Below is a list of talk show hosts, sorted alphabetically by their surnames.
| Host | Country | Talk show(s) hosted |
|---|---|---|
| George Earth |  United States | The Talk Show |
| Stephanie Edwards | United States | AM America |
| Steve Edwards | United States | AM Chicago, Friday Night with Steve Edwards, Good Day L.A. |
| Mona El-Shazly |  Egypt | Al-Ashera Masa'an |
| Gordon Elliott |  Australia | The Gordon Elliott Show |
| Boomer Esiason | United States | Game Time with Boomer Esiason |
| Michael Essany | United States | The Michael Essany Show |
| Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries) |  United Kingdom | The Dame Edna Experience , The Dame Edna Treatment |
| Chris Evans | United Kingdom | The One Show |
| Eve | United States | The Talk |
| Host | Country | Talk show(s) hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Maybrit Illner |  Germany | Maybrit Illner |
| Carrie Ann Inaba | United States | The Talk |
| Vera Int-Veen | Germany | Vera am Mittag |
| Laura Ingraham | United States | The Laura Ingraham Show , The Ingraham Angle |
| Don Imus | United States | Imus in the Morning |
| Robert Irvine | United States | The Robert Irvine Show |
| Host | Country | Talk show(s) hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Dana Jacobson | United States | 1st and 10 |
| T. D. Jakes | United States | The T.D. Jakes Show |
| Rambod Javan |  Iran | Khandevane |
| Jim Jefferies | United States | The Jim Jefferies Show |
| Mike Jerrick | United States | The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet |
| Jack E. Jett | United States | The Jack E. Jett Show |
| Eva Jinek |  Netherlands | Jinek |
| Karan Johar |  India | Koffee with Karan |
| Ernie Johnson Jr. | United States | Listen Up! |
| Magic Johnson | United States | The Magic Hour |
| Aled Jones | United Kingdom | Chatterbox, Daybreak , Too Much TV , Weekend |
| Alex Jones |  Wales | The One Show |
| Alex Jones | United States | The Alex Jones Show |
| Jenny Jones |  Canada/ United States | The Jenny Jones Show |
| Orlando Jones | United States | The Orlando Jones Show |
| Star Jones | United States | The View , Star Jones |
| Rafael José |  Puerto Rico | ¡Despierta América! |
| Naomi Judd | United States | Naomi's New Morning |
| Ana Jurka |  Honduras | Titulares y Más |
| Roberto Justus |  Brazil | Roberto Justus + |
| Host | Country | Talk show(s) hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Paar | United States | The Jack Paar Tonight Show |
| David Pakman | United States | The David Pakman Show |
| Keke Palmer | United States | Just Keke , GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke |
| Michael Parkinson | United Kingdom | Parkinson |
| Jane Pauley | United States | The Jane Pauley Show |
| Freda Payne | United States | Today's Black Woman |
| Peter Pek |  Malaysia | Brand Malaysia with Peter Pek |
| Charles Perez | United States | The Charles Perez Show |
| Rosie Perez | United States | The View |
| Sue Perkins | United Kingdom | Light Lunch , Mel & Sue , Thronecast |
| Regis Philbin | United States | That Regis Philbin Show, The Regis Philbin Show, The Morning Show, Regis Phibin's Lifestyles, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Live with Regis, Live with Regis and Kelly |
| Busy Philipps | United States | Busy Tonight |
| Kellie Pickler | United States | Pickler & Ben |
| Drew Pinsky | United States | Dr. Drew On Call , Lifechangers |
| Frank Plasberg | Germany | Hart aber fair |
| Oliver Pocher | Germany | The Oliver Pocher Show , Schmidt & Pocher |
| Ana María Polo | United States | Caso Cerrado |
| Fábio Porchat | Brazil | Programa do Porchat |
| Maury Povich | United States | Maury |
| Susan Powter | United States/ Australia | The Susan Powter Show |
| Dennis Prager | United States | The Dennis Prager Show |
| Jane Pratt | United States | The Jane Pratt Show |
| Jeff Probst | United States | The Jeff Probst Show |
| Laurie Puhn | United States | i on New York |
| Sarah Purcell | United States | America |
| Joe Pyne | United States | The Joe Pyne Show |
| Host | Country | Talk show(s) hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Quinn | United States | Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn |
| Lisa Quinn | United States | The Early Show |
| Host | Country | Talk show(s) hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Junnosuke Taguchi |  Japan | Cartoon KAT-TUN |
| Koki Tanaka | Japan | Cartoon KAT-TUN |
| Felicia Taylor | United States | Before the Bell |
| Studs Terkel | United States | Studs Terkel Radio Archive |
| Robin Thede | United States | The Rundown with Robin Thede |
| Alan Thicke | Canada | The Alan Thicke Show , Thicke of the Night |
| Tanisha Thomas | United States | Crazy Talk |
| Tommy Tiernan |  Ireland | The Tommy Tiernan Show |
| Bettina Tietjen | Germany | NDR Talk Show, Stargeflüster, Herman und Tietjen, Tietjen und Hirschhausen, Bettina und Bommes |
| Daniel Tosh | United States | Tosh.0 |
| Ty Treadway | United States | Soap Talk |
| Slavi Trifonov |  Bulgaria | Slavi's Show |
| Eddie Trunk | United States | That Metal Show |
| Hal Turner | United States | The Hal Turner Smith |
| Aisha Tyler | United States | Talk Soup , The Talk , Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler |
| Host | Country | Talk show(s) hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Tatsuya Ueda | Japan | Cartoon KAT-TUN |
| Sheryl Underwood | United States | The Talk |
| Ivan Urgant |  Russia | Evening Urgant |
| Host | Country | Talk show(s) hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Iyanla Vanzant | United States | Iyanla |
| Meredith Vieira | United States | Today , The View , The Meredith Vieira Show |
| Natalia Villaveces |  Colombia | Nitido |
| Jeremy Vine | United Kingdom | Jeremy Vine |
| Host | Country | Talk show(s) hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Bård Ylvisåker |  Norway | I kveld med YLVIS |
| Vegard Ylvisåker | Norway | I kveld med YLVIS |
| Jerome T. Youngman | United States | Bring it to Jerome |
| Yuri |  Mexico | Objetivo Fama |
| YthkMu$ic (Joseph Newland) | United States | YTHK Talk Show |
| Host | Country | Talk show(s) hosted |
|---|---|---|
| Nasim Zehra |  Pakistan | Policy Matters |
| James D. Zirin | United States | Conversations with Jim Zirin |
| Rachel Zoe | United States | Fashionably Late with Rachel Zoe |
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