TV shows have long been firmly established in our lives. The undisputed leaders in “stamping” entertainment programs considered UK and US. It is the talk show versions of these countries that are diligently trying. This is understandable, because purchasing a license for a proven TV show is much safer than inventing new project. But which talk shows have broken all popularity records?

1 "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)

This is an American talk show that aired for more than 10 years - from 1993 to 2009. The program was accompanied by a live orchestra. Project format: first, a comic skit is performed, conversations with celebrity guests, and for a “snack” - a game or musical number. However, at first the talk show did not gain much success, since O’Brien had a rather specific sense of humor, which took a long time for viewers to get used to. But the presenter decided not to despair, and he was right: as a result, the audience began to grow very quickly.

2 "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (2003)

This show also comes from America and airs on NBC. The first season won 4 Emmy awards. Presenter comedienne Ellen Degeres conducts dialogues with guests on various topics: from new music to latest news politicians. In 2007, Barack Obama himself visited the program, he even performed several dance moves. By the way, the hallmark of the show is the dancing. Ellen never misses an opportunity to dance with guests and spectators.

3 "The Craig Ferguson Show" (2005)

This American show is hosted by famous writer, actor, producer, director and comedian of Scottish origin. Craig Ferguson. Big success The program was brought by the charisma of the presenter, who has the talent to tirelessly entertain the audience.

4 "Regis and Kelly" (1988)

This program was broadcast on the same NBC channel. In 2011, she even visited the talk show and denied rumors that her husband was dyeing his graying hair.

The talk show is shown on the VET channel. How the show works: show music videos popular artists R&B and hip-hop in the so-called countdown mode depending on the vote of the audience. The program also conducts short interviews with singers in a humorous manner.

6 "The David Letterman Show" (1993)

The late-night talk show airing on CBS is hosted by renowned journalist Letterman. In 2002, the program was ranked 7th on TV Cuide's "50 Greatest Shows" list. David recently announced that he will remain as host only until 2016, then he will be replaced by satirist and actor Stephen Colbert.

7 "Tonight" with Johnny Carson" (1962-92)

It is Carson who is considered the founder of the entertainment genre. evening shows. The program numbers include sketches, variety shows and conversations with stars. Many celebrities of that time visited the journalist. He was replaced in 1992 by comedian Jay Lenno.

8 "Guest in the Actors Studio" (1994)

The talk show was broadcast in 125 countries. The program, in fact, was a seminar for students who dream of becoming actors. A director or actor was invited to the studio to answer questions from the host and guests.

9 "QI" (2003)

Intellectual and comedic British game. The principle of the talk show is to answer the largest number of questions and earn points. The trick of the game is that points are awarded not only for correct answers, but for the funniest and most original answers.

This program had a major impact on American popular culture. The project is considered the longest running talk show in the USA (25 years). The program has 25 seasons and 4561 episodes.
In our country, talk shows have not yet achieved this great development. Will a domestic talk show ever get into such a rating? Well, not “Dom-2”, really... So there’s not much hope yet!

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One of the most famous topics This show is about establishing paternity. As a rule, women declare men to be the fathers of their children, and men deny their own involvement in their birth. In the video we can see the reaction of men who are convinced that they are not fathers.

Sex factor

On May 19, the show “The Sex Factor” started in the United States, where participants compete for the opportunity to become a porn star. 8 guys and 8 girls have never acted in adult films before, and all the necessary skills will be taught right on the set.

Man vs beast

This show has been repeatedly criticized by both animal rights activists and humanists. In it, people try to compete with animals in various competitions and almost always lose.

Who's your daddy?

Another show centered around the theme of fatherhood. The show participant does not know which of the six men is hers biological father. If she guesses correctly, she will receive $100 thousand, if not, the money will go to the person she chose.

Puke!

The show's contestants compete by eating huge amounts of food and participating in a variety of sports competitions. The winner is the one who vomits last.

Naked dating

Quite an ordinary reality show about finding a couple with a small distinctive feature: All participants in the program are undressed. It is probably much easier to build your love in this form.

On Tuesday, June 14, a fragment of the American show American Ninja Warrior (“American Ninja Warrior”), in which a man in a Tyrannosaurus rex costume tried to overcome an obstacle course, became a real hit on Facebook. Within 24 hours, the video was watched by more than 10 million people. Users considered the jumping and soaring dinosaur a spectacle worthy of attention. Lenta.ru remembered what other non-trivial ways American TV channels try to entertain their viewers.

Pathological storage devices

Literally, the title of the show Hoarding: Buried Alive is translated into Russian as “Hoarding: Buried Alive,” but in the adaptation it was turned into “Captive of unnecessary things: Buried Alive.” It premiered on TLC in 2010. A program with a similar format called Hoarders is produced by the American TV channel A&E; eight seasons of the program have been released since 2009.

The Buried Alive program is dedicated to people suffering from pathological hoarding disorder (or Plyushkin syndrome). They collect all sorts of rubbish and rubbish in their houses and apartments, gradually turning the rooms into a real garbage dump.

Each episode of the program is a separate story about the fate of the “drive”. The show's hosts study the hero's life story and communicate with his loved ones to understand how best to help him. Then doctors work with him to help him get rid of the pathology. At the end of the episodes, the characters of the show, as a rule, overcome their destructive passion for “Plyushkinism.”

The program is notable primarily for the houses and apartments of its characters. Mountains of garbage, cockroaches roam freely among randomly scattered things, to which the “hoarders” do not pay any attention. Moreover, they calmly use frying pans and towels, where hordes of insects were recently sitting. One of the heroines admitted with an ominous smile that the kitchen, which looked more like an industrial dump, was her favorite place in the house.

You can see better from below

The world premiere of the show Our Little Family (“Our Little Family”) took place in February 2015, the program has already survived two seasons.

Our Little Family talks about the everyday problems faced by the average dwarf. The heroes of the project were the Hammila spouses. Dan and Michelle have a son, Jack, and twin daughters, CeCe and Kate. Their children and themselves suffer from achondroplasia, a hereditary disease in which short stature occurs due to underdevelopment of long bones.

In the show, the Hammils show how difficult it is for them to do what they are talking about normal people They don't even think about it. The real problem for them is buying clothes, choosing furniture or driving a car. "Little Family" demonstrates how poorly the world is set up for short people.

However, the family is not discouraged and looks unusually optimistic, because love, mutual understanding and mutual support help to overcome any difficulties.

Just such a strong love

The first episode of the show Strange Love aired in March 2015. The heroes of the program are people with an appearance that does not meet generally accepted standards of beauty. But this is not an obstacle to personal happiness.

Some episodes explore the stories of unusual couples, while others hope to find love during filming.

For example, the heroine of one of the issues was a woman with legs only 40 centimeters long. In another episode, a woman was looking for her soul mate, a head taller than most men.

In addition, the show managed to star a bearded woman, an albino black man, a man named Santa Claus and a woman with size 14 breasts.

Big wedding

In the show Curvy Brides, girls with impressive dimensions are helped to choose Wedding Dress. The hosts of the show, sisters Yukia Harris-Walker and Yuneisia Harris, are confident that a woman can look good in any clothing size.

The sisters select dresses for brides in their Curvaceous Couture salon. They proudly claim that their store sells clothing designed to accommodate the many features of a curvy figure. And they vehemently reject the theory of one size XXL for all women with curves.

Yukiya and Yunisha follow the latest in wedding fashion and take into account all world trends when choosing dresses for their store.

The idea to open a salon came to the sisters after their own sad experience. While preparing for the wedding, Yukiya was faced with the fact that big woman There is simply nowhere to find an elegant holiday outfit. The sisters have been struggling with this injustice for several seasons and during this time they have finally become convinced that their store will prosper. After all, every year fat people is getting bigger.

Ninja Warrior

American Ninja Warrior is an adaptation of the Japanese sports television show Sasuke, which premiered back in 1997. Sasuke's heroes must overcome an absurdly difficult obstacle course and reach the final. Japanese entertainment unexpectedly found fans all over the world - the program was broadcast in more than 150 countries and spawned many remakes, one of which was “American Ninja Warrior”.

The American version of the show premiered in 2009. Each episode lasts approximately 30 minutes, and participants can choose any outfit and jump on spinning trampolines and water cannons in shiny tights or dinosaur costumes.

At the end, the show's heroes will receive cash prizes depending on how many challenges they managed to complete. If the participant passes all tests in set time, he will receive a million dollars and the title “American Ninja Warrior.” True, for the whole long history program, only two lucky people managed to do this.

Here comes Honey Boo Boo

The reality show Here comes Honey Boo-Boo is no longer airing after its heroine began dating a man convicted of pedophilia. However, without this program the list of strange American shows could not be considered complete.

This show aired on TLC from 2012 to 2014. The main characters, the Thompson family, were significantly different from the rich and successful people, which viewers are accustomed to seeing on screen.

Juna, the mother of Alana (real name Honey Boo Boo), said that she gave birth to her first daughter at 15 years old. In total, she has four children from different fathers. At the end of the first season, Juna, who was 32 years old at the time, became a grandmother: her 17-year-old daughter gave birth to a child. Juna often said that she didn’t care about any of the world’s problems, fed her children fast food, and gave Alana a mixture of soda and energy drinks.

TLC was constantly criticized for this TV show, but it was the absolutely wild and trashy lifestyle of the Thompson family that made the show popular. It was possible to close Here comes Honey Boo-Boo, constantly accused of pandering to the base interests of the public and exploiting a child, only after loud scandal with pedophilia.

God about God

In April 2016, the National Geographic Channel launched the show “Stories of God.” The presenter is famous Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman. The same one who played the role of God in the films “Bruce Almighty” and “Evan Almighty”.

In the show, the actor travels around the world and introduces viewers to religious shrines, for example, the Western Wall in Jerusalem or Mayan temples. In total, during the filming of the program, he visited about 20 cities.

In each episode, Freeman explores the characteristics of a particular religious belief and finds out exactly how different mythologies explain certain phenomena. For example, the second episode of the show deals with doomsday prophecies found in most cultures and religions.

The actor does not leave this topic for several episodes. He talks to people who have experienced clinical death, learns from Hindus why they are not afraid of death, shows how the indigenous people of Mexico feel about this.

On this moment Six episodes of the program have been released, and in each episode Freeman tries to find answers to eternal questions.