Chatshows.

Well, the two of them both have to agree to go on these shows, so really, they know many people world wide will see it, and they proberly know the potentual consequences of going on these shows.

Perhaps though, the chat shows the air in england have different to the ones in america?

i thik it is pointless
yes everything is pointless in this world but still who wants big mouth laydes chatting about wat is happening nd they r soooo obnoxious

I don't like chat shows, I don't watch them either.

If someone wants to talk on live tv about their issues, I don't see any problem in it. UNless thier provoking someone else's privacey...I find it completely fine.

I'm glad that some people can get help through it, and it can help and influence others who watch the material.

Chatshows can be used as a positive influence, and answer questions that you've been too afraid to ask.

There are some chatshows I like, others I hate, and sometimes it all depends on what today's 'topic' is.
I loved Jerry Springer when I was younger, but now if I watch it, all I can see is incredibly bad actors playing out improvised scenes and neither knows where it's meant to be going, so it ends up in a shambles.
Oprah, imo, is far too preachy, and aimed mainly at the bored-housewives/middle-agers, and therefore pretty boring for a twenty-year-old. I'm not American, I could care less about Oprah building new homes fr Katrina vitcims or giving away a new car to every member of the audience.
Ricki Lake has her good days and her bad days, although I don't remember her topics being quite so suggestive when I was younger as they seem to be these days - for instance, I was watching one episode the other day about wife-swapping... couples were having problems so she paired them all up with another person and sent them to the Bahamas for the weekend. Needless to say, things went brilliantly between the new couples, at the expense of their long-term relationships.
And Maury Povich, ahhh, good old Maury.
I watch his show twice a day, provided it's not one of the 'Guess who was born boy or girl', 'Makeovers' or 'I was ugly in school, now I'm hot' episodes - they bore the crap out of me. Paternity tests, cheating lovers, and oversexed teens have me riveted for forty-five minutes at a stretch, and I still can't explain why.

All the people involved in the show have to consent to being on TV and having their private lives displayed to the nation, so I don't really feel sorry for them. They made their choice, and if they had half a brain, they'd be aware the the 'secret' they're about to hear isn't a good one. I guess one reason a lot of people go on a talk show to discuss their problems is that they can't do it in the privacy of their home - for instance, if a woman cheated on her husband, she might be scared that he might lose it and hit her, so she takes them on a TV show where she has the protection of an audience, host and cameras to stop him losing his temper and hurting her.

Cigarettes And Suicide:

Oprah, imo, is far too preachy, and aimed mainly at the bored-housewives/middle-agers, and therefore pretty boring for a twenty-year-old.

My mom and I had an argument over this the other day. It seems to me that Oprah, whom I once loved watching, has suddenly become very all-knowing. She invites experts onto her show and then interrupts them with her own opinions. My mom will defend her to the grave though, so I usually end up making some excuse to get away before our tiffs turn into more serious fights.

As for chatshows I'm not really sure what I think. There are a few I enjoy watching, and the rest are just kind of annoying and immature. Before I watched Jerry Springer I used to be envious of the kids that saw it every day and loved it. Now that I've had the opportunity to watch it, though, I realize I didn't really miss anything.

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I think it's all garbage. I know everyone involved has to consent, but it's still stupid. Everyone has secrets and bad things they've done, I think it's rediculous to turn people's pain into entertainment, even if they are consenting. Besides, what happens if a child finds out that Mommy went on tv to find out who Daddy was? It's disgusting.

Well, I guess it saves the trailer-trash from paying upwards of $1000 to get a paternity test done - go on TV and get someone else to pay for it. At least that way, they know, right?
I personally couldn't care less about how ridiculous it is. Obviously a huge market for this kind of 'entertainment' does exist, and if the people participating in it know what they're setting themselves up for, by all means, go ahead.
I blame society's 'fifteen minutes of fame' mindset for it - everyone wants to be Paris Hilton or the next best thing, so if they think getting a five-minute slot on Ricki Lake is going to make them a celebrity at their own expense, that's their own stupid fault and they can go right ahead and humiliate themselves. It's kind of like pornography or R-rated movies - if you think it's trash or don't have any interest in watching it, you have a remote control giving you the veritable escape-button. And I personally wouldn't let my children watch a lot of these shows, but being a consenting adult, I can choose what I want to watch, so I have the option of viewing such garbage or not.

In Britian we have a guy called Jeremy Kyle, who actualy discussed peoples problems in a mature mannor but then offers them help and they can then chose whether they want it or not. I believe this is very positive as doesn't only let people spew their problems on TV, it offers them help to fight the problem.

I was watching Jerry Springer, I just found it distasteful. It was just a place for people to argue and fight within each other and then have the crowed join in with the argument. Nothing positive came out of the event.

Chat shows are okay, as long as the offer people help rather than to use peoples problems as a cheap form of entertainment for us people who may not suffer with these problems.

They have to sign a press release to let thier faces on TV, and I think if they want to look like a idiot on Springer than let them do it.

They have to get permission from both parties to be brought on the show.

I quite like some of the chatshows, that help people, who are abused or bullied, or have a disease, and they help change their life in a positive way. But seeing those trailer trash families, with 20 kids just annoys me, or people who have been cheated on. If you've been cheated on, leave him/her.

I think most of the chatshows are produced purely for entertainment purposes. There are very few that actually help people that go on there. I mean even though i am extrememly hypocrtical in this circumstance, as i watch jerry springer, but all they seem to do is put people on a stage, tell them to shout abit and then they attempt to fight. It doesnt help anyone, the only thing that is achieved is the fact that they have humiliated themselves on tv. The Jeremy Kyle Show, [an english chatshow] is very different on the other hand. He actually helps people, couselling, rehab, DNA tests, things like that. Ricki Lake, even though i watch her aswell, some of the things on there are just out right pointless. I remember watching one about underwear, i mean serisouley.
And i don't really think it's fair that an innocent person should be told something personal on a worldwide tv show. I never understand why they couldn't have told them in the confides of their own home.
But like i said most of them are for entertainment purposes.

Lovesick Melody.:

And has anyone heard about the new TV show in holland, its something about 3 contestants who need a kidney transplant and only one can have it. What do you guys think?

Do they have to do stuff to recieve the kidney?

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I think chatshows that help people get over problems and offer help are fine but
the ones that just talk about marriages falling apart/partners cheating/etc, are just silly and pointless.
Even if they conscent to it, it just seems a little nosey to me.

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Lovesick Melody.:

And has anyone heard about the new TV show in holland, its something about 3 contestants who need a kidney transplant and only one can have it. What do you guys think?

Do they have to do stuff to recieve the kidney?

it's over now, but the lady with the kidney was going to decide on who got t by talking to their families, and them.
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ChipmunkOnKetamine:

it's over now, but the lady with the kidney was going to decide on who got t by talking to their families, and them.
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When I read the first article, I was really shocked and disgusted that people would actually be competing for a kidney, based on personality and backround.
But then after I read the second article, I thought it was a brilliant idea and a smart one too.