Top Television Talk Shows

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The Top Ten

1The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ellen's sense of humour is just perfect for me. Watching her show makes me happy!
Ellen is so much casual, she really connects with her guests, she listens to them! She's not like any other talk show hosters.
Ellen is HILARIOUS! She does fun stuff as well as the usual questions:P I LOVE HER! :P:P:P
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2The Oprah Winfrey Show
I'm from Malaysia and I'm male but I love Oprah like no body business. She is awesome may God bless her for ever...
Oprah is the best talk show...
She have 25 of experience to become a host...
The show is so good! She help so many people...
Love oprah..
Oprah is the best ever host in the world.. She is on the list of influential people in the world!...
Oprah is the best that's why she is number one
She has a topic that is heart touching
And useful
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3The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Leno is without a doubt the funniest talk show host in america. Jimmy kimmel is a close second
Jay Leno, I love you show and would love to get a training on how to conceptualise a talkshow. I love what you have achieved so far and more power to your elbow. Jay Leno you are the greatest. Thanks. McIntosh Ephraim Eze, Nigeria
By all means. He's better than that white socks moron who seeks to make you laugh with those idiotic facial expressions. How those audiances laugh and applaud is beyond me. Has to be light-up signs that prompt the audiance as to how and when to respond.
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4Late Night with Conan O'Brien
No only is conan funny, he's an awesome guy with an awesome personality! He even has his own blimp, that should make him number 1 straight away!
Conan on 4 really? He is the best comedian ever, I love every episode of conan o'brien, also he is 6'4 I never noticed that until I googled it he looks little shorter than that, anyways Conan is best of all, I love coco.
My favorite talk show host, he makes me laugh every episode! Him and Andy make a great comedy team!
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5Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
This dude gots way more comedic skillz than all the others.
craig is the future of late night; everyone else gained popularity over time... plus, he's WAY funnier has NO SCRIPT! Ferguson ROX, man!
Charlie Rose and Craig are without a doubt better than David Letterman, Conan, Jay, or Oprah. Who made this foolish list? Foolishness. And who dares put Johnny Carson below number one.
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6The Late Show with David Letterman

he is the best. the show's format and david's charm makes this show #1

eljorich60

Its the perfect potion to cure my depression after along day at work with boring stupid people

Started the whole talk show era... And paved the way for O'Brien's, Leno's and others... Always no 1

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7Live with Regis and Kelly

You guys changed my life

I miss Regis. I liked his stories about the things that happened to him and his night on the town.

8Jimmy Kimmel Live

Very funny, always make guets feel comfortable. Not like letterman which is a lot more bitter.

9Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil taught me to stick up for myself and treat people as I am treated. He has changed my life forever and lifted my self esteem.

lore williams
Dr phil is the best he saved a lot of peoples life and changed them to the better
He tries to meet all his guests in a respectful way and he is one of very few I can say that about.

10The View
Joy Behar is not only unprofessional but a total moron. I find them to be poorly informed about most topics. Had to stop watching not mentally stimulating.
The hosts are a good mix with often diverse views. Joy is the very intelligent one with plenty funny hits. Sherry is the real one to whom many women can relate. Elizabeth is the pretty one with strong Republican links and view. Whoopie and Barbarba are the anchors. I love this show mostly for their hot topic discussions.
Love this show. Only gets better with time.
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The Contenders

11Charlie Rose

12The Colbert Report

Even here in Sweden we can know whatÂ's going on in the U.S.

This show is always hilarious and interesting. Colbert always delivers the most amusing of information with a straight face and eloquent composure. Truly a great show.

Its just great its the funniest talk show there is
Its brilliant in every way and is the best there is television has to offer
Its average rating is 9.0 way better than all the others

13The Graham Norton Show
The guests are much more relaxed on his show and they interact with each other, making them much funnier than other talk shows.
Best guests, best gags, best humour. He's just the best.
Most talk shows are full of fluff: 10 min. Monologue, 2 min. Introductions and it all seems rehearsed and predictable. "Graham" is full from start to finish with anecdotal conversation and spontaneity one can't experience on any other show of its kind.
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14Chelsea Lately

It's Chelsea! She takes both a smart and funny approach to the stories.

The humor in this show is like no other. It's hilarious. There's a segment in which she discusses with her coworkers pop culture events. And that, I guarantee, will have you in stitches. It's a comfortable show, good for relaxing after a rigorous day of work.

15The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson

Don't even compare... People tell me he's the best. Even lookvat other top 10 lists he's usually #1 and Opera is #2

16Koffee With Karan

17Real Time with Bill Maher

18Rove Live

19The Tyra Banks Show

20Late Show with David Letterman

21Anderson

Awesome show! He is a very laid back down to earth guy!

22The Wendy Williams Show

23Inside the Actors Studio

24Larry King Live

25Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late night with jimmy fallon is a really great show!
He's a really funny guy and I watch him all the time
He has a lot of popular celebrity guests on his show every night he is really hilarious and so is his guests and he always plays amazing games with his guests best sense of style

26The Merv Griffin Show

27The Dick Cavett Show

28The Mike Douglas Show

29The Steve Wilkos Show

I think Steve is awesome! He's so funny and he helps everybody. And the people that have done wrong he does he doesn't let them sit down. I really think that really let's them think about what they've done wrong. And he really makes sure all parties go home being more at ease. He really goes above and beyond.

30Dinah's Place

31Lopez Tonight

32Dinah!

33The Rosie O'Donnell Show

34The Mike Verdrengh Show

35Tonight Starring Steve Allen

36Tonight Starring Joan Rivers

37The Front Row With Anupama Chopra

38Tonight Starring Jack Paar

39Late Show Starring Joan Rivers

40Joan Rivers Show

41Rachael Ray

42The Will Edwards Show

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