The Montel Williams Show

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Television series
Original title The Montel Williams Show
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1991-2008
length 60 minutes
Episodes 4325 in 17 seasons
genre Talk show
production
First broadcast September 30, 1991 on syndication
occupation
Montel Williams
  • Moderation
Moderator Montel Williams in April 2008

The Montel Williams Show (also known by the abbreviation Montel ) was a licensed talk show hosted by the eponymous host Montel Williams . Since 1991 a total of 4,325 episodes have been produced in a total of 17 seasons. On January 30, 2008, CBS Television Distribution announced that it would not produce any more episodes after the end of season 17. In 2008 and 2009 reruns were broadcast.

concept

At first, like most of the so-called "tabloid talk shows", the Montel Williams Show was focused on controversial topics. Later, when this genre was no longer so popular, attempts were made to come up with more inspiring and less controversial stories. These later episodes were mostly about the search for lost love, the reunification of mothers who had given up their children for adoption, or strong women who have faced and overcome dangers. After the presenter Montel Williams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis , this disease was also a frequent topic on the show.

The self-proclaimed medium , the mentalist Sylvia Browne, performed on Wednesdays and Fridays in the summer. She predicted and analyzed guests as well as explaining her theories about the afterlife and spirituality. Your statements gave rise to criticism of the program and were referred to as " cold reading " by many experts such as Robert S. Lancaster . August 2007 the show was nominated for The Truly Terrible Television (TTTV) Award, a prize for the worst television program. The nomination was based primarily on Browne's appearances, which, in the opinion of the jury, spoiled the show with a mixture of pseudoscience and superstition . Well-known winners of the award were Psychic Detectives - clairvoyants in the service of the police , Paranormal State and Ghost Hunters . With the support of the medium, Montell Williams won the Pigasus Award twice .

The show itself was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2001 and 2002 , and Montel Williams won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host in 1996. In 2002 he was nominated again.

Production history

The first three seasons were produced by Mountain Movers. Then Out of My Way Productions took over the production and then Letnom Productions. The first seasons were published by Viacom Enterprises. After Viacom was bought by Paramount Pictures in 199 5 , Paramount Television took over distribution in the fall of 1995. In 2006, after Viacom and CBS separated from each other, CBS Paramount Domestic Television became the new distributor. This was renamed in 2006 after a merger with King World Productions to CBS Television Distribution.

The show was recorded by All Mobile Video at their studios on 53rd Street in New York City .

Setting the show

In Variety , it was announced that CBS TV Distribution stopped the show after many broadcasting stations of Fox not renewed their contract for the 17th season. The last show aired on May 16, 2008. Since then, a kind of best of the show has been produced under the title The Best of Montel , which is broadcast on various channels.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Allan Johnson: STAYING POWER MONTEL WILLIAMS STEERS HIS TALK SHOW STRAIGHT AHEAD TO A NEW TIME , Chicago Tribune . June 9, 1998. Retrieved December 6, 2010. 
  2. ↑ Cheryl Lavin: CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN MONTEL WILLIAMS HOSTS THE FASTEST-RISING TALK SHOW ON TV, STARS IN A PRIME-TIME DRAMA AND HAS WRITTEN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BUT THERE'S ONE PEAK HE THINKS HE'LL EVER CONQUER. , Chicago Tribune . April 10, 1996. Retrieved December 6, 2010. 
  3. ↑ Carolyn Ramsay: The New Host on the Talk-Show Block: Television: Montel Williams, a former Navy man and lecturer to teens, wants to dethrone Oprah and Phil. His 13-week trial run begins today. , The Los Angeles Times . July 8, 1991. Retrieved December 7, 2010. 
  4. ↑ The Montel Williams Show to End Original Production - 1/30/2008 7:25:00 PM - Broadcasting & Cable
  5. ↑ More Than Just Talk Not Satisfied With His daytime chat show, Montel Williams Makes A Play For Prime Time On "Matt Waters" , New York Daily News . January 7, 1996. Retrieved on May 17, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Submission: Dead Link / articles.nydailynews.com  
  6. ^ The Montel Williams Show , Entertainment Weekly . August 30, 1991. Retrieved December 6, 2010. 
  7. ↑ IIG | The IIG Awards . Iigwest.com. August 21, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  8. ^ The Montel Williams Show to End , Entertainment Weekly . February 1, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2010. 
  9. ^ Last taping of the 'The Montel Williams Show' isn't the end , New York Daily News . March 19, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2010. 
  10. ↑ Best of Montel. CBSTV, accessed May 17, 2012 .