The comedian Katherine Ryan has lamented the lack of...
Oh, god! Free HRT treatment? Audiences forced at gunpoint to laugh at her jokes?
...female late-night chatshow hosts in the UK in an interview for Grace Dent’s Comfort Eating podcast.
Oh, Well, so what? Personally I'm not a fan of chat shows, so whether they are hosted by a man, a woman or an orangutan, I couldn't care less.
Ryan, a standup comedian who has appeared in UK panel shows and sitcoms, including The Duchess on Netflix, said men appear to be handed late-night shows while women tended to feature more in daytime TV.
So, has it never happened? Reader, it has. And it didn't work:
Charlotte Church had a late-night talk show for two years from 2006 to 2008 on Channel 4, while Davina McCall’s attempt in 2006 on the BBC lasted just eight episodes and was branded a “flop”. The Mrs Merton Show, with the late comedian Caroline Aherne performing as the eponymous host, was popular in the 1990s but was a radical take on the format.
Maybe that's why women aren't getting the gigs, Katherine?
Wot? You mean that chat shows aren't hosted by orangutangs? When did that stop?!
ReplyDeleteLOL! These days, they might as well be...
DeleteIt appears that, these days, you have to be homosexual to host chat shows. Perhaps they are funnier, or more personable, than women?
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