Sally (talk show)

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Sally
Also known asThe Sally Jessy Raphael Show
Genre Talk show
Presented by Sally Jessy Raphael
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons19
No. of episodes3,820
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time30 minutes (1983–1986)
60 minutes (1986–2002)
Production companies Multimedia Entertainment
(1984–1997)
(seasons 1–14)
Universal Television Enterprises
(1997–2002)
(seasons 14–19)
Studios USA Television Distribution
(1998–2002)
(seasons 15–19)
Original release
Network Syndication
ReleaseOctober 17, 1983 (1983-10-17) –
May 24, 2002 (2002-05-24)

Sally (originally titled The Sally Jessy Raphael Show) is an American syndicated tabloid talk show that was hosted by radio talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael. It originally was a half-hour local St. Louis television program, debuting October 17, 1983, on KSDK (channel 5), and ran in syndication until May 24, 2002, with repeats running until September 6.

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Overview

Sally Jessy Raphael was one of the first audience-participation, issue-driven talk shows to have a female host, predating The Oprah Winfrey Show by three years. [1] [ better source needed ] The program was a part of the tabloid talk show genre that pervaded daytime television throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s. [2]

When the show started it covered topics such as people with extreme religious beliefs, but in the later shows Sally and her after specialist Pat Ferrari moved on to more personal family matters such as pregnant and/or out-of-control teens. [3] Topics of the show varied widely, from the controversial and hard-hitting stories to more lighthearted fare such as hypnotists getting guests to do funny gags.

As a result, when content ratings were introduced in the 1990s, the ratings for Sally varied widely from episode to episode, from TV-G to TV-14. [4] Drag queens were frequently featured on the show, usually in fun, and some even dressed as Sally impersonators. The show that garnered her largest ratings was dedicated to women with large breasts. [5]

In the early years of the nationally syndicated run, Sally Jessy Raphael remained a half-hour show, but in 1986, Raphael expanded production of each episode to an hour's length. However, broadcast markets were allowed to retain a half-hour packaging of her show, which most opted for, especially since stations already had successful half-hour entries, no matter local or national, scheduled before or after Sally. The 30-minute edits resorted to running the closing credit crawls before segments wrapped up, often as guests still had the floor. While only a select few markets picked up the full-hour Sally shows in the 1986-87 season, an increasing number of stations made the option over the next few years, especially as networks started to free up their daytime slots. For example, in January 1989, WCVB-TV in Boston, which had been airing the 30-minute Sally broadcasts at 11 a.m. (having previously aired them in late-night slots from 1984 to 1987), opted to go with the hour-long version when the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope , which WCVB aired (out of network pattern) at 11:30, was canceled. By 1990, all stations that carried Sally were airing her shows for 60 minutes.

From the summer of 1987 through August 1989, the show originated from the studios of New Haven, Connecticut's WTNH (channel 8), where one large studio of the ABC affiliate's facility was divided to house both the talk show and WTNH's news set. In August 1989, Sally moved into the Unitel facilities in Manhattan, also home to MTV and, later, Rush Limbaugh , whom Raphael did not like. [6] At one point in the feud between Limbaugh and Raphael, staffers for Sally leaked a photo of Raphael without her makeup or glasses to Limbaugh, and a staffer (without Limbaugh's permission) put the photo on air during Limbaugh's show. [6] In 1998, the show moved to new production facilities in the former grand ballroom of the Hotel Pennsylvania (which had been modified as such by NEP Broadcasting), also in New York City, where it remained until its cancellation in 2002, sharing the space with sister talk show Maury with differing sets and studio layouts. [1]

Famous con man Steve Comisar appeared on Sally as a fraud prevention expert, under the name Brett Champion. [7]

Nick Sutton of Gummo fame was scouted by director Harmony Korine while watching the episode "My Child Died from Sniffing Paint" [8]

The show was canceled due to low ratings, as well as the fading popularity of the genre as a whole, in 2002. [9]

Sally has never been rerun on traditional television. Episodes were available for individual purchase from Video Archives. [10] In 2017, Nosey, a free online streaming service offering video of daytime television shows, began making episodes of Sally available for viewing. [11]

Reception

The PBS children's show, Sesame Street parodied this talk show and its host as Sally Messy Yuckyael, a Grouch-type character. [12] [13] [14]

Sally appeared in a Paramount 1991 film The Addams Family as a cameo. [15]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations
AwardYearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
Daytime Emmy Awards 1990 Outstanding Daytime Talk Series SallyWon [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 Giuseppina Bonanni, show staff member 1989 through 2000
  2. ↑ Du Brow, Rick (1990-05-17). "A Star by Word of Mouth Television: Sally Jessy Raphael works without the razzle and dazzle of her competitors, but she's been nominated again for an Emmy as best talk-show host". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  3. ↑ Brass, Kevin (1990-05-11). "They Sally Forth to See Taping of a Talk Show : Television: San Diegans have variety of reasons for wanting to catch Sally Jessy Raphael in person". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  4. ↑ "No Rush To Judgment Is Her Goal Tv's Sally Jessy Raphael Bringing Her Message Home". Morning Call . Retrieved 2010-12-05.
  5. ↑ "Sally Jessy Raphael From Cross-dressing Husbands To Sloppy Wives, She Shares It All With Her Viewers". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  6. 1 2 The Paul Harvey and Sally Jessy Raphael Story. The Rush Limbaugh Show (July 31, 2020). Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  7. ↑ The Creep With the Golden Tongue by Sabrina Erdely, GQ, August 2003, 126–32, 155–156.
  8. ↑ Lunn, Oliver. "things you (probably) didn't know about gummo, harmony korine's first film". i-d.vice.com. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  9. ↑ "Ratings help shut door on Sally Jessy Raphael". Chicago Tribune . 2002-03-12. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  10. ↑ Oleinick Dube, Lori (March 13, 1994). "Hooked on Gabfests? Tune in This Info". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  11. ↑ Sally on nosey.com, retrieved July 10, 2018.
  12. ↑ Sesame Street Episode 3120 Part 1
  13. ↑ Sesame Street Episode 3120 Part 2
  14. ↑ Sesame Street Episode 3120 Part 3
  15. ↑ Gomez Addams Calls Sally Jessie.
  16. ↑ King, Susan (June 29, 1990). "'Santa Barbara,' Two Latino Stars Top Daytime Emmy List : Awards: Joan Rivers rebounds from Fox debacle to take best talk show host honors. Susan Lucci of 'All My Children' was a loser for the 11th year in a row" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on April 4, 2023.
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