Sen kväll med Luuk was one of Sweden's and TV4's most popular talk shows ever and started airing in 1996. Kristian Luuk's show had ratings around 1.5 million viewers every week. Kristian had many celebrity guests like Cher, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey. In 2004, after 8 years of broadcasting the show, Kristian Luuk decided to quit the talk show and started his new project God Afton Sverige, which turned out to be a failure.
There are no plans of reviving the show from TV4 at this moment.
A Date With Luyu is a popular Chinese television talk show that airs on Phoenix Television. Because the show emulates the success and format of The Oprah Winfrey Show, its host and creator, Chen Luyu, has been called "China's Oprah". The show includes a studio audience of about 300. The show covers a wide range of issues: interviewees range from artists and musicians such as Li Yundi, business leaders such as Robin Li, diplomatic figures such as Gary Locke academics such as Prof Michael Dobson and sports figures such as Shane Battier. She is also willing to address controversial subjects.
The show's format and scenography are inspired by classic Italian variety shows from the 1960s, such as Studio Uno: Non perdiamoci di vista (Let's Not Lose Sight), which featured various performances (vocal, acting, and satirical) by Paola Cortellesi, assisted by co-host Francesco Mandelli, and interspersed with guest appearances. Each episode had a central theme, and all the guest appearances focused on that theme; in addition, several testimonials from ordinary people related to the theme were presented.
We the People was a 30-minute talk show, first on CBS for one season and then on NBC for two seasons. The host interviewed politicians, celebrities, and everyday people.
Live and Sweaty was an Australian sports television program, broadcast on the ABC from 1991 until 1995. Hosted by Andrew Denton and later, Elle McFeast, the show was part panel-based, part talk show and part comedy, and predated The Footy Show which has a similar format.