A hilarious mashup of two beloved television formats that pits comedians and celebrities against each other for the title of “Best Guest of the Night.” Celebrity guests become contestants as they compete in various talk show-inspired challenges and are judged by a comedic panel who awards points and roasts their performances.
Opinions is a British talk programme broadcast on Channel 4 television in the 1980s and 1990s. According to Time magazine, Opinions gave "a public figure 30-minutes of airtime each week to expound on a controversial topic ". "A speaker could express his or her own views straight to camera for 30 minutes", "an earnest of Channel 4's faith and mission to bring edgy, alternative fare to the public and to excite reaction". "Individuals like the novelist Salman Rushdie and the historian EP Thompson each spoke to the camera for half an hour on a subject that interested them".
Dennis Miller Live was a weekly talk show on HBO, hosted by comedian Dennis Miller. The show ran 215 episodes from 1994 to 2002, and received five Emmy awards, plus an additional 11 Emmy nominations. It was also nominated six times for the Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Writing For A Comedy/Variety Series", and won three of those times.
The show was the brainstorm of HBO honcho Michael Fuchs, who told Miller he could use any forum he wanted as long as he brought in the numbers. It was directed by Debbie Palacio for most of its run, and head writers were first Jeff Cesario and then Eddie Feldmann. Other writers included José Arroyo, Rich Dahm, Ed Driscoll, David Feldman, Mike Gandolfi, Jim Hanna, Tom Hertz, Leah Krinsky, Rob Kutner, Rick Overton, Jacob Sager Weinstein, and David S. Weiss.
Mélanie Maynard and an audience of young fans, hidden on the other side of a one-way mirror, can ask the guest celebrities whatever they like about their career, while asking them to perform various activities.
Comedian Joe Wilkinson is joined by a host of celebrities as they travel the country by train.
What do you get when you combine Joe Wilkinson, his love of trains and famous faces that he admires? A sort of train based podcast thing… that’s kind of it, really. With Joe’s love of train travel and all things “behind the scenes”, he’s gatecrashing the real train journeys of people he admires and going along for (their) ride.
About the program: A conversation-oriented and different program that takes you to a journey deep into human experiences and the world of books, movies, music, etc. By inviting distinguished guests from the world of art, literature, philosophy, poetry, science, sports, etc., this program deals with the influential moments of life. Here in the present life is a little bit of yesterday, a little bit of tomorrow and a lot of today...