Overview
- ABC released the trailer and official episode details for Dirty Talk: When Daytime Talk Shows Ruled TV, debuting Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. ET on ABC and streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
- Maury Povich appears in the trailer reflecting, “I couldn’t do that show today,” underscoring how standards have shifted since the genre’s peak.
- The three-part series airs Jan. 14, Jan. 21 and Jan. 28, tracing the format’s 1990s explosion, the psychology behind its appeal, and its escalation into extreme sensationalism.
- Episode two revisits a notorious case in which one guest murdered another after a taping, part of the series’ examination of real-world consequences.
- Participants include Maury Povich, Sally Jessy Raphael, Montel Williams, Leeza Gibbons, John Henson, Steve Wilkos, and key producers, with archival moments from Oprah Winfrey and Jerry Springer featured.