Curtains For Jeff Probst?

[DToTheJ]

Averaging a 1 rating on your first week on the air will not guarantee your talk show being a "survivor"...
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/his_tiki_torch_burning_low_X3M2NxQnpx4smJcDo3MoyJ

 

[lugnuts6]

Jeff Probst......The tribe has spoken,please leave the island

 

[1069_KIFR]

uhhh..... NOW!

 

[landtuna]

"He’d wanted to do a high-minded show without celebrities or Jerry Springer-type guests — but the audience has, so far, not shown up."

Today's audience may be incapable of understanding a "high-minded" show without rappers, clowns and idiots as guests and weight loss as the predominate topic. Dick Cavett might well fail today too.

 

[TheBigA]

It's often tough to make that transition from the personality you're known for, and a talk show. Pat Sajak found that out when he attempted to take his fame as host of Wheel of Fortune to a nightly talk show.

 

[Just Hank]

Dick Cavett might well fail today too.

Might fail? Cavett would have no chance today. None. Zero. Steve Allen might watch if he were still alive, but that's about it.

 

[ding12]

It's often tough to make that transition from the personality you're known for, and a talk show. Pat Sajak found that out when he attempted to take his fame as host of Wheel of Fortune to a nightly talk show.

But Jeff Probst served as a talk show host at the finale of every Survivor. The first Survivor in 2000 was highly watched. Now maybe he would have better luck if this was attempted sooner, instead of 12 years after that. This season in daytime is also very competitive with a lot of talk shows battling it out.

 

[TheBigA]

Now maybe he would have better luck if this was attempted sooner, instead of 12 years after that. This season in daytime is also very competitive with a lot of talk shows battling it out.

I agree

 

[1069_KIFR]

Maybe the title of this thread is suggesting that curtains should be added to the set of 'The Jeff Probst Show'.

It's all in how one interprets what they read.

 

[DToTheJ]

@TheBigA: Forgot about Sajak. Which means it's safe to say I'll forget about Probst's talk show efforts twenty years from now, if not ten.

 

[ansky212]

Today's audience may be incapable of understanding a "high-minded" show without rappers, clowns and idiots as guests and weight loss as the predominate topic. Dick Cavett might well fail today too.

I agree, the "high minded" people are at work during the day, not home watching talk shows all afternoon.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Further, no one really thinks "high minded" when "Jeff Probst" is brought up -- this is the man who became famous by hosting Survivor, the first really popular reality show and an example of anything but high-minded television.

(This is the same reason why few are taking Indiana governor candidate and former Survivor star Rupert Boneham seriously)

 

[landtuna]

Further, no one really thinks "high minded" when "Jeff Probst" is brought up -- this is the man who became famous by hosting Survivor, the first really popular reality show and an example of anything but high-minded television.

(This is the same reason why few are taking Indiana governor candidate and former Survivor star Rupert Boneham seriously)

I have not seen Probst's talk show so cannot comment on his ability to get people to talk about interesting subjects but I do know what his intention was. And having watched 'Survivor' for 24 seasons now I think I can adequately tell his abilities at hosting a non-scripted show (and no, 'Survivor' is NOT a "reality" show).

'Survivor' was/is intended as pure entertainment. It is not a commentary on social mores (although they play a part in the game) and it does not intend to introduce deep thinking to the serious issues of the day. It is a game, nothing more.

As Jeff is now a full-fledged producer of the show he not only hosts it but is involved at a much deeper level as well. Still, listening to his interviews during and post completion he carries on a reasonably intelligent conversation with the contestants even though the subject matter may not be Earth shaking.

As for Rupert Boneham, for those of you who do not know him personally you may be surprised to learn of his interests and efforts since his appearances on 'Survivor'. He took his money and established a charitable organization for children and works almost full time in that capacity. So far it has been quite successful. I don't know the man's politics but it occurs to me that that is exactly the kind of person we need in politics today instead of the professional politician whose main priority is living off the political system. Rupert, in a juxtaposition from his hippy appearance, is a very well spoken and intelligent person. I don't know if he is an ideal candidate but it couldn't be worse than Reagan, Arnie or Jesse Ventura.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

There seems to be to be a glut of daytime talk shows out there, network, syndicated and cable.

Maybe that's the problem.

Perhaps syndicators should try something for daytime that is not a talk show!

 

[landtuna]

There seems to be to be a glut of daytime talk shows out there, network, syndicated and cable.

Maybe that's the problem.

Perhaps syndicators should try something for daytime that is not a talk show!

Please include "judge" shows in that lot.

 

[TheBigA]

There seems to be to be a glut of daytime talk shows out there, network, syndicated and cable.

Maybe that's the problem.

There's a reason why there's a glut of these shows. The reason is that when they hit, they are big hits. So you keep using the same formula that works. Plus talk shows are cheap to produce, and there's no shortage of guests or topics.

It's like restaurants. There are a glut of hamburger places. That's no reason to open a sushi restaurant. Because the chances are that if you come up with a different kind of hamberger joint, you'll hit it big. That's what happened with Five Guys. The one in my neighborhood is surrounded by burger joints. Yet there's still enough customers to make this new place a success.

 

[DToTheJ]

... few are taking Indiana governor candidate and former Survivor star Rupert Boneham seriously...

Well, Helen Glover got a radio show in Providence out of the deal...

 

[Bengalsfan]

"He’d wanted to do a high-minded show without celebrities or Jerry Springer-type guests — but the audience has, so far, not shown up."

Today's audience may be incapable of understanding a "high-minded" show without rappers, clowns and idiots as guests and weight loss as the predominate topic. Dick Cavett might well fail today too.

[LIKE!]

 

[bpatrick]

Today's audience may be incapable of understanding a "high-minded" show without rappers, clowns and idiots as guests and weight loss as the predominate topic. Dick Cavett might well fail today too.

I agree, the "high minded" people are at work during the day, not home watching talk shows all afternoon.

Cavett's first talk show for ABC was on in the morning, 10:30 AM-12 N (ET), and didn't fare well at all. His late-night show on ABC used to get a ratings spike in the summer, when high school and college kids were on vacation and stayed up later, but the ratings would drop back as soon as school started. But if some of the high school and college kids I know today are any indication, Cavett wouldn't have a chance in today's environment; I don't know very many who are interested in his brand of conversation.

IIRC, Springer's show started out to be a more intelligent brand of conversation but less-than-stellar ratings caused him to convert his show into something on the intellectual level of the interviews on wrestling shows. Jenny Jones, I seem to recall, tried to do something in the vein of Rosie O'Donnell or Ellen DeGeneres and she, too, had to go the low road.

 

[ding12]

Jeff Probst's show is very boring. He also doesnt have quite the popularity of Steve Harvey or Anderson Cooper either to help.

Regarding boring talk shows, Ricki has decided to not go sleaze atleast from a few episodes that I saw. I wonder if her show will be able to continue to do so, or there will be pressure to revert back like her former show. Even Dr. Phil increased in sometimes having trashy guests compared to when his show first launched and prior when he guested on Oprah and solved more normal people's problems. I can't see Katie upping on sleaze or tabloid as her show is trying to be closest to Oprah's former show.