“The once rather old-fashioned science of paleontology finds itself in a maelstrom of excitement and controversy. Astrophysicists, atmospheric scientists, geochemists, geophysicists, and statisticians are all contributing to the extinction problem. And the general public is taking part through television talk shows, magazine cover stories, newspaper editorials, and even the occasional mention in gossip columns.” StoriesShowsProblemTelevisionScientistNewspapersMagazinesExcitementGossipOld FashionedControversyExtinctionOccasionalColumnsContributingEditorialsTalk ShowsGeneral PublicStatisticianPaleontologyMagazine CoversMaelstrom Author:David M. Raup
“On television, journalists now routinely appear on talk-shows-with-an-attitude where they are encouraged to say what they think about something they may not have finished thinking about.” ThinkingMayShowsAttitudeTelevisionFinishedJournalismJournalistTalk Shows Author:Ellen Goodman
“Within the world of TV land, into which American life has been reduced as well as reproduced, the phenomenon of the talk show has emerged as a genre located somewhere on the spectrum between coffee klatch and town meeting, or perhaps between the psychiatrist's couch and the crowd scene at a bad accident.” WorldWellsHas BeensShowsLandTelevisionTvsSceneTownsMeetingsCrowdsAccidentsCoffeeGenrePhenomenonSpectrumCouchesPsychiatristAmerican LifeTalk Shows Book:The Rooster's Egg Source: The Rooster's Egg
“FM signals and those of broadcast television...travel out to space at the speed of light. Any eavesdropping alien civilization will know all about our TV programs (probably a bad thing), will hear all our FM music (probably a good thing), and know nothing of the politics of AM talk-show hosts (probably a safe thing).” KnowsShowsLightSpaceTelevisionTvsCivilizationSafeProgramGood ThingsSpeedAliensBad ThingsHostSignalsTalk ShowsSpeed Of LightEavesdropping Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show.” ShowsDifficultTelevisionConstructiveTalk Shows Book:Think a Second Time Source: Think a Second Time
“If you look at my life before I went into television, the struggle I went through coming out would be surprising to most people, given how comfortable and how out I am being the only late-night gay talk-show host.” PeopleIfsLooksShowsWould BeNightGivenStruggleTelevisionGayComfortableLateHostComing OutSurprisingTalk ShowsLate Night Author:Andy Cohen
“I'm just not interested in daytime television, which is something you should remember the next time somebody offers you a daytime talk show.” ShouldShowsRememberNextTelevisionOffersNot InterestedNext TimeTalk ShowsDaytime Author:Greg Behrendt