54 rating was The Talk's highest since the week ending February 17, while the women 18–49 rating was the best since the week ending May 4. Compared to the same week last year, The Talk was up +21% in households (from 1.4/4), +24% in viewers (from. 1.85m), +38% in women 25–54 (from 0.8/5) and +33% in women 18–49 (from 0.6/4).[28]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Result Category Recipient(s)
2012 Daytime Emmy Awards Nominated Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment
2013 Nominated Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment
2014 Nominated Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment
Outstanding Talk Show Host(s) Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne,
Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood
2015 Nominated Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment
Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne,
Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood
2016 People's Choice Awards Won Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne,
Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood

International broadcasts

Similar shows in different countries

References

  1. ↑ "The Talk Episodes on CBS". TV Guide. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Lesley Goldberg (April 22, 2011). "Susan Winston Joins CBS' 'The Talk'". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ Sofia M. Fernandez (May 28, 2011). "New Exec Producer of CBS' 'The Talk' Out After Two Weeks". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ "CBS Orders New Daytime Talk Show for Fall". CBS PressExpress. CBS. July 22, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  5. ↑ "CBS's "The Talk" Kicks Off Season 5 Monday, Sept. 8!" (Press release). CBS. September 2, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2015 – via The Futon Critic.
  6. ↑ Georg Szalai (July 21, 2010). "Sara Gilbert talk show to replace veteran CBS soap". Reuters. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
  7. ↑ Adam Hetrick (January 17, 2011). "Hairspray's Marissa Jaret Winokur Exits CBS' "The Talk"". Playbill. Philip S Birsh (Rights and Permissions).
  8. ↑ Christine Fenno (January 15, 2011). "Marissa Jaret Winokur Leaves 'The Talk'". PopEater. The Huffington Post (AOL). Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ "It's Official: Leah Remini Is Leaving The Talk". Us Magazine. Wenner Media. August 26, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  10. ↑ Brandi Fowler (September 2, 2011). "Enough Talk: Holly Robinson Peete "Officially" Not Returning to Chatfest". E! Online. Comcast Entertainment Group. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Howard Stern Gets The Talk Hosts To Finally Talk About Holly Robinson Peete Leah Remini Diss". E! Online. Comcast Entertainment Group. December 13, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
  12. ↑ Joyce Chen (March 15, 2012). "Sharon Osbourne, Leah Remini in Twitter feud about 'King of Queens' actress' dismissal from 'The Talk'?". New York Daily News (Daily News, L.P.).
  13. ↑ Jethro Nede (September 6, 2011). "'The Talk' Debuts Without Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete: What the Viewers Are Saying". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media).
  14. ↑ Jethro Nede (September 6, 2011). "'The Talk' Without Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete: What THR Readers Are Saying". The Hollywood Reporter (Prometheus Global Media).
  15. ↑ Ann Oldenburg (August 26, 2011). "Kris Jenner to guest co-host 'The Talk'". USA Today (Gannett Company).
  16. ↑ Kimberly Nordyke (October 23, 2011). "Aisha Tyler to Co-Host CBS' 'The Talk'". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  17. ↑ Tracy Phillips. "CBS’ ‘The Talk’ Unveils First Week of High-Profile Guests". Fancast. Comcast Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  18. ↑ Sadie Gennis (September 11, 2012). "The Women of The Talk Go Makeup-Free". TV Guide. Open Gate Capital. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  19. ↑ Lynette Rice (September 10, 2012). "Women of 'The Talk' go makeup-free -- VIDEO". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  20. ↑ Sara Bibel (September 5, 2013). "'The Talk' Announces Season 4 Premiere Week Line-Up". TV by the Numbers (Press release). Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  21. ↑ "CBS’s "The Talk" Heads To New York City For A Week Of Shows To Air Dec. 12-16". TV by the Numbers (Press release). December 8, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  22. ↑ "CBS' 'The Talk' will move to New York for a week in May and compete with Barbara Walters' 'The View'". New York Daily News (Daily News, L.P.). April 14, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  23. ↑ Brian Steinberg (November 26, 2014). "CBS Taps ‘The Talk’ and Guest Hosts To Fill ‘Late Late Show’". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Breaking News - Guests Announced for "The Late Late Show" with Guest Host Drew Carey (1/5-1/9) and After-Dark Edition of "The Talk" (1/12-1/16)". The Futon Critic. December 22, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  25. ↑ Seidman, Robert. "Premiere of CBS's 'The Talk' 24% Better than October 2009 Avg for 'As the World Turns'". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  26. ↑ Seidman, Robert. "CBS Renews 'The Talk' for the 2011–2012 Season". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  27. ↑ Collins, Scott. "CBS makes lower ratings roll the right way for Julie Chen and 'The Talk'". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Publishing). Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  28. ↑ Bibel, Sara. "The Talk' Delivers Its Highest Rating Since February". Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  29. ↑ Knox, David (July 30, 2012). "Axed: The Circle". TV tonight. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  30. 1 2 Knox, David (August 16, 2012). "Puberty Blues hits sweet spot for TEN". TV tonight. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  31. ↑ Knox, David (June 19, 2012). "3.1m as Karise is announced as The Voice". TV tonight. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, February 04, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.