This year, the ABC has had three shots at creating interview programs that they hope will become fixtures. One gets it right; the other two have promise, but they’re over-cooked. | Debi Enker
When they’re firing, TV talk shows make it look easy. The host sets the tone. He or she will be convivial, relaxed and delighted to see us; the atmosphere will be inviting, and the conversation will flow as it might at a great dinner party. The ease, of course, is an illusion. Like a good dinner party, it requires careful planning and preparation: the topics on the menu, the mix of guests, the seating arrangements, the pacing.
Zan Rowe’s show grew from a segment on her Triple J radio program in which guests are invited to select five songs that would feature on their mixtapes.However, getting it right on the night isn’t guaranteed and sometimes the event fails to fire. This year, the ABC has had three shots at creating interview programs that they hope will become fixtures. One gets it right; the other two have promise, but they’re over-cooked., hosted by actor David Wenham and built on mining the ABC’s archives.
, which has just finished its debut season , is the best of the bunch. Rowe’s show, which grew from a segment on her Triple J radio program, is built around music. The guests, who comfortably fill half-hour episodes solo, are invited to select five songs that would feature on their mixtapes.
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