There was a fairly long period of time when, even though the last daytime talk shows I watched with any frequency were Mike Douglas and Donahue, I was at least pretty familiar with the names and the Schtick of most of the programs on air. That has not been true for a long time now. I am familiar with the first two, top rated programs Mark mentions, and have seen a few episodes of each (well, not seen Ripa since she got rid of Regis), but have little or no awareness that the others exist. But from context and spotty memory of pop culture references, let me guess:
Tamron: I can only guess, since the only TV person I know named Tamron is Tamron Hall. Does she really have a daytime talk show? Kelly C: This I can guess with confidence, since I do watch The Voice, and heard Kelly Clarkston argue recently that the reason a contestant should pick her is she has a talk show. Maury: WTF? Are you saying A) Maury Povitch is still alive and B) that he still has a talk show? I would have lost $500 betting that neither of those was true. Rachel: No Clue. Maddow is the only TV Rachel I can think of, and pretty sure she is not doing a daytime talk show. Steve: No Clue. Pretty sure it’s not Steve Allen. What about the female gaggle talk shows? Are they not in the same category as the single/double host shows? Are their ratings closer to the top tier or the middle tier? On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 at 9:13 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > After all of the stories about the toxicity of Ellen DeGeneres' workplace > and the firing of producers for Telepictures who had been creating similar > waste dump workplaces for Warner Bros. daytime talkers for years, the > ratings have gone down from up there with Dr. Phil and Kelly R. and > Seacrest to the middle of the pack with Tamron, Kelly C., Maury, Rachael > and Steve--in addition, her prime time NBC show "Ellen's Torture Cham--Game > of Games" has taking a ratings dump this season--could this mean that the > 2021-22 season, the last under her current Warners contract, could be her > last?: > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/business/media/ellen-degeneres-ratings-decline.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesbusiness > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c6e73592-48b6-4f79-841b-187fd5552497n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c6e73592-48b6-4f79-841b-187fd5552497n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BuM%2Bz_XB9gCsMkoCF6W6kW-dMHvPQYsuAJR-ZJrJiitQ%40mail.gmail.com.
