Talk:Tabloid talk show

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This article was nominated for deletion in the past. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] Merge

Is there really any difference between these? Kitzke 14:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

I would like Tabloid Talk Show and Trash TV to be merged.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.191.208.84 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Separate articles or expansion direction

This may be too late but the term "trash TV" doesn't just encompass the tabloid talk shows. It is often used in a pejorative way to describe TV programming produced by privately-run TV broadcasters that is considered to appeal to the "lowest common denominator" which is a community of people who are deemed not be properly educated.

This term would cover such TV fare as tabloid news and public-affairs shows; game and quiz shows; most reality TV fare; soap operas and similarly-themed TV drama; and comedy that is described of being little in substance. It may be applied to TV production styles common to these shows with vision that has quick close-up shots, "sped-up" scenes or gaudy-looking graphics and sound with loud fast-paced voice-overs, short "sound-bite" interviews and continuous use of frenetic-sounding music.

SimonMackay (talk) 13:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)