TV Talk Shows The longest running program in the United States is actually a news/talk show called Meet the Press. It began as a radio program in 1945 and underwent few changes when it aired on NBC for the first half-hour television broadcast in November 1947. Meet the Press It may have been the first talk show broadcast on television, but it was not the first talk show regularly scheduled. Sylvester Weaver produced the first regularly scheduled talk show called Broadway Open House from May 1950 to August 1951. Two veterans Jerry Lester and Morey Amsterdam, who were stand-up comedians, shared hosting duties of this talk/variety program. Broadway Open House was a mixture of routines, singing, dancing and comedy, which would start a trend of new talk shows that would soon follow. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, which premiered on October 1, 1962, was one of those shows that followed Broadway Open House. With little competition from Johnny, appearing on his show became one of the first big hits for many up-and-coming stars on the road to fame and fortune. His show became so big that Johnny negotiated a deal with NBC to give him $2 million a year, while his taping schedule included twelve weeks of four shows a week, twenty-five weeks of just three shows a week, and fifteen weeks of vacation. Some of the stars who got their start on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson were people like Jerry Seinfield, Roseanne, and Gary Shandling. When Johnny Carson decided to retire, his show was turned over to comedian Jay Leno, making The Tonight Show one of the biggest and longest-running shows ever. Morning Talk Shows A typical morning for most Americans consists of eating a big breakfast, drinking... ... middle of document ......9.htmLarry King Live Retrieved October 29, 2001, from the World Wide Web : http://www.cnn.com/larrykingScott, Gini, Graham. (1996) Can We Talk? The power and influence of talk shows. New York: Plenum Press.Survey. “Reason to watch talk shows.” November 1, 2001.Survey. “Talk shows watched by students.” November 1, 2001.Studios USA(2001). Report: Maury Povich. November 1, 2001. Retrieved from the WorldWide Web: http//www.studiosusa.com/maury/html.The Rosie O'Donnell Show. October 20, 2001. Retrieved from the World Wide Web: http://ytv.yahoo.com/fc/ytv/rosie_o_donnell_show.Tolson, Andrew. (ed.). (2001). TV talk shows. New Jersey, Mahwah:Lawrence Erlbaum.TV Talk Shows (2001). Report: Research on television talk shows. October 18, 2001. Retrieved from the World Wide Web: http://www.Missouri.edu/~advcf/tv-talk-shows.html.